Wally's Grab and Run (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Yoda Books, 2026
Series: Book 1 of 1 - Foster Love Series
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. Wally the foster dog doesn't trust anyone. After moving from home to home, he learns to expect disappointment-and to believe that food and safety can vanish at any moment. So when he enters yet another foster family, Wally does what he knows best: grab the food and run. But, as his new foster family shows him patience, consistency, and compassion, he wonders if it's time to lower the walls he's built to protect himself and open his heart to learn to trust again.Wally's Grab and Run is a heartfelt picture book for children ages 4-8 that explores the emotional realities of foster care through the eyes of a lovable, guarded foster dog. The story reflects many challenges children in foster care face, including fear of abandonment, food insecurity, difficulty trusting adults, and the confusion of moving between homes.Written with trauma-informed care in mind, this book supports meaningful conversations about big feelings in a safe, age-appropriate way. The story uses clear emotional language and relatable behavior to help children recognize their own reactions and build emotional awareness.Themes & Benefits: - Trust & Attachment: Encourages children to explore safe relationship-building at their own pace - Abandonment & Safety: Opens conversations about loss, consistency, and emotional security - Hope & Healing: Shows that new beginnings and safe relationships can support emotional healing - Emotional Literacy: Helps children name and express difficult feelings - Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Aligns with SEL goals such as empathy, emotional regulation, and resiliencePerfect for foster families, adoptive families, counselors, therapists, social workers, teachers, and librarians, Wally's Grab and Run offers a compassionate resource for helping children impacted by foster care feel seen, understood, and hopeful. A heartfelt picture book about trust, belonging, and food insecurity, told through a foster dog learning to open his heart to trust again. Supports social-emotional learning for families, educators, counselors, and foster organizations. (4-8). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Wally's Grab and Run (Paperback)
- Author
- Susan Burnash
- Publisher
- Yoda Books
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798991343855
- Illustrator
- Askew, Ben
- Series
- Book 1 of 1: Foster Love Series
Ages 4 - 8
Wally, the foster dog, doesn't trust people. After moving multiple times and a history of grab-and-runs, he's come to expect the worst. But when his new foster family shows him patience and compassion, Wally discovers it may be time to leave the past behind. Can Wally open his heart and learn to start trusting again?
Through the lens of a foster dog, Author Susan Burnash tells a relatable story for children facing the challenges and emotions of living in foster care or non-traditional homes. With themes of abandonment, food insecurity, and trust, Wally’s story focuses on social-emotional learning (SEL), featuring expressed feelings, reactions, and opportunities for expression, compassion, and growth.
Perfect for children in foster care, and the parents, counselors, teachers, and others who support them.
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About the Author
Ben Askew BioBen Askew is a children's book author, and Illustrator, who grew up with dyslexia and struggled with reading until middle school. Art became his language, and now he uses it to create books that make reading fun and accessible for kids. His illustrations are bold, energetic, and playful, turning every page into an adventure.Ben lives in Missouri with his wife and three children, where nightly story time is a highlight of the day filled with pirates, dragons, astronauts, and Cowboys that fuels his imagination and sparks ideas for new stories.His website is BenAskewsbooks.com
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