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Adoption In Canada Books
Adoption in Canada is such a fascinating subject you could write a book about it. And you know what -- many people have.

Here’s a list of some of our favourites, along with hundreds of other titles that readers have recommended. Got a book you want the world to know about? Send us the title at info@canadaadopts.com and we’ll be happy to make room for it on our shelf.

Adoptive Parenting

	Dear Linda: An Adoptive Father's Open Letter to the Birthmother of his Child Anonymous. Trafford 2001. An adoptive father shares his joys and appreciation to the birthmother of his 10-year-old daughter.
	Real Parents Real Children Bartels-Rabb, Lisa and Van Gulden, Holly. Crossroad Classic, 1995. Covers the development stages of a child's life and how adoption may impact them.
	Labours of Love: Canadians Talk About Adoption Brennan, Deborah. Dundurn 2008. Canadians describe their journey from overcoming heartbreaking obstacles to becoming parents.
	The Adoption Decision:15 Things You Wnat to Know Before Adopting Christianson, Laura. Harvest House, 2007. An adoption educator and adoptive mom addresses the 15 main emotional and spiritual issues adoptive parents need to go through before they begin their adoption journey.
	Becoming a Family: Promoting Health Attachments with Your Adopted Child Eshlemann, Lark. Taylor Trade Publishing 2005. Insights into attachment disorder and how parents can overcome it.
	Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforseen Challenges of Adoption. Foli, Karen and Thompson, John. Rodale, 2004. An overview of some of the post-adoption challenges facing parents and ways to handle them.
	Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents Gray, Deborah. Perspectives Press, 2002. Using vignettes and real-life situations, a clinical social worker specializing in attachment, grief and trauma shows how to forge lasting loving bonds with your child.
	The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children Greenspan, Stanley. Da Capo Press 1998. Nature, nurture and the roles they play in parenting difficult children.
	Toddler Adoption: the Weaver's Craft Hopkins-best, Mary. Perspectives Press, 1998. A child development expert and mother of a child adopted as a toddler offers advice for anyone considering adopting or who has adopted a child within the one to three age bracket.
	Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families Johnston, Patricia Irwin. Perspectives Press 2008. A guide on how to prepare for your adoption, including practical advice on what you’ll need to do after you’ve made your decision.
	The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing Perr, Bruce and Szalavitz, Maia. Basic Books 2007. What happens when a child is exposed to extreme stress and how to help ease him into healthy adulthood.
	Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing; Infancy through Adolescence Levine, Peter and Kline, Maggie. North Atlantic Books 2006. An explanation on how parents can help their children cope with the effects of trauma.
	Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love Karen, Robert. Oxford University Press 1998. A primer on attachment theory that includes tips, science and historical context.
	Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections MacLeod, Jean and Macrae, Sheena. Emk Press 2006. Tips and techniques for parents of adopted children.
	Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens Riley, Debbie. C.A.S.E. Publications, 2005. A practical guide with case studies that explains the six major hurdles confronting adolescent and teenage adoptees.
	Broken Spirits Lost Souls: Loving Children with Attachment and Bonding Difficulties Ryan, Jane. iUniverse 2004. The fundamentals of attachment difficulties and prescriptions on how to prevent them.
	Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption Savarese, Ralph. Other Press 2007. A father recounts his family's adoption of an abused, autistic youngster.
	Attachment Handbook/Foster Care and Adoption Schoflield, Gillian and Beek, Mary. Baaf Adoption & Fostering 2006. Attachment scenarios and strategies.
	Labor of the Heart: A Parent's Guide to the Decisions and Emotions in Adoption Whitten, Kathleen. M. Evans And Company Inc. 2008. Using the author’s own experience as a starting book, this book guides would-be adoptive parents through the many stages and emotional impacts involved in the adoption process.

