Books
Below you can find some articles about adoption!
The Promise
For adoptive parents seeking tools and better understanding
The Promise is a raw and compelling memoir. It offers insight into the behaviours of adopted and foster children, gives hope to struggling families, and is a must-read for adoptive parents who are at a loss after bringing wounded children into the family.
BOOKS FOR PARENTS:
20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed. Discover the Unique Need of Your Adopted Child and Become the Best Parent You Canby Sherri Eldridge
Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear? by Denise Harris Hoppenhauer
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids - A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Gregory C Keck
Adoption is a Family Affair!: What Relatives and Friends Must Know by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption by Marlou Russell PhD
Arms Wide Open: An Insight into Open Adoption by Jane Waters
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D Gray
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley
Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees - What Happens After
Children of Open Adoption and Their Families by Kathleen Silber
Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber
For When Im Famous: A Foster Lifebook for Teens
In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends. (Mom's Choice Award Winner) by Elisabeth O'Tool
Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
Lifegivers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption by James L. Gritter
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child by Trish Maskew
Parenting Adopted Adolescents: Understanding and Appreciating Their Journeys (Hollywood Nobody) by Gregory C Keck
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years by Patty Cogen
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff
Snowflakes: A Flurry of Adoption Stories- By, For and About Children and Teens by Teresa Kelleher
Talking with Young Children about Adoption by Ms. Mary Watkins
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer and Jayne E Schooler
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer
The Attachment Connection: Parenting a Secure and Confident Child Using the Science of Attachment Theory by Ruth Newton PhD
The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis
The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families by Lois Ruskai Melina
The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families by Lois Ruskai Melina
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier
The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family by Jayne E Schooler
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
Two Empty Bedrooms, One Woman's Journey of Frustration, Hope and Joy Through Foster Parenting and Adoption
Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families (Experience the Life) by Jayne E Schooler
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH:
Adoption Is for Always: A Concept Bookby Linda Walvoord Girard
Did My First Mother Love Me?: A Story for an Adopted Child by Kathryn Ann Miller
Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights by Julie Nelson
Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children by Sherrie Eldridge
God Found Us Youby Lisa Bergren
Happy Adoption Day! by John McCutcheon
How I was Adopted by Joanna Cole
I Don't Have Your Eyesby Carrie A. Kitze
I wished for you- An adoption story - Marianne Richmond
Let's Talk About It : Adoption by Fred Rogers
Megan's Birthday Tree: A Story about Open Adoption by Laurie Lears and Bill Farnsworth
My Adopted Child, There's No One Like You (Birth Order Books) by Dr. Kevin Leman
Rain Forest Girl: More Than an Adoption Story by Chalise Miner
Red in the Flower Bed: An Illustrated Children's Story about Interracial Adoption by Andrea Nepa
Rosie’s Family: An Adoption Story – Lori Rosove
Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale by Karen Henry Clark
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Bornby Jamie Lee Curtis
The Day We Met by Phoebe Koehler
We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Familiesby Todd Parr
We See the Moon by Carrie A. Kitze
Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond by Christine Mitchell
What is Adoption? Helping non-adopted children understand adoption
Where's Home - Gabrielle Israelievitch
You Are My Wish Come True by Marianne Richmond
You are my Wish Come True by Marianne Richmond
Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children by Geraldine Molettiere Blomquist