Family is Family

Adoption and foster care are all around us.

6% of all children in the United States will find themselves in the foster care system before their 18th birthday. More than 60% of foster children spend two to five years in the foster care system before being adopted. Around 135,000 children are adopted into families in the U.S. each year, and approximately 2.6 million grandparents in the United States are currently raising their grandchildren.

For more facts about adoption and foster care in the United States, visit the Adoption Network. 

Kids in all types of family arrangements deserve to see themselves reflected in the stories they read. Below is a selection of titles featuring kids in adoptive or foster families.

Foster Families

We Belong Together

Last Stop on Market Street

My New Mom and Me

Summer of a Thousand Pies

Planet Earth Is Blue

Home for A While

I Am Loved

Foster Parents

Check out these titles for adoptive and foster parents to read or share with their families. 

Confessions of An Adoptive Parent

The Connected Child

A Guidebook for Raising Foster Children

All the Sweeter

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew