18 Adoption & Foster Care Books to Check Out During Amazon Prime Week
We love a good book here at Both Hands, especially when it helps us better understand how we can live out the call of James 1:27. Add special sale prices during Amazon Prime Week, and it’s even better! Andy, one of the adoptive dads on our Both Hands team, put together a list of recommended reads sure to be helpful for wherever you find yourself in the adoption or foster care journey!
Sale percentages shown below are accurate as of the time of posting, but will likely fluctuate over time.
Reframing Foster Care: Filtering Your Foster Parenting Journey Through the Lens of the Gospel by Jason Johnson
Reframing Foster Care offers reflections, real-life stories, and practical guidance to help foster parents navigate the joys and challenges of their journey through the lens of faith. Designed for both individual reading and group support, it provides hope, encouragement, and actionable steps to sustain and inspire those caring for vulnerable children. Available now for 15% off regular price! Learn more…
Foster the Family: Encouragement, Hope, and Practical Help for the Christian Foster Parent by Jamie C. Finn
Jamie Finn offers foster parents biblical encouragement and practical wisdom to navigate the emotional and logistical challenges of their journey. Through honest stories and gospel-centered insights, this book provides hope, direction, and reassurance for those caring for vulnerable children. Available now for 39% off regular price! Learn more…
Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care by Tori Hope Petersen
Fostered is the powerful true story of Tori Hope Petersen, a former foster youth who overcame immense challenges through faith in Christ. Now a foster, adoptive, and biological mom, she shares her journey of resilience, redemption, and advocacy, offering hope and insight into the foster care system and God’s transformative love. Available now for 75% off regular price! Learn more…
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn B. Purvis, David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
A bestselling and trusted resource, The Connected Child offers expert guidance on building trust, addressing special needs, and disciplining with love to help adoptive families nurture strong, healthy relationships. Now available for 62% off regular price! Learn more…
Caring for Kids from Hard Places: How to Help Children and Teens with a Traumatic Past by David & Jayne Schooler
Caring for Kids from Hard Places helps educators and caregivers understand the impact of early trauma on children’s behavior and provides practical strategies for creating a supportive, trauma-informed environment. With insights on adverse childhood experiences and healing-focused approaches, this book equips adults to nurture and guide children toward a healthier future. Now available for 21% off regular price! Learn more…
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent: Hope and Help from the Trenches of Foster Care and Adoption by Mike Berry
Author Mike Berry offers hope and encouragement to adoptive and foster parents facing the unique challenges of raising children with trauma, attachment issues, or special needs. With honesty and empathy, this book reminds parents they are not alone and that God has a special plan for their family. Now available for 27% off regular price! Learn more…
You Can Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption by Julie Gumm
This book provides practical strategies for prospective adoptive parents to fund adoptions debt-free through grants, budgeting, and creative fundraising (with a special shoutout for Both Hands projects!). Julie Gumm shares proven methods to help families overcome financial barriers and make adoption a reality. Now available for 50% off regular price! Learn more…
The Orphan, the Widow, & Me: Paying it Forward with Both Hands by JT Olson
The Orphan, the Widow, & Me shares JT Olson’s journey from childhood tragedy to founding a faith-based nonprofit (that’s us here at Both Hands!) serving orphans and widows, highlighting his family’s adoption story and his mission to find loving homes for vulnerable children. Through his experiences, Olson demonstrates how pain can be transformed into purpose, revealing the joy and value found in adoption. Now available for 13% off regular price! Learn more…
It Takes More than Love: A Christian Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Cross-Cultural Adoption by Brittany Salmon
It Takes More Than Love offers a biblically grounded guide to the challenges and beauty of transracial adoption, emphasizing the importance of intentionality, cultural awareness, and gospel-centered parenting. Through personal experience and practical wisdom, Brittany Salmon equips adoptive families to honor their child’s heritage, confront racism, and create a loving, inclusive home. Now available for 40% off regular price! Learn more…
We Chose You: A Book About Adoption, Family, and Forever Love by Tony & Lauren Dungy
We Chose You teaches children, whether biological or adopted, that they are chosen, loved, and secure, with a focus on the special and intentional nature of God’s plan for each family. It helps parents share their child’s unique adoption story, reinforcing their importance in the family. Now available for 43% off regular price! Learn more…
All the Babies: A First Book About Adoption by Kate Rietema
All the Babies is a colorful board book that celebrates adoption by introducing young readers to diverse families and children adopted in various ways, helping children understand adoption, diversity, and belonging. The book emphasizes that all babies are special and loved by God, regardless of their adoption story. Now available for 10% off regular price! Learn more…
God Found Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren
As little fox gets ready for bed, Mama Fox tells him the miraculous story of his special arrival. This heartwarming and tender tale captures the immensity of looking at God through a young child’s eyes and the profoundness of the blessings that adoption brings to both parent and child. Now available for 43% off regular price! Learn more…
Who’s Your Daddy? Discovering the Awesomest Daddy Ever by Lisa Harper
Meet Missy, an adopted little girl, as she navigates the question, “Who’s your daddy?” Through conversations with her mommy, Missy learns that, although she doesn’t have a “skin” daddy, she has a Heavenly Father who loves her deeply, offering comfort for children with diverse family experiences. Now available for 23% off regular price! Learn more…
Until Every Child is Home: Why the Church Can and Must Care for Orphans by Todd R. Chipman
This book explores how orphan care can transform your church’s ministry, expanding its impact and opening doors to new opportunities, while offering practical ways to get involved in foster care and adoption—even for those not yet ready to foster or adopt themselves. It shares stories from families and churches that have experienced the transformative power of orphan care. Now available for 10% off regular price! Learn more…
Daring to Hope: Finding God’s Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful by Katie Davis Majors
Daring to Hope tells the story of Katie Davis Majors’ journey of faith, loss, and hope as she navigates the challenges of living in Uganda, founding a nonprofit, and becoming a mother to thirteen girls through adoption. It invites readers to cling to God’s love and find hope even when life doesn’t unfold as expected. Now available for 16% off regular price! Learn more…
Replanted: Faith-Based Support for Adoptive and Foster Families by Jenn Ranter Hook, Joshua N. Hook, and Mike Berry
Replanted offers a faith-based model for families navigating adoption and foster care, focusing on three key support areas: emotional, informational, and tangible support. Through personal stories and insights, the book provides practical guidance for families to thrive in their journey while highlighting the importance of a strong support system. Now available for 18% off regular price! Learn more…
Do I Belong? Reassuring Kids Adopted from Foster Care by Carey Koenig, Reid Koenig, and Halley Koenig
Do I Belong? is a heartfelt resource for adopted children, especially those from foster care, addressing their common questions and emotions about adoption. Through personal stories and insights, it helps children understand that they are loved, unique, and never alone in their journey. Now available for 7% off regular price! Learn more…
Until There’s More than Enough: Working Together to Transform Foster Care Where You Live by Jason Weber
Until There’s More than Enough is a faith-based guide for transforming foster care in your community through effective collaboration. It provides practical principles and strategies for churches, organizations, and advocates to work together, turning the “not enough” mindset into “more than enough” for foster children and families. Now available for 15% off regular price! Learn more…
Want to learn more about funding your adoption? Explore how a Both Hands project can help—where the average family raises $23,000 toward adoption costs.
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