Finding a Family for Tommy
£9.50
Finding a Family for Tommy is primarily aimed at pre-school children, aged between 18 months and five years. The simple picture book with repetitive text and interactive pages gives carers and social workers an opportunity to discuss the meaning of family and belonging.
Repetition is the best form of learning for this age group and the gentle nature of the story should encourage children to ask for it often without being overwhelmed by it.
The book can be read in preparation for a move from foster care and during introductions to permanent carers or adopters. Children can struggle to articulate the complex emotions that arise during times of change, and very young children may not even be able to acknowledge their anxieties. This book can help to reassure them at every stage of the transition.
Carers can use it to discuss why the child needs a new family and what kind of families there are. The book is also designed to be used post-adoption to remind children that they were chosen for a family, and that their family was specially chosen for them.
This book will gradually introduce children to the concepts of adoption and fostering. However, it has been mainly devised as a tool to help carers raise emotional issues and to give children opportunities to ask questions and seek answers.
Guidelines included with the text give suggestions for points to discuss with children.
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Additional information
| Publisher | British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) (31 Mar. 2009) |
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| Language | English |
| Spiral-bound | 16 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1905664621 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1905664627 |
| Reading age | 5 years and up |
| Dimensions | 22 x 0.4 x 22 cm |
by Emma
I bought this amongst many other similar books to help my 2 yr old foster child understand about her new adoptive family. She loved this book, we read it several times a day and I truly believe it has contributed to a very successful transition to adoption for her due to it helping her to understand about needing to have a family. It was by far her favourite book out of all the ones I bought. I will definitely buy it again. It is well written with clear colourful pictures, a simple story line with repetition and a portrayal of different families.
by erin gordon
Fantastic book which has been used many times to assist young children in understanding a stage of the adoption process without putting emphasis on the word “adoption” or “fostering” so has a dual purpose.
by Paul
Love this but would prefer it weren’t in the ring binder as it makes it look cheap
by Ahalya
My 2 year old adopted child loves this book. I am not sure how much they understand yet but it’s a great book to introduce the complex subject.
by Patricia F.
Got this for my 4 year old foster child who was heading for adoption
This was far too basic and didn’t really build any interest or tackle anything
by Elaine
Nice book to support children going through adoption or finding a new family.
by AmazonFan
As nice as this book is, simple and an easy read. It’s not great quality. Its thin and spiral bound. Not what you would expect from a 7.99 book! The flaps are thin. So this book should only be read with adult supervision.
by emily wardman
After purchasing several adoption books for ‘toddlers’ that were far too wordy and complicated. This book- Finding a family for Tommy’ was just perfect. Its bold block colours and simple words and fold out flaps keep young toddles interested. The story talks about finding Tommy a family- the fold out flaps reveal unsuitable families of pigs, or pandas, or lions. The end picture reveals groups of suitable families, which is very inclusive. So this book is perfect for any adoptive family. We put our photo in the back of the book, to help the foster carer talk about the children’s new family. Seeing how effective this book has been in explaining to young children about finding them a family, has been wonderful. Couldn’t recommend buying this book more highly. Well done for everyone involved in it, you have done us a great service 🙂