{"product_id":"speranzas-sweater-marcy-pusey-9781948283755","title":"Speranza's Sweater: A Child's Journey Through Foster Care and Adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKids deserve a safe place to live and grow and learn\u003c\/strong\u003e. For some kids, this means living with foster or adoptive parents. \u003cem\u003eSperanza's Sweater\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles one child's experience through the foster and adoptive system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSperanza wears her sweater everywhere, hanging onto the last memories of her birth home, until it's threadbare. Like her unraveled sweater, Speranza must weave together a new story, bringing threads from her past and strands from her present, into a future of love, family, and the true meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this heart-warming and reassuring story, \u003cstrong\u003echildren are offered permission to feel and experience their own story authentically\u003c\/strong\u003e. It provides hope and support for the many mixed emotions a child will experience during their foster and adoption journey, through the unraveling and re-weaving of a favorite sweater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSperanza also introduces children to potential life experiences of foster and adopted classmates, friends, or family members. \u003cstrong\u003eBy reading Speranza's story with your child\u003c\/strong\u003e, and discussing the experience of a child in a similar situation, you can create a safe space to talk about feelings of grief, loss, excitement, confusion, anger, sadness, or any of the many other feelings accompanying removal, foster care, and adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSperanza's Sweater also includes a dictionary\u003c\/strong\u003e of words to empower children and their carers by understanding the language used around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcy Pusey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948283751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948283755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Miramare Ponte Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Marcy Pusey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995194228991,"sku":"9781948283755","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e42f974f-9610-4d49-ab6c-deb5dc756d7c.jpg?v=1683334392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speranzas-sweater-marcy-pusey-9781948283755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}