A shelf for a child in foster care or a kinship home, and for the families who love them. You pick the one that fits your child's situation right now and reach for another when the moment is right. There's a calm picture book for a child just placed, a warm one for a child visiting a parent in prison, and honest novels for older children about moving between homes, missing a birth family, and finding out that a house can become a home. Start with Maybe Days if you're not sure where to begin, it's the gentlest door in.
You choose by your child's age and what they're living. The two picture books are for younger children and for opening the subject gently: Maybe Days for a child newly in care who has questions, Visiting Day for a child whose parent is away or in prison and being raised by a relative. The four novels are for older children who can hold a fuller story, about being moved from home to home, longing for a birth family, and learning to trust a new one. They range from prickly and funny to heavy, so read each book's own heads-up and match it to your child. Wherever a book touches your child's real life, read it close, and let the conversation matter more than finishing.