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General Adoption

1-2-3 Magic Effective Discipline for Children 2 – 12,  Thomas Phelan

A Child’s Journey Through Placement, Vera Fahlberg

A Passage to the Heart:  Writing from Families with Children From China, Amy Klatzkin

Accessing Federal Adoption Subsidies after Legalization, by Tim O'Hanlon

ADOPCION: Hablando Con Tu Hijo By Patricia Martinez-Dorner and Joseph L. Martinez (Translator) Adoption: Talking with your Child en espanol.

Adopting Alyosha: A Single Man Finds A Son In Russia, by Robert Klose

Adopting and Advocating for the Special needs child, by

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids, by Gregory C. Keck & Regina M. Kupecky

Adopting the Older Child, Claudia Jewett

Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families, by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Adoption and Financial Assistance: Tools for Navigating the Bureauracy, By Rita Laws and Tim O'Hanlon

Adoption is for Always, Linda Walvoord Girard

Adoption Journeys: Parents Tell Their Stories, by Carole S. Turner; Foreword by Joyce Maguire Pavao

Adoption Life Cycle; The Children and Their Families Through The Years, by Elinor B. Rosenberg

 Adoption Reader : Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories, by Susan Wadia-Ells (Editor)

Adoption Resource Book, by Lois Gilman

Adoption Sourcebook: A Complete Guide To The Complex Legal, Financial, and Emotional Maze Of Adoption, by Cheryl Jones

Adoption Today: Options & Outcomes, Cynthia V. N. Peck

Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption, by Marlou Russell

Adoption Without Fear by James L. Gritter

After Sorrow Comes Joy, Cherie Clark

Are Those Kids Yours?, Cheri Register

Arms Wide Open: An Insight into Open Adoption

Assessing Attachment, Separation and Loss, Linda Bayless

The Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption

Beating The Adoption Odds: Using Your Head And Your Heart To Adopt, by Cynthia D. Martin, Dru Martin Groves (Contributor)

Boundaries with Kids, by

Broken Cord, The,  Michael Dorris

Butterflies in the Wind, Jean Erichsen

Child Of My Heart: A Celebration Of Adoption, by Barbara Alpert (Editor)

Children of Open Adoption, By Kathleen Silber and Patricia Martinez Dorner

Connected Child, the,  Karen Purvis

Creating Kinship, by Sharon Roszia (Editor) Loren Coleman (Editor) Annette Baran (Editor)

Different and Wonderful:  Raising Black Children in a race-Conscious Society, Drs. Derek & Darlene Hopson

Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen of the Harvard Negotiation Project (Viking, 1999)

Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising
Multiracial Children, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Double Take: A Single Woman's Journey to Motherhood, By Kathryn Cole

Family of Adoption, Theby Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao (Beacon Press)

Flight of the Stork : What Children Think (And When) About Sex and Family Building, by Anne C. Bernstein

For the Love of a Child...The Journey of Adoption

GARDEN HOPPING: MEMOIR OF AN ADOPTION

Getting Together: Building Relationships as We Negotiate, by Roger Fisher and Scott Brown of the Harvard Negotiation Project (Penguin, 1988)

Ghost At Heart's Edge; Stories And Poems On Adoption, by Susan Ito (Editor), Tina Cervin (Editor), Jacquelyn Mitchard

How it Feels to be Adopted, Jill Krementz

How to Raise an Adopted Child : A Guide to Help Your Child Flourish from Infancy Through Adolescence, by Judith Schaffer, Christina Lindstrom

How to Talk to Young Children About Adoption, by

Is Adoption For You?: The Information You Need To Make The Right Choice, by Christine A. Adamec

Keys to Parenting an Adopted Child (Barron's Parenting Keys), by Kathy Lancaster

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, by

Launching a Baby's Adoption : Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals, by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption

Making Sense Of Adoption; A Parent's Guide, by Lois Ruskai Melina

May The Circle Be Unbroken, by Lynn Franklin (Harmony Books, 1998)

Meeting Sophie: A Memoir of Adoption

Mothers and Their Adopted Children:  the bonding Process, Dorothy E. Smith

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma

Nuts and Bolts Of Open Adoption, by Catholic Human Services

Open Adoption:  A Caring Option, Jeanne Lindsay

Open Adoption Book : A Guide to Adoption Without Tears, The,  by Bruce M., Ph.D.

Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guide For Adoptive and Birth Families -- From Making The Decision through the Child's Growing Years, by Lois Ruskai Melina, Sharon Kaplan Roszia (Contributor)

Open Adoption Experience, The, by Lois Melina and Sharon Kaplan-Roszia. (Harper-Perennial, 1993)

Openness in Adoption: Exploring Family Connections, by Harold D. Groetvant and Ruth G. McRoy (Sage Publishing, 1998)

Our Own, Adopting and Parenting the Older Child, by Trish Maskew

Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child, The, Lois Hannon

Parents At Last: Celebrating Adoption and The New Pathways To Parenthood, by Cynthia V. N. Peck (Editor), Wendy Wilkinson

Post Adoption Blues, The, by Karen J. Foli, PhD & John R. Thompson, MD

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child

Raising Adopted Children : Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent, by Lois Ruskai Melina

Raising Your Adopted Daughters & Sons Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide, by Lois Ruskai Melina

Real Parents, Real Children, Parenting the Adopted Child, by Holly Van Gulden, Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb

Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother, By Jana Wolff

Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Adoption, Mirah Riben

Single Parent Adoption & Parenting Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, by Hope Marindin (Editor)

Spirit of Open Adoption, The  by Jim Gritter (CWLA, 1997)

Stork Market, The, Mirah Riben

Stories Of Adoption : Loss and Reunion, by Eric Blau

Swings Hanging From Every Tree, Daily Inspirations For Foster & Adoptive Parents, edited and compiled by Ramona Cunningham

Talking With Young Children About Adoption, by Mary Watkins, Susan Fisher (Contributor)

Toddler Adoption : The Weaver's Craft, by Mary Hopkins-Best

Touched By Adoption: Stories, Letters and Poems, by Nancy A. Robinson

Touched by Adoption, Volume 2, by Blair Matthews

Troubled Transplants: Unconventional strategies for helping disturbed foster adn adopted children, by Richard Delaney, PhD and Frank R. Kunstal, EdD.

Twenty Things Adopted Children Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge

Wanting Another Child:  Coping with Secondary Infertility,  Harriet Fishman Simons

Wasn't Love Supposed to be Enough?, by Barbara D. VanSlyck (Editor), Ellen Wristen, Alan Dupre-Clark, Richard Mague, Rosemary Haggerty

What is Open Adoption?, By Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999)

When Friends Ask About Adoption : Question & Answer Guide for Non-Adoptive Parents and Other Caring Adults, by Linda Bothun

Whole Life Adoption Book : Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family, The,  by Jayne E. Schooler

With Eyes Wide Open,  Margi Miller & Nancy Ward

 

 Books

Adoption Books For Children / Adoptees

A Mother for Choco,  Kelko Kaska

The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion, and Beyond

Adoption is For Always, by Linda Walvoord Girard (Tapestry Books)

A Mighty Time:  Talking to Your Adopted Adolescent about Sex, Randolph Severson

Adoption Reunion Stories

Adoption Stories for Young Children

Back to the Beginning; Remarkable True Stories of Adoption Searches & Reunions

Being Adopted : The Lifelong Search for Self, by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schechter (Contributor), Robin Marantz Henig (Tapestry Books)

Benjamin Bear,  Deborah Berry Joy

Carolyn’s Story, Perry Schwartz

Children Just Like Me,  Barnabas Kindersley & Anabel Kindersley

China’s Bravest Girl,  Charlie Chin

Chinese Eyes,  Marjorie Waybill

Day We Met You,  The, Pheobe Koehler

Did My First Mother Love Me, by Kathryn Ann Miller (Tapestry Books)

Filling In The Blanks; A Guided Look At Growing Up Adopted, by Susan Gabel From Perspectives Press

Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children

Free to be a Family,  Marlo Thomas

Goose,  Molly Gang

Growing Up Black In White, by Kevin Hofmann website

Happy Adoption Day!

