November is National Adoption Month. You will find books on various aspects of adoption on display on the second floor of the library. These items are available for loan, so if you see something of interest, feel free to check it out.

This year’s focus for National Adoption Month is on adopting children out of foster care.  According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2005 there were 115,407 children waiting to be adopted out of foster care. The number of infants available for adoption has fallen over the last several years. Older children were once seen as unadoptable but now make up a large number of the children waiting for a permanent home.