Table of Contents Chapter 1. Inspiration for Your Lifebook Journey A Lifebook Is the Best Gift The Best Way to Make a Lifebook 500 Words for Adoption? Chapter 2. The University of Lifebook What Makes A Lifebook Priceless? Magical Thinking Waiting Families & Lifebooks Roadblocks to Lifebooks Creative Interventions for Social Workers My Own Adoption Journey Birthparent Fantasy Chapter 3. Essentials for Lifebooks Triple AAA for Lifebooks Memory Books Scrapbooking & Lifebooks Kids Like Me Writing the Lifebook Lifebook Example Pages Why was I adopted? What about foster care and foster parents? Memory Boxes If Your Infant Has Grown Up Pocket Pages Full-Length International Example Full-Length Domestic Example Full-Length Foster Care Example Chapter 4. Making An Adoption Lifebook Always Make Copies of the Lifebook! Don’t Wait for Questions Helpful Resources for Lifebooks Lifebook Resources/Websites Other Cool Adoption/Foster Care Websites Favorite Children’s Books Helpful Grownup Books