Child Care and Parenting

	Touchpoints Birth to 3: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development Brazelton, Berry and Sparrow, Joshua. Da Capo Press 2001. A guidebook to early childhood development covering all of the physical and emotional milestones.
	Complete Book of Mother and Baby Care Canadian Medical Association. Dorling Kindersley 1992. An illustrated guide to happy and healthy pregnancy.
	Kids Are Worth It Coloroso, Barbara. Somerville House 1994. A parenting guru shares her secrets on how to raise healthy children.
	Helping Your Child Sleep Through the Night Cuthbertson, Joanne and Schevill, Susie. Doubleday 1985. Step-by-step instructions on how to get a good night's sleep.
	What to Expect the First Year Eisenber, Arlene; Murkoff, Heidi and Hathaway, Sandee. Workman Publishing Company 1989. Answers to all your parenting questions, one month at a time.
	Solve Your Children's Sleep Problems Ferber. A godsend to any parent interested in getting a little shut-eye.
	How to Raise Kids Without Going Broke Finch, Peter and Marshall, Delia. Avon Books 1999. Financial strategies for you and your children.
	The Baby Care Book: A Complete Guide from Birth to 12-Months Old Friedman, Jeremy and Saunders, Norman. Robert Rose 2007. A guide to help parents raise a healthy and happy newborn.
	I Refuse to Raise a Brat Henner, Marilu and Velikovsky, Ruth. Regan Books 1999. Instilling good habits into your child while you still can.
	The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth Kitzinger, Sheila. Knopf 2004. A detailed discussion of all of your birthing choices.
	Raising Your Spirited Child Kurcinka, Mary. HarperCollins 1991. Everything you need to know about raising temperamentally challenging kids.
	Your Baby and Child Leach, Penelope. Knopf 2000. Tips on how to maximize the psychological, emotional and physical well-being of your child.
	Parenting Toward Solutions: How Parents Can Use Skills They Already Have to Raise Responsible, Loving Kids Metcalf, LInda. Prentice Hall 1997. Strategies on how to handle parenting challenges including attention deficit disorder, depression, abuse and anger.
	But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy: the Complete Sourcebook for Starting (and Re-Starting) Motherhood Beyond 35 and After 40 Nagle, Doreen. HCI 2002. The pros and cons of motherhood for those who have delayed it.
	Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care Spoc, Benjamin, M.D., and Parker, Steven, M.D. New York: Pocket Books, 1998. The baby care bible that generation of parents have turned to.
	Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child Weissbluth, Marc. A step-by-step guide for creating good sleep habits for children.

