Welcome to the Resource Library

About the Resource Library

This Resource Library is a collection of books, tapes, and DVDs, as well as instantly downloadable items, such as newsletters and tip sheets. You will find a wide variety of topics related to foster care, kinship caregiving, adoption, and more.

Wisconsin families and professionals are welcome to check out physical materials from our library for free (electronic items are available to all for free and on demand). The requested materials will be shipped to you with a postage-paid return envelope. You can help us serve more people by sending along a check for the amount of postage, if possible. You may check out four (4) items at a time and keep them for three (3) weeks.

TABLES OF CONTENTS

To help you navigate our rich library of free downloadable resources, we have created some table of contents documents that we hope you find helpful.

Questions? Comments? Please e-mail info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org

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We Are Adopted

K6032 This story’s little girl is very excited because now she has a baby brother—an adopted baby brother! A few years earlier, she too had been adopted. Like the children […]

Families are Forever

A family’s particular origin is only the start of what being “”a family”” means. In this heartwarming tale of family love and beginnings, Rain meets Bo and her new “”forever”” […]

How My Family Came To Be- Daddy, Papa & Me

Ages 4+ A necessary addition to all home, school and public libraries – representing the true diversity of today’s families. Reaches out to younger children with fun and expressive illustrations […]

Lucky Ones (The)

A5631 From the early stages of the adoption process to bringing the child back home, this collection of personal stories reveals why parents who have adopted children from China feel—despite […]

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

M5559 Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers […]

How I Became A Big Brother

How I Became A Big Brother? Is a children’s book that explains adoption to young children. It is a simple story of how a little boy who doesn’t have any […]