Foster parenting is both a rewarding and a challenging job, a lifestyle of continuous learning and new experiences, and The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom will be there to support you as you, in turn, support your foster children. Filled with 365 days' worth of daily tips, inspirational quotes, and motivational short stories from a foster care expert, this book is a must-read for modern child-welfare advocates, adoptive parents, and foster parents....

Gives examples of teenagers who have been sent to live with foster families, detailing some of the reasons for needing foster care, what to expect, and how to make the necessary adjustments.

"In the town of Santa Claus, Georgia, the streets were named Candy Cane Road and December Drive, Christmas was the lifeblood of the people, and the holiday spirit lived all year round...until Jerry Scott Heidler came to town...One terrible night in December 1997, Heidler broke into the home of his former foster family and with methodical madness shot Danny and Kim, teenage Jessica, and eight-year-old Bryant. He then kidnapped and brutalized three...

Tori grew up in the foster care system, a biracial child with a mentally ill mother in a volatile world. And yet, even after living in twelve different foster homes with a miniscule chance of graduating college and a great risk of being homeless, jobless, and on drugs, Tori overcame every negative stereotype and assumption that attacked her idenity.

"Six-year-old Hector is the youngest member of a loving and eccentric foster family. His best friend is a giant, scaly, imaginary creature he calls his "bunyip." A misunderstanding prompts the child welfare agency to put Hector into an orphanage. But before the agency can act, Hector disappears - apparently kidnapped by his bunyip!"--Container.