Children's Books

	How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me Aldrich, Andrew. New Family Press 2003. How two men and a baby came together and the family they created. Ages 4-8.
	All About Adoption: How Families Are Made and How Kinds Feel About It Annunziata, Jane and Nemiroff, Marc. Magination Press, 2003. Explores the what, how and why of adoption, as well as the different feelings that kids experience about being adopted as they grow up. Ages 4-8.
	A Forever Family: A Child's Story about Adoption Banish, Roslyn, with Jordan-Wong, Jennifer. New York: Harper Trophy, 1992. Adoption through the eyes of a child. Ages 4-8.
	They Chose Me: A Story of Grandparent Adoption Bheler, Rhonda. Inspired by a true story, a grandparent explains how his grandson came to join their family. Ages 9-12.
	When You Were Born in Korea Boyd, Brian. Yeong & Yeong Book Company 1993. Questions arise when you’re born overseas and don’t look like your mom and dad. Ages 9-12.
	Mulberry Bird Brodzinsky, Anne. Perspectives Press 1996. Understanding relinquishment through the story of a bird who decides to place her baby with another family. Ages 4-8.
	Jin Woo Bunting, Eve. Clarion Books 2001. David, who is adopted, has mixed feelings as he waits for his new brother to join his family from Korea. Ages 6-8.
	Rosie's Family: An Adoption Story Burrill, Heather and Rosove, Lori. Asia Press, 2001. Tough questions, loving answers about adoption. Ages 4-8.
	My Family is Forever Carlson, Nancy. Puffin 2006. A young Asian girl learns that families are linked by their love for one another not by their looks.
	Guji Guji Chen, Chih-Yuan. Kane/Miller 2006. A mother duck and her family’s life changes after an extra large alligator egg rolls into her nest. Ages 4-8.
	How I Was Adopted Cole, Joanna. HarperCollins Canada 1995. Samatha tells her favourite story about the time she was adopted and explains what the differences and similarities are between adoptees and other children. Ages 4-8.
	Finding Joy Coste, Marion. Boyds Mills Press 2006. A woman flies to China to pick up her daughter and wonders whether her family can love a child born to strangers. Ages 4-8.
	Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born Curtis, Jamie Lee. New York: Harper Collins, 1996. The instant bedtime classic by the star of "Freaky Friday" and "A Fish Named Wanda." Ages 4-8.
	The Coffee Can Kid Czech, Jan. Child & Family Press 2002. A young Asian girl adopted from “a faraway land on the other side of the world" asks her father how she came to join her new family. Ages 4-8.
	Our Baby from China: An Adoption Story D'Antonio, Nancy. Albert Whitman & Company; 1997. A photo album of how one couple adopted their daughter, Ariela, from a Chinese orphanage. Ages 4-8.
	Adopted and Loved Forever Dellinger, Annetta. Concordia 1987. A child explains what it’s like to be adopted and how adoptive families are forever. Ages 4-8.
	Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children Eldridge, Sherrie. EMK Press 2007. After she feels a baby moving insde her aunt’s tummy, Lucie views her adoption story and her connection to her birth parents in a different way. Ages 4-8.
	Talking with Young Children about Adoption Fisher, Susan and Watkins, Mary. Yale University Press, 1995. A clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist, both adoptive mothers, deal with the questions that children have about their adoption and the best ways to deal with them. Ages 4-8.
	You're Not My Real Mother! Friedrich, Molly and Hale, Christy. Little, Brown Young Readers, 2004. Heartwarming story about an adoptive mother who explains to her daughter why she is her "real mother" even though they don't look anything alike. Ages 4-8.
	Kids Like Me in China Fry, Ying Ying Fry and Klatzkin, Amy. An eight-year-old Chinese adoptee provides a first view perspective of adoption. Ages 9-12.
	Adoption is For Always Girard, Linda. Albert Whitman & Company 1991. Five-year-old girl Celia has many questions about her adoption. Ages 4-8.
	The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale Grace, Lin. Albert Whitman, 2007. A fairy tale based on the Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects people who are destined to be together. Age 4-8.
	Let's Talk About Adoption. Helmer, Diana Star. Powerkids Press, 2003. Explains what adoption is, why parents place their babies for adoption, and what it means to be adopted. Ages 7-9.
	Emma's Story Hodge, Deborah. Tundra Books 2003. Emma’s grandmother explains to her how she came from China and joined their family. Ages 4-8.
	Nikolai, the Only Bear Joose, Barbara. Philomel 2005. Nikolai is a bear, the only bear in a Russian orphanage with 100 children. Ages 4-8.
	A Mother for Choco Kasza, Keiko. Putnam Juvenile, 1996. Choco, a yellow bird with blue-stripped feet, searches for a parent and learns that there are more to family relationships than just physical resemblances. Ages 4-8.
	Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale Katz, Karen. Henry Holt And Company, 2001. A sweet story about the “forever and for always” bonds between adoptive parents and children. Ages 4-8.
	Horace Keller, Holly. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991. Allegorical adoption tale told by a leopard. Ages 4-8.
	A Sister for Matthew: A Story About Adoption Kennedy, Pamela. Ideals Publications, 2006. A story for big brothers and sisters that explains what happens when Matthew finds out he’s getting a baby sister from China. Ages 4-8.
	Little Miss Spider Kirk, David. Scholastic 2003. After her search for her biological mother is unsuccessful, Miss Spider adopts as her mother the green beetle who helped her with her search. Ages 4-8.
	I Don't Have Your Eyes Kitze, Carrie. EMK Press, 2003. An uplifting book that explains how even though we may look different on the outside, we're all the same on the inside. Ages 2-5.
	Max and the Adoption Day Party Klein, Adria and Gallagher-Cole, Mernie. Picture Window Books 2007. Max attends Jose’s adoption day party. Ages 4-8.
	The Day We Met You Koehler, Pheobe. Aladdin Picture Books, 1990. The joys and excitement experienced by new adoptive parents as they pick up their new baby. Ages 2-5.
	Grace from China Kolosov, Jacqueline. Yeong & Yeong Book Company 2004. As Jess and her mother travel to China to greet her new sister, she discovers that adoption involves loss as well as love. Ages 9 and up.