Horace,  Holly Keller

How I Was Adopted,  Joanna Cole

"I Have Roots & Branches"... Personal Reflections on Adoption

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes,  Rose Lewis

I Wished for You - an Adoption Story

Journey of the Adopted Self : A Quest for Wholeness, by Betty Jean Lifton

Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience

Love You Forever,  Robert Munsch

Lucy's Feet, by Stephanie Stein, Kathryn A. Imler (Illustrator)

Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy?:  Where some Babies Come From, Elaine R. Gordon

Mulberry Bird, The, by Anne Braff Brodzinsky (Tapestry Books)

My Very Wanted Child, Ginny Laporte

Never, Never, Never Will She Stop Loving You, by Jolene Durrant (Tapestry Books)

Oliver, by Lois Wickstrom (Tapestry Books)

Our Baby:  A Birth and Adoption Story,  Janice Koch

Our Chosen Child, by: Judith Levy

The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale

Real for Sure Sister,  Ann Angel

Seeds Of Love: For Brothers and Sisters Of International Adoption, by Mary Ebejer Petertyl, Jill Chambers (Illustrator)

Search for Anna Fisher,The

Seventh Sister:  A Chinese Legend,  The, Cindy Chang

Susan & Gordon Adopt a Baby,  Judy Freudberg & Tony Geiss

Tell Me About The Night I Was Born, by Jamie Lee Curtis

Through Moon and Starts and Night Skies,  Ann Turner

Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

Twice-Upon-A-Time: Born and Adopted, by Eleanora Patterson

Two Birthdays For Beth, by Gay Lynn Cronin, Joanne Bowring (Illustrator)

We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families

We’re Different, We’re the Same,  Bobbie Jane Kates

Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond, Christine Mitchell

When You Were Born in China,  Sara Dorow

Where Are My Birth Parents? : A Guide for Teenage Adoptees, by Karen Gravelle, Susan Fischer (Contributor)

Where the Sun Kisses the Sea,  Susan Gabel

White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption, The

Why Was I Adopted?,  Stuart Livingston

Why do I Look Different?,  Darla Lowe

William is my Brother,  Jane T. Schnitter

W.I.S.E. Up! Powerbook,  Marilyn Schoettle

You're Not My Real Mother!

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For / About Birthmothers / Birthparents

Adoption Reader : Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories, by Susan Wadia-Ells (Editor)

Adoption Reunion Stories

Adoption Today: Options & Outcomes, by Cynthia V. N. Peck

Being a Birthparent: Finding Our Place, by Brenda Romanchik (Open Adoption Insight)

Birthmother's Book Of Memories, by Brenda Romanchik (Open Adoption Insight)

Birthparent Grief, by Brenda Romanchik (Open Adoption Insight)

Getting Together: Building Relationships as We Negotiate, by Roger Fisher and Scott Brown of the Harvard Negotiation Project (Penguin, 1988)

Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guide For Adoptive and Birth Families -- From Making The Decision through the Child's Growing Years, by Lois Ruskai Melina, Sharon Kaplan Roszia (Contributor)

Stories Of Adoption : Loss and Reunion, by Eric Blau

The Third Choice, A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption, by Leslie Foge & Gail Mosconi (Third Choice Books)

What is Open Adoption?, by Brenda Romanchik (Open Adoption Insight)

Your Rights and Responsibilities: A Guide For Expectant Parents Considering Adoption, by Brenda Romanchik (Open Adoption Insight)

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