Callum Kindly and the Very Weird Child: A story about sharing your home with a new child
No. of pages 32
Published: 2017
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This book is part of a book series called Therapeutic Parenting Books .
This book has been graded for interest at 3-10 years.
There are 32 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2017 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers .
Sarah Naish is an adoptive parent and Director of Inspire Training Group, which delivers training on attachment issues. Her daughter Rosie Jefferies is a trainer at Inspire Training Group. They live in Gloucestershire, UK.
This book has the following chapters: Callum Kindly and the Very Weird Child. Notes for parents and carers.
Disability And Special Needs in literature
Orphans And Foster Homes in literature
Adoption in literature
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A much-needed resource to support birth children in fostering families. Through the character of Callum Kindly, they will recognise the mixed feelings often experienced in sharing their family with children who have had difficult and traumatic life experiences -- Dr Heather Ottaway, lecturer in Social Work with Children and Families, University of Bristol
This [series of therapeutic parenting books] deals with common emotional and behavioural difficulties of adopted and fostered children... These books should be available in every adoption agency for use by social workers or to be lent to parents." -- Professor Julie Selwyn CBE, Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol
This is me, Mummy, I feel like that, I am not the only one, Mummy -- Beth, aged 9
[The therapeutic parenting series] are the most valuable books on my book shelf -- Foster carer