	Over Land and Sea: A Story of International Adoption Layne, Steven. A picture book describing the journey adoptive parents take as they travel overseas to build their family. Ages 4-8.
	Megan's Birthday Tree: A Story about Open Adoption Lears, Farnsworth. Albert Whitman and Company 2005. Megan, Megan’s birth mother, and her adoptive parents share a loving connection with each other. Ages 4-8.
	My Adopted Child, There's No One Like You Leman, Kevin. Revell 2007. A birth order specialist celebrates the individuality of adoptees. Ages 4-8.
	I Love You Like Crazy Cakes Lewis, Rose. Little Brown and Company 2003. Based on her own experiences, a single woman tells about what happened when she travelled to China to adopt a baby girl. Ages 3-5.
	Every Year on Your Birthday Lewis, Rose. Little Brown and Company 2007. A mother recalls the special celebrations with the daughter she brought home from China. Ages 4-8.
	Why Was I Adopted? Livingstone, Carol. Secaucus:, Lyle Stuart Inc., 1978. Explaining adoption to your child in words and pictures. Ages 4-8.
	Little Lost Bat Markle, Sandra. Harlesbridge Publishing 2006. What happens to a newborn bat after he loses his mother. Ages 4-8.
	Happy Adoption Day! McCutcheon, John. Little, Brown & Company 2001. A book in verse celebrating the joys and excitement of adoption. Ages 4-8.
	What is Adoption? McDowall, Rita and Stergianis, Sofia. Wisdom Press, 2006. Explores the issues of what it's like to be adopted through the story of two friends, Alex, who is adopted, and Violet, who isn't. Ages 5 and up. www.whatisadoption.com
	Just Add One Chinese Sister McMahon, Particia and McCarthy, Connor. Boyds Mills Press 2005. Based on a true story, Connor, his mother and his new sister, Claire, create a scrapbook chronicling her adoption journey from China. Ages 4-8.
	Borya and the Burps: An Eastern European Adoption Story McNamara, Joan. Perspectives Press 2005. A portrayal of East European adoption through the eyes of a child who leaves his country with nothing but a talent for burping. Ages 6 and up.
	Felicia's Favorite Story Newman, Leslea. Two Lives Pub 2002. Written by the author of "Heather Has Two Mommies", it tells the story of how Felicia was adopted by Mama Nessa and Mama Linda. Ages 4-8.
	Made in China: A Story of Adoption Oelschlager, Vanita. Vanita Books 2008. A young girl deals with sibling rivalry and other issues that spring from her adoption from China. Ages 4-8.
	The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption Okimoto, Jean Davies. Houghton Mifflin Company 2002. A tender humorous tale of four families who travel to China to be united with their daughters. Ages 4-8.
	Waiting for Noah Oppenheim, Shulamith Levey. Harper, 1990. A companion book to “Waiting for Hannah” about anticipating the birth of a child. Ages 4-8.
	And Tango Makes Three Parnell, Peter and Richardson, Justin. Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing 2005. Based on a true story set in New York City's Central Park Zoo, this is the story of two male penguins and the child they raise. Ages 4-8.
	We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families Parr, Todd. Little, Brown & Company, 2007. With simple words and pictures, this book shows the different ways that families are formed. Ages 4-8.
	Mommy Far, Mommy Near Peacock, Carol. Albert Whitman 2000. After Elizabeth starts asking questions about her adoption from China, her mother reassures her that children can come from any country. Ages 4-8.
	Seeds of Love: For Brothers and Sisters of International Adoption Petertyl, Mary and Chambers, Jill. Folio One Publishing 1997. A young girl has many questions while she waits for her younger sister to come home. Ages 4-8.
	One Wonderful You: A Unique Book for Adopted People of All Ages Portnoy, Francie. Childrens Home Society of North 1997. A celebration of adoption and the individuality of adoptees. Ages 9-12.
	Waiting for Hannah Russo, Marisabina. Greenwillow, 1989. A picture book about anticipating the birth of a child. Ages 4-8.
	Allison Say, Allen. Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books 2004. One day Allison, a transracial adoptee, discovers she resembles her favorite doll more than her parents. Ages 4-8.
	Lucy's Family Tree Schreck, Karen. Tilbury House Publishers 2001. What happens when Lucy, an Mexican adoptee, is asked to create a family tree as part of a class assignment. Ages 4-8.
	Families are Forever Shemin, Craig and Capone, Deb. As Simple as That 2006. A Chinese-American adoptee learns about the ties that bind and what it means to be a family. Ages 4-8.
	My Special Family: A Children's Book About Adoption Silber, Kathleen and Parelskin, Debra. Taylor Publishing 1995. A workbook for children of open adoption to help them understand their ties to their adoptive parents and birth parents. Ages 4-8.
	Rebecca's Journey Home Sugerman, Brynn. Lerner Publishing Group 2006. Jacob and Gabe, two Jewish brothers, prepare for their new sister’s arrival from Vietnam. Ages 4-8.
	The Red Blanket Thomas, Eliza. Scholastic 2004. The story of a single woman who adopts a child from China and the red blanket they both bond with. Ages 4-8.
	My New Family: A First Look at Adoption Thomas, Pat. Barron's Educational Series, 2003. Written by a psychotherapist and child counselor, this book explains adoption to children and promotes positive interaction among them. Ages 4-8.
	My Mei Mei Young, Ed. Philomel 2006. Antonia’s life changes after her parents return to China and bring home a younger sister. Ages 4-8.
	Mother's Day in March: A Story of Adoption Valeri, Antonella. Authorhouse 2006. Understanding the concept of adoption through the eyes of Dina and her friends. Ages 4-8.
	Chinese Eyes Waybill, Marjorie. Herald Press 1974. After a young girl adopted from Korea is teased about her appearance, she learns what it means to be different from others. Ages 4-8.
	This Is How We Became a Family: An Adoption Story Willis, Wayne. Magination Press 1999. An adoptive parent recounts the highs and lows of adoption, before and after her child’s placement. Ages 3-6.
	Before Green Gables Wilson, Budge. Putnam Adult 2008. In this prequel to the Canadian classic, readers find out what happened to Anne before she became Anne of Green Gables.
	The Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted Zisk. Albert Whitman 2001. How Ana and her single mom became a family. Ages 4-8.

