On today’s episode, Heidi chats with her Bookstagram friend, Alyssa Kleczynski, about foster care. Alyssa’s family motto is “know better, do better”, and this episode is an effort to do better as Alyssa brings three categories of books about foster care to listeners. Enjoy!

Books We Mention
Find all the books we mention on this episode through this link.

• A Mind Spread Out On the Ground, by Alicia Elliot
• Murder On the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
• And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
• Four Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X Kendi & Keisha N Blain
• The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, by Rosaria Butterfield

Foster Care Books
For People Who Know Nothing…

• Keep the Doors Open, by Kristin Berry
• The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Vanderkolk
• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

For Those in the Trenches

• The Whole Brain Child & No Drama Discipline, by Daniel Siegel 
• The Connected Child & The Connected Parent, by Karen Purvis
• Reframing Foster Care, by Jason Johnson
• Faith, Hope and Connection, by Melissa Corkum
• Try Softer, by Aundi Kolber

For People Wanting to Support Foster Families

• The Gospel Comes With a House Key, by Rosaria Butterfield
• Replanted, by Jen Cook

Other Resources from Alyssa

@fosterthefamilyblog and @fosterthefamilyus with Jamie Finn, on Instagram

@lyssinthelibrary, Alyssa’s Bookstagram

The CASA Program

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Our next episode is scheduled for June 25th. Happy reading!

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