{"product_id":"it-doesnt-matter-its-love-an-adoption-story","title":"It Doesn't Matter...It's Love!: An Adoption Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt Doesn't Matter... It's Love!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy: TshänäNkó Jefferson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by: Jeff Jefferson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Doesn't Matter... It's Love! \u003c\/em\u003ecenters around foster care and adoption: all families are different, but still love each other! This book teaches readers more about what happens during foster care and the adoption process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTshänä Nkó Jefferson is a Safety Around Water instructor as well as a lifeguard. She feels that one of the most important things a child can learn is how to be safe around water. She is very involved in her local YMCA's Safety Around Water programs. She is also a professional violist and enjoys teaching violin and viola to children and adults alike. A practicing Christian, she is involved in her local church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has been a foster parent for her local agency for the past 10 years and has fostered 14 children to date and adopted her 3 daughters. She is especially involved in reaching out and telling people about foster care because every state is in need of more good, loving foster homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Illustrator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Jefferson is TshänäNkó Jefferson's father. He was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana and moved to Akron, Ohio when he was a toddler. He went to Hower High School where he studied Commercial Art and Graphic Design. Instead of going into an art career, he decided to go into the medical field and became a nurse. He moved to Long Beach, California in 1983 where he currently resides. He retired from his nursing career in 2014, giving him the time to illustrate and collaborate with his daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dorrance Publishing Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390472753426,"sku":"9798885271646","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_224fc501-ae7b-401b-b459-523ac1941bea.jpg?v=1728948786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/it-doesnt-matter-its-love-an-adoption-story","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}