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. 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 create a unique connection to her birthparents and allow how she is feeling to surface and be discussed, while giving Lucie's parents the chance to reinforce their love for her, to empathize with her feelings, and to honor her past.
By Sherrie Eldridge, Hardcover, English, 32 pages, 10" x 9"
