Random Notes and more: Review of the books series: My Furry Foster Family

My Furry Foster Family is a beautiful book series, written by Debbie Michiko Florence, that touches the theme of fostering animals. The series consists of 4 books: Truman the Dog, Buttons the Kitten, Apple, and Annie the Hamster Duo and Betty, the Bearded Dragon. Each book has lovely, simple, and bright illustrations created by Melanie Demmer.

Each book narrates a story about fostering a different type of animal. The stories take place at the Takano home. Dad, mom. Katia (who narrates the stories, and their dog named Ollie are the Takano's family members. Each story tells us how the family gets to adapt to foster each different animal while the animal adapts itself. The stories are full of adventures pointing out the personality of each animal, like Betty that enjoys being pampered or Truman that gets in a lot of trouble, or Buttons, who is a shy cat who wants to feel safe, and finally, the hamster duo, Apple and Annie, who like to play hide and seek.

Focusing on each animal foster care, this series of books approach beautifully concepts like caring, affection, responsibility, teamwork while having fun adventures. This is a great series to help children understand the importance of caring for another living creature as well as being responsible while doing it. It also shows that when you share responsibilities and work together with others, things can be easier and more fun.

Debbie Michiko Florence is the author of this series. She is an award-winning, children's book author who is a former classroom teacher and zoo educator. Besides My Furry Foster Family, the author has 2 other book series: Jasmin Toguchi and Dorothy and Toto.
Melanie Demmer is the illustrations of this lovely series. She is interested in work that has a positive and memorable impact on children.

* This book series was gifted to review as part of the Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 celebration/event (1/31/20).

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7^th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators.
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