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Foundling Family Book Review – Issue 3

By Foundling friend, Celia McGee   Ages 3-5 Gus the Dinosaur Bus, by Julie Liu. Illustrated by Bei Lynn. (Houghton Mifflin) The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy, by Martha Brockenborough. Illustrated by Israel Sanchez. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) Chick-O-Saurus Rex, by Lenore and Daniel Jennewin (Simon & Schuster)   These three books offer off-beat stories about some of […]

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Foundling Family Book Review – Issue 2

By Foundling friend and volunteer Celia McGee   Ages 4-8 Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle, by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House)     Summertime and bike-riding go together. But first you have to know how. From a series of tender, funny and illuminating lessons between a patient and encouraging father and his […]

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A Foundling Father’s Reflections on Father’s Day

This is a very special guest blog from the perspective of a father, adoptive parent and great friend of The Foundling. John Banks is the father of two, a handsome biological son and a beautiful daughter adopted from The Foundling (both pictured) and here are his musings on Father’s Day, enjoy!   Father’s Day. Popular culture may have […]

5 Ways to Thank Dad This Week

Father’s Day is coming up and we all know how hard it can be to show the man in your life (whether it’s your foster dad, dad, grandfather, uncle or any other father figure) how much you care. But we also know that he’s wonderful to you and it’s important to say thanks. Below are […]

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Complex childhoods and a complex school system

Chuck Caputo earned a BS in Business, Health Care Administration and Gerontology as well as an MS in Healthcare Administration, both from Alfred University in upstate New York. Chuck worked in the field of Human Services his whole career in various capacities, including time spent improving quality control in US military clinics and with the […]

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Announcing Foundling Family Book Reviews!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a new series of blogs by Foundling friend, Celia McGee. Celia will be writing biweekly family book reviews for us to share with all of you! The reviews will live on The Foundling Blog, here on our website. We know how valuable reading is for everyone and hope […]

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