Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children (Paperback)

by Geraldine M. Blomquist (Author), Paul B. Blomquist (Author), Margo Lemieux (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Special and touching...would make children going through such experiences know they are not alone and there are people who understand. -- Priority Parenting

The illustrations are beautifully pencilled...the authors do a credible job of portraying the anguish and self-doubt and testing that go on when a child is...placed in a new setting. -- The Gifted Child Today

Product Description
This story for adopted and foster children describes the adventures of Zachary the kitten, who is taken from his mother's house when she is unable to take care of him. It follows Zachary as he goes into foster care, his adoption by a family of geese and his feelings of shame, anger and hurt.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Magination Press; 1 edition (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945354274
• ISBN-13: 978-0945354277
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 7.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #410,744 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool to help these kiddos..., August 15, 2000

By	Teresa Sach (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I am a social worker with Child Protective Services and I use this book all the time. It helps me to explain to a child what is happening in their life as well as frame their situation in a perspective they can understand. I have used this book both at the time I am removing a child from a birth home and at the times that I place a child in an adoptive home. They often ask me to read the story again. I recommend this book for anyone with a foster child in their home or a child adopted from the Child Welfare System.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult subject, well dealt with, February 3, 2002

By	Lindsay A Hannigan (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

The story of the little kitten, who's daddy disappears, and Mummy is bad to him, is well written and non judgemental. The kitten is taken away from his birth mother and fostered, then adopted into a family of Swans, who love him. The book tells about the kitten's confusion and feelings of loss, and has a happy ending when the adoptive parents re-state their love for him.

This book is relevant for children who have been removed from a birth parent's home, not for children adopted after being orphaned or abandoned, and the picture of the scary Mum will probably introduce the wrong message about their birth parents.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THOUGHTFUL CHILDREN'S BOOK ABOUT A TOUGH TOPIC, August 2, 2001

By	Cindy & Dick Lovell (Battle Creek, MI United States) - See all my reviews

As a foster mother and author of books for foster children, it is wonderful to see good quality books available for foster children! The writing is easy to understand and deals with some being in foster care and then being adopted. The illustrations are charming--I like how animals are used because they are appropriate for the whimsy of children, plus they do not peg the reader into thinking about whether the book's subjects are "black" or "white," etc. Children will be able to relate to this book, and they will find comfort in its story. -Cynthia Miller Lovell, author of The Star: A story to help young children understand foster care, and Questions & Activities for The Star: A handbook for foster parents