Books, booklets & multimedia

The Colours in Me
Edited by Perlita Harris (BAAF, November 2008)
Price: £12.95
A unique collection of poetry, prose and artwork by adopted children and young people. Eighty contributors – ranging in age from four to 20 years of age – tell it like it is, revealing what it feels like and what it means to be adopted.

Take Two
By Laurel Ashton (BAAF, November 2008)
Price: £7.95
An honest and heartfelt memoir which focuses on the emotional pain of infertility, the demands of IVF and alternative therapies, and the unusual adoption of not one, but two, baby girls.

BAAF 2009 calendar
Price: £8.80 (£7.65 + £1.15 VAT).
Make a date with BAAF throughout 2009, with our first ever calendar!

Permanence in foster care
Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward with Andrea Warman, John Simmonds and Jane Butler (BAAF, October 2008)
Price: £12.95
A report of the first national study of care planning for permanence in foster care in England and Wales, which makes the case for ensuring that procedure and practice support a care plan for permanence in foster care that meets the needs of children through to adulthood.

Achieving permanence in foster care
By Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek (BAAF, October 2008)
Price: £9.95
A Good Practice Guide exploring each aspect of achieving permanence in foster care, from the initial care plan through to leaving care.

The Protectors’ Handbook
By Gerrilyn Smith (BAAF, September 2008)
Price: £9.95
An in-depth practical guide, written by an adoptive parent for adoptive parents, which explores the questions adopted children are likely to ask, with suggestions for helpful explanations and answers.