it continues today as Children's Village. There is a street in Dobbs Ferry which bears the name Brace Terrace and is near the family home. Legacy Brace's notion that children are better cared for by families than in institutions is the most basic tenet of present-day foster care, and his Orphan Train programs are considered the precursor for the modern foster care system in America. In popular culture Kate Manning's My Notorious Life (2014) predominantly features early 1800s orphans as main characters, who get selected on the street amongst children who must prostitute themselves for food, by Charles Loring Brace for the Orphan Train, and eventually become Lake Shore Drive (Chicago) and Fifth Avenue residents. The book "Last Train Home, an orphan train story" by Renée Wendinger, is a historical novella describing the methods by which children were placed West by the Children's Aid Society and the New York Foundling following the lives of two children of the train. The book "Extra! Extra! The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York" by Renée Wendinger, is an unabridged nonfiction resource book and pictorial history about the orphan trains. The song by Utah Phillips called "Orphan Train" has been performed by numerous modern bluegrass singers. The book Gratefully Yours describes a nine-year-old girl's feelings about her new family who adopt her from the orphan train. There is a ballet entitled Orphan Train presented by Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn, which tells the story of Brace and shows stories of orphans on the train. It is choreographed by Marla Hirokawa. Authors Al and Joanna Lacy have written an Orphan Trains Trilogy, depicting the lives of fictional orphans. The ballad "Rider On An Orphan Train", written by David Massengill, describes the inevitable tragedy of the separation of siblings in spite of the efforts to keep brothers and sisters together. The book Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting describes a fictional account of a girl's journey on the Orphan Train. See also Timeline of children's rights in the United States References Further reading , a one-hour documentary film based on exclusive access to the CAS archives using original research: Brace's diaries, letters from children, agents and interviews with "riders." Rybczynski, Witold (1999) A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century. External links The Children's Aid Society Orphans' stories 1826 births American philanthropists 1890 deaths Orphan Trains (Canada) Adoption history