About the authors and illustrators.
Aimee' Poche' and Heather Berry write and illustrate books for children entering foster care. This idea of providing a child friendly book resource for the children right when they enter care was birthed in 2018. This project has taken Heather and Aimee' three years to get from an idea on a dry erase board to a well thought out story line and fun kid friendly illustrations. Heather and Aimee' know that when a child enters foster care in the first 72 hours, they will encounter a child welfare worker, a judge, a police officer and a foster family. The What Is book series is geared for ages 3-14 years old and teaches the role of each of these helpers in foster care.
Then there was the Moments with You activity book idea. Their heart for the activity book was to have something for the child and biological parent to do at the visits while the child is in foster care. They strategically took parenting tips and incorporated them in this workbook along with activities where the parent and child could have healthy fun interaction and meaningful conversation. They created the pages to be perforated so that one page at a time could go along with the child to the visit and brought back to put in child's life book to have some healthy fun memories even during visits in a tough season in the child's life.
IF YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES DUFFEL BAGS FOR CHILDREN ENTERING CARE, EMAIL US FOR
A WHOLESALE BULK PRICE LIST [email protected]
Then there was the Moments with You activity book idea. Their heart for the activity book was to have something for the child and biological parent to do at the visits while the child is in foster care. They strategically took parenting tips and incorporated them in this workbook along with activities where the parent and child could have healthy fun interaction and meaningful conversation. They created the pages to be perforated so that one page at a time could go along with the child to the visit and brought back to put in child's life book to have some healthy fun memories even during visits in a tough season in the child's life.
IF YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES DUFFEL BAGS FOR CHILDREN ENTERING CARE, EMAIL US FOR
A WHOLESALE BULK PRICE LIST [email protected]
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Aimee' is a wife, mother of eight children by birth and adoption, founder of Louisiana Heart Gallery, former social worker/foster care worker with the state of Louisiana, illustrator and writer. Aimee has led the adoption foster care ministry at her church for the past 17 years. She was the recipient of the Angels in Adoption Award in 2016. A program of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in Washington D.C.
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Heather is a wife, mother of 4 by birth and adoption, Youth Placement Services Director at Empower225, illustrator and writer. Heather is an active team participant of My Community Cares and Louisiana Heart Gallery. She has been a voice in the adoption foster care community for the past 10 years.
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InRegister Magazine July 2021 Issue Featured Article
Fostering knowledge: A new book series to comfort children entering foster care
Leaving their familiar homes and entering foster care can be a frightening and bewildering experience for children. That’s why co-authors and illustrators Aimeé Poché and Heather Berry recently created a four-part book series to help children navigate and transition into the foster care system. Read rest of article here
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To purchase book sets and activity book for children who enter foster care,
please email [email protected] Ebooks now available on Amazon |
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