Charles and Lizzie Peterson are visiting their cousins in the country when they find an abandoned border collie puppy, and because he loves to run and chase, they know that finding the right forever home for the puppy they name Flash will be a challenge.

"First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes the baby in the baby carriage." It was time this old nursery rhyme got an update. Struggling with infertility opened Jaimie's eyes to another world where families were made in many ways. First there was me. Then there was the journey-to you.

Escrito para niños de 5 a 8 años, "Oso encuentra un hogar", cuenta la historia de un pequeño oso, quien se adentra en un viaje para encontrar a su propia familia.

Steve Abarta and his wife Mariana have been foster parents for more than 30 years in Simi Valley, California. They have been married for over 50 years! Steve was a bit reluctant to become a foster parent in the early stages of their journey. But he discovered that, after seeing the life-changing outcomes for the children and their families, he has enthusiastically embraced their atypical lifestyle. They have cared for over 110 infants between birth...

Business Leader Bob Danzig never forgot his childhood in foster care. In Conversations with Bobby, he reconnects with the foster child he was so many years ago. What follows is a deeply personal story, which reveals how the challenges Bob faced growing up shaped his career and ultimately, seeded his success. An inspiring reminder for both children and adults. Regardless of past hardships, we each have the potential to reach higher and excel.

Harley and his little brother, Jax, goes to live with a foster family after their parents are no longer able to take care of them. Although adjusting to his new life is difficult at first, Harley learns to work with his feelings at preschool. There he meets new friends and his teacher, Miss Rachel, who tells him that he was just, who she needed to make her class complete. His foster parents grow to nurture and love him as their own. In return, Harley...

"You Belong to Us" is the story of Iliana, who lived a wonderful and loving life with her adopted parents. Throughout the years, her father's concerned nature led Iliana to promise him that she'd seek out her biological family as he took his final breath. While pursuing her promise, Iliana realized that her life was more complex than she'd ever realized, like a puzzle missing too many notable pieces. In the hopes of fulfilling her father's wishes,...

Arrive. Endure. Age out. Three challenges in the life of a foster child. The first few hours in foster care can last a lifetime... Taken from their broken homes, the foster care system owned them now. From the first day, the girls faced reminders that they were discards. They saw it in the cold expressions of the housemothers, the sudden empty locker in the dorm, the look of defeat when a girl lost a hastily made ally. The older ones felt it when...

Love Never Leaves is a memoir by Deborah Huse Blanchard, who gave up her biracial sons for adoption upon returning to her hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1950s and receiving racist threats. Blanchard had met the boys' father as a student at the New England Conservatory of Music but had no idea of the racial turmoil that embroiled the country at the time. Her husband, George, warned Deborah of the difficulties they would face as a mixed couple....

When a newborn is adopted into a loving family, her 'new' cousins are sworn to secrecy about her real identity. Upon reaching adulthood a critical health issue blows the lid off the carefully guarded family secret. She soon discovers who she is, and who her 'real' cousins are. But first, she has to decide if she wants to cross that line in the sand.