Gay Parent Adoption

	How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me Aldrich, Andrew. New Family Press 2003. How two men and a baby came together and the family they created.
	The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children Clunis, Merilee and Green, Dorsey. Seal Press 1996. Drawing on their own experiences, lesbian parents present a guide to creating strong families.
	Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption: Extraordinary yet Ordinary Hicks, Stephen and McDermott, Janet. University of British Columbia Press 2005. Lesbian and gay adoptive moms and dads share their stories.
	The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide Lev, Arlene. 2004. A guide on what gays and lesbians can expect – and need to do – as parents.
	Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing and Supporting an Untapped Resource for Children and Youth Mallon, Gerald. Child Welfare League of America 2006. Helpful hints and advice for prospective gay and lesbian parents.
	The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families Martin, April. Harper Perennial 1993. How lesbians and gays can build a family through adoption.
	Fatherhood for Gay Men McGarry, Kevin. Haworth Press 2003. How the author became a parent, and the hopes, dreams and fears he encountered along the way.
	A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy: Intended Fathers Menichiello, Michael. University Of Toronto Press 2006. One gay couple's quest for a child.
	Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Get Pregnant Savage, Dan. Plume 2000. The nationally syndicated sex-advice columnist shares his surprising and true-life adventure into parenthood after he and his boyfriend decide to adopt.
	Gay and Lesbian Parenting Choices Sember, Brette. Career Books 2006. Adopting options and others for gay and lesbians.
	How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages Snow, Judith. Haworth Press 2004. Thirty-two children reflect on the experience of having a gay parent.
	Queer Families, Common Agendas: Gay People, