Fitzy Needs a Family — a gentle foster care story for kids (ages 5+)
Help your child understand foster care with a warm, kid-friendly story. Fitzy Needs a Family explains the why, who, and what of foster care in simple language, opening the door for honest conversations as you begin fostering or adoption.
Kids will learn about:
Why some children need a safe home
What a foster family is and how they help
Who’s involved (social workers, birth families, foster families)
Big feelings—worry, excitement, fear, loss—and how to talk about them
Why families love it:
New edition with refreshed illustrations and a clearer, more concise storyline
Trusted by foster families—500+ copies sold
Ideal for introducing the journey to biological children, and for use by caregivers, teachers, and counselors
Best for ages 5 and up.
$24.00
Fitzy Needs a Family explains Foster Care in a relatable way to children. This foster care explanation book is intended to help support and prompt discussion with your children as you begin the process of becoming a foster or adoptive family. The story can be used to help explain why children come into foster care, what a foster family is, the people involved (social workers, birth families, foster families etc.) The book also helps understand all of the emotions involved in being a foster family. Worry, excitement, fear, loss, and the why’s of not being a safe home and needing a safe family and home.
Fitzy needs a family is a popular story with foster families with more than 500 copies sold. This book about foster care, is especially for those just beginning their journey and looking for a way to explain foster care to their biological children.
This book is geared towards ages 5 and up as the explanations are given to really help a child understand what is going on.
The new edition of Fitzy Needs a Family, has new illustrations and a more concise storyline. To get to the heart of the whys, hows, whos, and whats of foster care.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.