Recommended Reading

I've been wanting to post list of recommended children's books about foster care for awhile. (in addition to my own). Thanks to Carol Muller and Betsy Bird who put out a call on her fine children's lit blog http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/
Here ya go. Feel free to add.

Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me by Julie Johnston

Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle by Jennifer Richard Jacobson; Illustrated by Abby Carter

Anna Casey's Place in the World by Adrian Fogelin

Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña

The Book of Fred by Abbi Bardi.

Breakout by Paul Fleischman

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Canning Season by Polly Horvath

Chance and the Butterfly by Maggie de Vries; Illustrations by Cindy Ghent

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine

Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live with Their Parents by Janice Levy
Illustrations by Whitney Martin

Gossamer by Lois Lowry

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Grover G. Graham and Me by Mary Quattlebaum

Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron; Illustrations by Matt Phelan

A House Between Homes: Youth in the Foster Care System by Joyce Libal

I’ll Sing You One-O by Nan Gregory

The Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer

Mama One, Mama Two by Patricia MacLachlan

Maybe Days: a Book for Children in Foster Care by Jennifer Wilgocki and Marcia Kahn Wright; Illustrated by Alissa Imre Geis

Nellie's Promise by Valerie Tripp

Night of the Burning by Linda Press Wulf

The Ocean Within by V.M. Caldwell

Onion Tears by Diana Kidd

Our Gracie Aunt by Jacqueline Woodson; Illustrations by Jon J. Muth

Parents Wanted by George Harrar; illustrations by Dan Murphy

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

The Pinballs by Betsy Byars

Returnable Girl by Pamela Lowell

Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

Same Stuff As Stars by Katherine Paterson

Saving Sweetness and Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley; illustrations by G. Brian Karras

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan

Taking Care of Moses by Barbara O'Connor

Where I’d Like to Be by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Great site: www.childrenslit.com/ft_fostercare.html