Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison (2004)
This is the first-person story of a woman who has been a foster parent for more than a decade. ‘If you want to know what it’s like to be a foster parent, read this book.’
Crying for Help by Casey Watson (2012)
This book is fictional but based on real carer experience. Reviews have called it sad but inspirational and readers have said that they couldn’t put it down. Casey Watson is a best selling author who will persuade you to become a foster carer yourself!
Foster Carers – Why They Stay and Why They Leave by Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs and Kate Wilson (2004)
Foster Carers examines the joys, sadness and strains of fostering, drawing on questionnaire responses from a thousand foster carers across seven different local authorities.
Foster Children – Where They Go and How They Get On by Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Kate Wilson and Ian Gibbs (2005)
This includes case studies and draws extensively on the views of foster children themselves, analysing the outcomes of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK.
Fostering a Child by Henrietta Bond (2004)
This book will answer many initial questions about fostering and help the reader to understand more about this extremely important and demanding task.
Fostering: What It Is and What It Means by Shaila Shah (2003)
This book describes, in accessible and jargon-free language what fostering is, how it differs from adoption and the different types of fostering as well as answering many more questions that fostering raises.
Foster Placements – Why They Succeed and Why They Fail by Ian Sinclair, Kate Wilson and Ian Gibbs (2004)
The authors discuss the primary concerns in foster placement planning and the specific needs of foster children. The book blends statistical data with case studies and personal accounts.
Hanging on and Holding on: The Story of a Boy, His Foster Family and Their Journey from Trauma to Healing by Lorna Miles (2010)
Readers will gain an honest account of the highs and lows of fostering through the life of Wayne who was fostered by Lorna at the age of nine.
Private fostering: What It Is and What It Means by Henrietta Bond (2005)
What is private fostering? How is it different from being ‘in care’? These and other questions are answered in this booklet.
