This volume is designed to give librarians and teachers guidance on the subject of adoption and foster care?both as themes in children's literature and as issues affecting many students.
• Includes 115 reviews of works of children's literature having themes related to adoption and foster care, grouped by grade levels K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 and including suggestions and comments for each
• Offers an overview with historic and contemporary perspectives on the issue of adoption
• Provides bibliographic listings of supporting works related to adoption and foster care as a literary theme and a classroom issue
• Presents an appendix listing additional works of children's literature on adoption and foster care grouped by grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8