Product Description: 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.
Hands On for All the Children in the Family Our adopted daughter was eager to read and "do" the Forever Fingerprints book she received as a gift. What I didn't expect was the eagerness of her brother to join in as the three of us used the accompanying pad to stamp and examine our fingerprints. The message was loud and clear--we're all unique and yet we share so much in common.
I also appreciated the natural weaving in of important truths about how babies grow and are born. Being adopted is a way of entering a family--but we're all born the same way.
The pictures are great--and the focus on hands instead of faces makes the book even more intriguing as well as inclusive. It's not a book about a particular kind of adoption--it's about a girl who is adopted and could be any girl.
This book will be wonderful to revisit and to share.
Professionally helpful We recently used the book Forever Fingerprints when a young child was being placed with his new adoptive family. His birth mother and adoptive mother read him the book and then both he and his birth mother made their finger/hand prints on the paper that was provided. It was a very touching moment.
Sherrie, the author, was kind and personally inscribed two books, one for the child, and one for his birth mother. They both have copies of the fingerprints taken that day.
This book is a wonderful way to support children in respecting their biological roots. It is appropriate for use in entrustment ceremonies.
Thank you Sherrie for writing this beautiful book.
Forever Fingerprints stops too soon Forever Fingerprints stops the story too soon, when it could go on and talk about everyone being unique and special. My 3-year-old likes it just because it is a book being read to her. Would have liked more for a good ending.
Wonderful idea We bought this book for our newly adopted granddaughter who is now 17 months old. Someday this book will have special meaning to her as she grows and realizes that she is adopted and wonders who her real parents are. The book brought a very special realization to me, and I know it will to her when she is older.
Forever Fingerprints book This is a cute story with some truth behind the story and an easy way to explain to an adoptive child how they are connected to their birth parents. Our 7 year old enjoyed the book and loves to read. I did find the story written more for a young child as it's too silly for me and a little bit silly for our serious 7 year old.
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