Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children
by Sherrie Eldridge
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Author: Sherrie EldridgeIllustrator: Rob Williams
Edition: Library Binding
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-15
ISBN: 0972624430
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: EMK Press
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Book Review: Good tool for discussion
Summary: 5 Stars
This children's story uses a relative's pregnancy as a springboard for discussions on birthparents and adoption. I could relate to this, since some of my best adoption-related discussions with my 6 adopted kids have come in talk about an aunt's pregnancy.
I found the story interesting and thought that the child's questions in the book would encourage children to ask their own questions. This is more than just an adoption book, though. It talks about the fact that everyone grows inside someone.
I've read that this is something that not all young adoptees understand. They know they didn't grow from their adoptive mom, but they don't really understand that they did come from someone. The book gives a gentle, non-detailed talk about the facts of life (ie, there is a special way that a man and woman come together to make a baby), so you might be prepared to provide your child with more details if he has more questions after hearing this story.
The pictures in this book are sweet, and feature hands of many colors. The book even comes with a stamp pad so that you can do a fingerprinting activity with your child. The author is an adopted person herself, and she addresses the issues surrounding adoption with honesty, compassion, and hope. This book would be a good addition to a family library and just might offer a good opening for your child to ask questions that have been troubling him.
Summary of Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children
For adopted children, learning about their beginnings and how they understand what that means to them is a process. It doesn t happen at one point in time, but rather throughout the experiences of life. In this heartwarming children s book, Forever Fingerprints uses a common occurrence a relative s pregnancy as a springboard for discussions on birthparents, where adopted children are before they are born, and how that makes one little girl feel about it. Lucie is excited to feel a baby moving in her Aunt Grace s tummy but it makes her think of how she understands her adoption story in a different way. The tools offered in this book help her to create a unique connection to her birthparents, allow how she is feeling to surface and to be discussed, and give Lucie s parents the chance to reinforce their love for her, to empathize with her feelings and to honor her past. This book book resonates with 7 year olds and adults who have discovered that the feelings and emotions are shared by so many. While it looks like a simple children's book, this book helps parents and children create a family connection and strong foundation for discussing adoption questions. It's a veritable toolbox for adoptive families with a parent guide at the end of the book on how to open adoption discussion and a wonderful connection to birthparents for every adopted person, regardless of their age, with their fingerprints.Adoption Books
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