Nancy L. Thomas - CO
"...I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face. I see more smiles around my home now!..."

Helen B., Parent- CO
"I love the great ideas in this little book. It is small but mighty..."

In this wise, compassionate account, Featherstone, Educator and Mother of a severely disabled child, traces the long, often heartbreaking road toward acceptance of disability. Drawingon interviews with parents and professionals, published accounts and her own personal experience, Mrs. Featherstone discusses how parents and siblings cope with their feelings of fear, guilt, anger, and loneliness. She also explains what kind of support and understanding can be provided by professionals - doctors, therapists, and teachers.

"Paula Fox has created another masterpiece," said PW of this haunting first-person narrative about a 13-year-old girl who moves to a small Massachusetts town and encounters a Svengali-like schoolmate. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) This cleverly concealed creature is but one of many zoological challenges lurking in Alphabeasts (Holiday).

Across the country, thousands of children with special mental, physical, emotional, or placement needs wait in foster care or institutions for families to adopt them. Unfortunately, a system encumbered by red tape, outdated regulations, and institutional inefficiencies often slows, if not discourages, their adoption by families eager to give them a home. Babb and Laws offer here a practical guidebook to assist prospective adopters. The authors are adoption professionals with Ph.Ds. in psychology who between them have a total of 14 adopted children with special needs. Their book offers a wealth of practical advice on getting started, becoming a family, facing realities (finances, education, transracial adoption), and coping when things go wrong, plus an extensive appendix full of valuable resources.