Speranza's Sweater: A Child's Journey Through Foster Care and Adoption | 
pickSperanza's Sweater is an RF written by Marcy Pusey. It's a story of a mother telling her child why she has always kept an old plain-looking sweater. A social worker came and took the mother away from her biological parents when she was young, and she spends her life scared and confused just wanting a family who will love her. This book is also free on Kindle at the moment!#UCFLAE3414SP20
Agavitt1 This is good for RA. Unfortunately, a lot of students will be able to relate to this type of booking, having it be a mirror for them. https://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2019/03/21/childrens-books-to-help-talk-a... This source provides a list of books that can help students open about and understand trauma they have or are going through. 4y
Agavitt1 UDL Principle 3.2 Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships: Making it clear to students while reading and asking questions about the different relationships between the people in the story and about how the adoption process works. ESOL Strategy 47. Use information gap activities (sharing pieces of information to solve problems) 4y
SequoiaC123 I think this would be a great book to read with students to teach them compassion! 4y
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Keishla.O This book sounds like such a good read! I definitely didn‘t expect such a deep story when I looked at the cover of the book. I think your resource is great to have on hand because teachers should always be prepared to help students in whatever way then can, like providing books that can help them with their personal lives. 4y
Rachelleleduc Wow! What an awesome book and resource! Books can help with trauma and can be awesome for a child to relate to and not feel like they are alone. Thank you for sharing! 4y
Brennap Oh wow this book sounds like a great story to talk about in school. It touches on the diverse hardships kids go through and I think it would be great to teach empathy and understanding. 4y
deiacovab This seems to be a really hard hitting book which unfortunately sometimes we do need. I like the resource you provided as well for this, it‘s not easy to talk about trauma. It‘s amazing that we can use children‘s books to facilitate those discussions 4y
ShardaeP This is informative on adoption. It can help students become sympathetic towards their peers. As well as, appreciative of what they have. 4y
DrSpalding Free Kindle books! Thank you for sharing! I agree that some students may be able to relate while others this could be a window for them! 4y
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