Identity and Belonging
I Love My Hair!
This beloved classic picture book celebrates the beauty of Black hair and the loving bond between a mother and daughter. As Keyana and her mom work through her nightly hair-care routine, they talk about all the fun, creative ways she can wear her hair—and how lucky she is to have it. With gorgeous watercolor illustrations and a warm, affirming message, this story encourages self-love, pride, and confidence. A must-have for any family raising a Black daughter.
Equalland: Where Everyone Equally Matters
This joyful rhyming story invites readers into a beautiful land where everyone is welcome. Featuring a diverse group of children, it celebrates how our differences make us special and can bring us together in wonderful ways. Through its colorful illustrations and uplifting message, the book opens conversations about diversity, inclusion, kindness, and belonging. Transracial adoptive, foster, and kinship families will especially appreciate seeing their own family experiences reflected in its pages.
Real Sisters Pretend
Inspired by a real conversation between the author’s daughters, Real Sisters Pretend beautifully captures the bond between two sisters—Tayja, who is Black, and Mia, who is white. When Mia suggests they pretend to be sisters, Tayja gently reminds her, “We don’t have to pretend. We are sisters. Real sisters.” Through tender storytelling and expressive illustrations, this book validates the experiences of adoptive, foster, and blended families, offering a loving reminder that family is defined by connection, not biology.
You’re All My Favorites
In this tender and reassuring bedtime story, three bear cubs worry that Mommy and Daddy Bear might not have enough love for all of them—or that one cub might be loved more than the others. Each night, their parents remind them that every cub is the most loved and cherished of all. This gentle tale beautifully validates children’s worries about sharing their parents’ love and is a wonderful way to start conversations about adding a sibling, especially through adoption.
I Refuse to Choose
This is the heartwarming story of Mayah, a young girl born into a loving, supportive biracial family. At school, Mayah begins to feel pressured to choose between her African American and Puerto Rican heritage. Through her journey of self-discovery, she learns that she doesn’t have to choose one part of herself over the other. Instead, she can celebrate the beauty and strength of both cultures. A wonderful story about identity, pride, and embracing the fullness of who you are.
Suddenly Siblings: Adventures in Fostering and Adoption
This practical workbook of 25 short lessons helps parents prepare their children for the arrival of a new sibling through adoption, foster, or kinship care. Each lesson includes simple activities and conversation starters to reduce sibling overwhelm, build empathy, and strengthen family communication. Topics include managing stress, preventing conflict, asking for help, and understanding trauma-related behaviors. Designed for families to work through at their own pace, it’s a supportive, hands-on guide to creating connection and resilience as families grow and change.
Every Family is a Tree
In this beautifully inclusive story, Dr. Andrea Z. Ali-Panzarella—a pediatrician and mother through gestational surrogacy—celebrates the many ways families are formed. Through gentle storytelling, children learn that families may be created through birth, adoption, surrogacy, foster care, or kinship care, and may be led by grandparents, same-sex parents, or any loving combination of caregivers. Inspired by her own journey through infertility and loss, Dr. Ali-Panzarella reminds readers that what truly defines a family isn’t how it’s formed, but the love that holds it together.
See No Color
See No Color follows sixteen-year-old Alex Kirtridge, a biracial teen adopted by a white family, as she tries to find her place between two worlds. Though she loves her family, Alex struggles with identity—teased for “acting white” but judged for looking Black. Drawing from her own experiences as a transracial adoptee, author Shannon Gibney delivers a heartfelt coming-of-age story that’s as much about baseball, belonging, and growing up as it is about race and identity. Honest, nuanced, and deeply relatable.
My Flight Training Manual: Flying Above the Clouds in Sibling Relationships
This workbook offers tweens and teens an opportunity to learn scientific research about how sibling relationships impact them. It reviews the common challenges siblings of kids from trauma histories will experience and offers tools for preventing the overwhelm they may feel from their siblings’ challenges. Parents can use this as a tool for also strengthening trust and communication between them when working on the book together. Practical information on how to reduce sibling conflict, how to work together on relationships, and how to ask for help when relationships struggle.
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