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  • The Forever Nest: An Adoption Story for Children

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KinKonnect in partnership with the New Jersey Adoption Clearing House (NJ ARCH) maintains an extensive library of books and videos. Borrowing from the library is simple, convenient and offered at no cost to NJ residents. 

Here’s how it works: Browse the collection and select the items you wish to borrow. Place the items in your cart, and fill out the required shipping information. The items will be shipped to you by USPS with a return shipping label provided for your convenience. Lending period is 4 weeks.
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A Crazy-Much Love

“How MUCH is the crazy-much love?” This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone mom... more

Joy Jordan-Lake
Sonia Sanchez (Illustrator)

A Euro-American on a Korean Tour at a Thai Restaurant in China

When Euro-American parents adopt children from other countries their level of understanding of who they themselves are will be tested. Their capability in hand... more

Winston, Chris

A Family Apart

During the years from 1854 to 1929, the Children's Aid Society, founded by Charles Loring Brace, sent more than 100,000 children on orphan trains from the slums... more

Nixon, Joan Lowery

A Family Is a Family Is a Family (Who We Are)

When a teacher asks her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different, but the same in one imp... more

Sara O'Leary
Qin Leng (Illustrator)

A Family That Fights

Domestic violence is a strong subject for a children's book, but there is nothing shown here that a child in a violent family has not already seen.  There is n... more

Sharon Chester Bernstein

A Gift Called Shane

In this heartwarming picture book, Super Bowl Champion Ricky Watters recounts the story of adopting his younger son, Shane. Told through the eyes of the "big br... more

Ricky Watters
Penny Weber (Illustrator)

A Girl Named Maria

"She was found abandoned in the lavatory of a little cafeteria in Bogota, Colombia, and the police who picked her up named her Maria Consuelo. The toddler quic... more

Kreutzer, Valerie S.

A Grandfamily for Sullivan: Coping Skills for Kinship Care Families

One day, Sullivan’s entire world clouds over! He moves in with Grandma when his parents are unable to keep him safe. Sullivan’s big worries about the future... more

Beth Winkler Tyson
Illustrated by Adam Walker-Parker

A Heart That Holds It All: A Story Of Adoption

A Heart That Holds It All: A Story of Adoption by Lauren Haas is a heartfelt and empowering book written by an adoptee, for ad... more

Lauren J Haas

A Is for Always: An Adoption Alphabet

A is for Always. With your hand in mine, Adoption’s a gift that will last for all time. With gentle rhymes and lovely i... more

Linda Cutting
Leonie Little Lex (Illustrator)
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