Book Discussion Guides

From the Cover of Murphy’s Three Homes by Jan Levinson Gilman; illustrated by Kathy O’Malley: “Being a pup in foster care is awfully confusing. What’s Murphy do when he’s...

From the Cover of Let’s Learn About Adoption: The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Adoption and Its Many Different Forms by Regina M. Kupecky, LSW: “There are many kinds of adoption—a...

From the Cover of We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr: We belong together because…you needed a home and I had one to share. Now we are a family. In a sensitive, k...

From the Cover of Side by Side by Rachel Bright: “Deep in the heart of Wintermouse Wood, Down in the grass where the autumn trees stood, Lived all kinds of creatures— some big and some small— So...

From the Cover: What makes a mother REAL? Playing Laughing Teaching Helping Molly Friedrich describes these and other activities in a book that reveals a loving, vital relationship between an adopted ...

Amazon description of You’re the Daddy We Wanted: A Father’s Adoption Story by Gavin Andres: “An adoptive father’s perspective on the challenging and uplifting process of adopting tw...

Discussion Questions: How did you feel the night you were taken into foster care? Have you ever thought about running away? Would running away solve the problem? What might happen if you ran away? Do ...

It’s Your Turn: How did the boy first try to make the problem go away? Why did the boy worry about his problem? What happened to the problem when the boy worried? Why is the boy not afraid of pr...

It’s Your Turn: Why did William’s wobbly feeling get bigger? Did William want to push Alfie? Why did he do it? Did William want his feeling to go away or the teacher to go away? How did he...