Adoption

Introducing children to the sensitive issues of adoption and fostering, this book, which is one of a series, aims to reassure and promote a positive attitude by explaining the "hows" and "whys". Case histories are used to help the reader understand and empathise. An emphasis is placed, in this book, on adoption being something regular and normal , with the adoptive child as centre of a loving and caring family. The photographs are central to the book and often they tell the story as well as the text. Included are notes for teachers and a list of adresses to contact. It is designed for National Curriculum Key Stage 1 P1-3.