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Adoption Options Reading List
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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