A Place in My Heart. Mary Grossnickle

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      “This charming and realistic book helps children learn to talk about their feelings rather than act out. Charlie has big feelings about adoption, identity and birth parents and acts out his feelings. He is helped by his adopted mother to express his feelings in a positive way including an art project. The children I have used this book with love him and love doing the project.”

      — Regina M. Kupecky, social worker at The Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, co-author of

       Adopting the Hurt Child, Parenting the Hurt Child, A Foster-Adoption Story: Angela and

       Michael’s Journey and The Case of the Multiple Mothers

      “I consider A Place in My Heart one of the very best books for young adopted children (and their parents) because it demonstrates how to make it ‘OK’ for children to hold their feelings and connections for both of their ‘real’ families: their birth parents and their adoptive parents. No surprise the book was written by an adult adoptee—she really ‘gets it’!”

      — Beth Hall, Director, Pact: An Adoption Alliance www.pactadopt.org, author of Inside

       Transracial Adoption

      of related interest

       Forever Fingerprints

      An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children

      Sherrie Eldridge

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      eIBSN 978 1 78450 021 4

       Adopted Like Me

      My Book of Adopted Heroes

      Ann Angel

      ISBN 978 1 84905 935 0

      eISBN 978 0 85700 740 7

       Can I tell you about Adoption?

      A guide for friends, family and professionals

      Anne Braff Brodzinsky

      ISBN 978 1 84905 942 8

      eISBN 978 0 85700 759 9

       The Mulberry Bird

      An Adoption Story

      Anne Braff Brodzinsky

      ISBN 978 1 84905 933 6

      eISBN 978 0 85700 720 9

       How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear?

      Exploring Big Feelings After Living in a Stormy Home

      Jane Evans

      ISBN 978 1 84905 424 9

      eISBN 978 0 85700 793 3

       A Safe Place for Caleb

      An Interactive Book for Kids, Teens and Adults

       with Issues of Attachment, Grief, Loss or Early Trauma

      Kathleen A. Chara and Paul J. Chara, Jr.

      ISBN 978 1 84310 799 6

      eISBN 978 1 84642 143 3

      MARY GROSSNICKLE

      ILLUSTRATIONS BY

      ALISON RELYEA-PARR

      Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia