Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children

by Cole Puckett and Sherrie Eldridge

Book Overview

Meet Lucie - she is a rambunctious, inquisitive, seven-year-old girl who was adopted Lucie has lots of questions about everything. When Lucie's pregnant Aunt Grace and Uncle John come to visit, new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972624430
• ISBN13: 9780972624435
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Emk Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Love this book...as do my kids!

My girls, adopted from China and now 8 and 6, love this book and request it again and again. They relate to the fingerprint connection with birthmom. For kids who know nothing about their birthfamilies and roots, this offers them a very real connection to a birth mom they may never know. I love books that offer more ways to start a conversation about adoption, birthfamilies and feelings, as well as give the message to our kids that the loss part of adoption and any grief they may feel is okay to discuss. Thank you, Sherrie for writing one for the kids!!

Professionally helpful

We recently used the book Forever Fingerprints when a young child was being placed with his new adoptive family. His birth mother and adoptive mother read him the book and then both he and his birth mother made their finger/hand prints on the paper that was provided. It was a very touching moment. Sherrie, the author, was kind and personally inscribed two books, one for the child, and one for his birth mother. They both have copies of the fingerprints taken that day. This book is a wonderful way to support children in respecting their biological roots. It is appropriate for use in entrustment ceremonies. Thank you Sherrie for writing this beautiful book.

Good tool for discussion

This children's story uses a relative's pregnancy as a springboard for discussions on birthparents and adoption. I could relate to this, since some of my best adoption-related discussions with my 6 adopted kids have come in talk about an aunt's pregnancy. I found the story interesting and thought that the child's questions in the book would encourage children to ask their own questions. This is more than just an adoption book, though. It talks about the fact that everyone grows inside someone. I've read that this is something that not all young adoptees understand. They know they didn't grow from their adoptive mom, but they don't really understand that they did come from someone. The book gives a gentle, non-detailed talk about the facts of life (ie, there is a special way that a man and woman come together to make a baby), so you might be prepared to provide your child with more details if he has more questions after hearing this story. The pictures in this book are sweet, and feature hands of many colors. The book even comes with a stamp pad so that you can do a fingerprinting activity with your child. The author is an adopted person herself, and she addresses the issues surrounding adoption with honesty, compassion, and hope. This book would be a good addition to a family library and just might offer a good opening for your child to ask questions that have been troubling him.

Forever Fingerprints is A Gem - Innovative, Creative, Magical

Innovative, creative, and magical, FOREVER FINGERPRINTS is a gem, and will forever change the way I think about my own adoption and birthfamily from Taipei & Jiangsu Province, China. I can't wait to share Sherrie Eldridge's book with family, friends, and children around the world! Highly recommended.

Forever Fingerprints

This book has been a huge hit with my 5 year old, who was adopted from China. She absolutely loves the idea of fingerprints and how they are a tangible gift from her birth family. They make her unique. The author does such a wonderful job telling the truth about adoption in a sensitive and loving way but without the fantasy of ladybugs and red threads. Forever fingerprints has opened some honest and lovely conversations about adoption. I am amazed at how open and easy my daughter talks about the book and how it relates to her personal story. This book is a must for all families who have been touched by adoption, schools, and libraries as it serves to easily normalize adoption in our lives today.