A vibrant and touching children's picture book about foster care, adoption and growing up in a diverse family.
We Love You Hundreds and Thousands enables children who are fostered and adopted to frame their identity in a positive way from a very young age. Written by an adoptee who is now a mother, this vibrant and touching story is about belonging and having a strong sense of self.
This wonderful children's book aims to promote a strong sense of security and self confidence in children who are fostered and adopted. Embedded in it is a special message for them ─ you are loved enormously.
This unique children's picture book is also a window into the life of a diverse family and an insight into the special bond between a child and their foster or adoptive parents. It will support parents, families, friends, classrooms and communities to talk about adoption and foster care in an open and loving way.
Why does Jasmine always have hundreds and thousands at her birthday parties and what makes her super special? You're invited to some of her best birthday parties to find out...
In We Love You Hundreds and Thousands, Jasmine shows us that it's the simple things in life that make you extra happy and that being fostered or adopted is a wonderful thing!
Jasmine is super special and so is this book ─ it will delight children and adults alike. So come on a fun-loving romp through Jasmine's birthday parties and see what makes them so awesome!
Industry Reviews
"The book We Love You Hundreds and Thousands carries a message that every young adoptee needs to hear. This beautiful story explores the unconditional love that exists between adoptive parents and their child. I wish I had this book when I was a young girl to help me navigate my sense of self and belonging. I know that this book is going to educate, inspire and nurture young adoptees around the world. I am so excited to share this book with friends, family and especially my own children, so they can better understand the relationship I had with my parents." Nicky, Adoptee - mum of Jin (age 9) and Leo (age 7)
"When I first read We Love You Hundred's and Thousands I was overwhelmed. Never had I read a book which spoke to contemporary adoption and permanent care so well. Through my networks of foster and adoptive parents I often hear of primarily school children struggling with telling their friends that they don't live with their birth parents. These children see themselves as being just like all of the other children at school and they are proud of who they are. But their friends often don't know how to react. This book speaks to those children. It speaks to their friends. It speaks to the parents of those friends. It is a book I love to read with my adoptive and biological children and a book I share with my family and friends who have connections with adoption or permanent care." Kelly - mum of Hope (age 6), Abigail (age 3) and Stevie (age 3)
"As an adoptive parent to an amazing little lady who is asking more and more questions about her story this lovely book couldn't be more helpful. Dara has managed to capture some of the magic of these interactions between adoptive parents and child, as all of us journey through finding the right words and actions that speak to the special relationship that we have. As an adoptive family we strive to value and honour the precious place and importance of birth family in our children's lives. Dara lets us into these special family birthday moments in a playful way and begins to unravel some of the importance of birth family connection within a secure forever family. We still have so much more room to grow and stretch into a better understanding of foster care and adoption in Australia and this book can begin to help all of our families understand some of the wonderful ways that our unique families can uphold the significance of every part and player in our children's stories. A beautiful story Dara, thankyou." Liz, mother of three, art teacher
