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Adoption (General)

  • ADOPTION: THE FACTS, FEELINGS, AND ISSUES OF A DOUBLE HERITAGE - Jeanne Du Prau
  • THE ADOPTION LIFECYCLE: THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE YEARS - Elinor B. Rosenberg
  • ADOPTION: PARENTHOOD WITHOUT PREGNANCY - Charlene Canape
  • THE ADOPTION RESOURCE BOOK - Lois Gilman
  • ADOPTION TRIANGLE - Arthur Sorosky, Annette Baran and Ruben Pannor
  • TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW – Sherrie Eldridge
  • THE ART OF ADOPTION - Linda Cannon Burgess
  • BEING ADOPTED – LIFE LONG SEACH FOR SELF - Brodzenski, Schechter, and Henig
  • DEAR BIRTHMOTHER - Kathleen Silber & Phyllis Speedlin
  • THE FAMILY OF ADOPTION – Joyce Maguire Pavao
  • HOW TO RAISE AN ADOPTED CHILD – Judity Schaffer and Christina Lindstrom
  • A CHILD’S JOURNEY THROUGH PLACEMENT - Vera Fahlberg
  • MAKING SENSE OF ADOPTION: A PARENT’S GUIDE - Lois Melina
  • OPEN ADOPTION: A CARING OPTION - Jeanne Warren Lindsay
  • THE OPEN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE: A COMPLETE GUILD FOR ADOPTIVE AND BIRTH FAMILIES – FROM MAKING THE DECISION THROUGH THE CHILD’S GROWING YEARS - Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia
  • PERSPECTIVES ON A GRAFTED TREE: THOUGHTS FOR THOSE TOUCHED – Patricia Irwin Johnston
  • RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN: PRACTICAL REASSURING ADVICE FOR EVERY ADOPTIVE PARENT - Lois Ruskai Melina
  • SECRET THOUGHTS OF AN ADOPTIVE MOTHER – Jana Wolff
  • FLYING SOLO – Julia Wise

Infertility

  • ADOPTING AFTER INFERTILITY - Patricia Johnston
  • SWEET GRAPES: HOW TO STOP BEING INFERTILE AND START LIVING AGAIN - Jean W. Carter & Michael Carter
  • UNDERSTANDING INFERTILITY: INSIGHTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS – Patricia Johnson

Minority Adoption

  • IN THEIR PARENTS’ VOICES: REFLECTIONS ON RAISING TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEES – Rita Simon & Rhonda Roorda
  • IN THEIR SIBLINGS’ VOICES: WHITE NON-ADOPTED SIBLINGS TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES BEING RAISED WITH BLACK AND BIRACIAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS – Rita Simon, Rhonda Roorda & Krisiaan Versluys
  • DIFFERENT AND WONDERFUL - Habison and Habison
  • SUSAN AND GORDON ADOPT A BABY: BASED ON THE SESAME STREET TELEVISION SCRIPTS (SESAME STREET BOOKS) - Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss and Joseph Mathieu
  • DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOK LIKE ME? A PARENTS GUIDE TO RAISING MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN – Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Older Children and Special Needs Adoption

  • ADOPTING THE OLDER CHILD - Claudia Jewett
  • CHILDREN OF TRAUMA: REDISCOVERING YOUR DISCARDED SELF – Jane Middleton-Moz
  • FILLING IN THE BLANKS: A GUIDED LOOK AT GROWING UP ADOPTED - Susan Gabel
  • TODDLER ADOPTION – Mary Hopkins-Best

Private/International Adoption

  • ARE THOSE KIDS YOURS?: AMERICAN FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES – Cheri Register
  • A STORY OF MICHAEL – Deborah Fowler (from Romania)
  • WITH EYES WIDE OPEN: Margie Miller & Nancy Ward, Children’s Home Society of Minnesota
  • BEYOND GOOD INTENTIONS: A MOTHER REFLECTS ON RAISING INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED CHILDREN – Cherie Register
  • LOVE IN THE DRIEST SEASON – Neely Tucker

Children's Books on Adoption

  • ADOPTION IS FOR ALWAYS - Linda Walvoord Girard
  • ABBY - Jeanette Caines
  • BEING ADOPTED - Maxine B. Rosenberg
  • BENJAMIN BAER - Deborah Berry Joy
  • THE ADOPTED ONE - Sara Bonnett Stein
  • THE DAY WE MET YOU - Phoebe Koehler
  • DID MY FIRST MOTHER LOVE ME? – Dathryn Ann Miller
  • HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED - Jill Krementz
  • HOW BABIES AND FAMILIES ARE MADE (THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY) - Patricia ScAffer
  • LET’S TALK ABOUT ADOPTION – Fred Rogers
  • THE MULBERRY BIRD: STORY OF AN ADOPTION - Anne Brodzinsky
  • OLIVER - Lois Wickstrom
  • SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD - Roberta Silman
  • SUSAN AND GORDON ADOPT A BABY - (SESAME STREET) Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss
  • TWICE UPON A TIME - Eleanora Patterson
  • WE DON'T LOOK LIKE OUR MOM AND DAD - Harriet Sobol

Other Books:

  • Flying Solo by Julia Wise
  • Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff
  • Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
  • Tapestry Books — www.tapestrybooks.com

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