Tapir Visits a Foster Family is the first in a series about Tapir and his adventures as he learns about foster care. Tapir is an animal character and program created by Jillayna Adamson to help younger children transition into the foster care and/or adoption system. Through Tapir, his coloring pages, stories and worksheets, children who come into the system are given a framework with which they are aided in understanding, conceptualizing and dealing with the new experiences they will be encountering. Tapir's program operates under the belief that children are aided mentally and emotionally by creative and expressive therapies and means. This includes play, art and stories. We encourage parents, foster parents, therapists and other caregivers to read Tapir's stories to their kids in care, encourage coloring, play, expression, and understanding of foster care and adoption through Tapir's program.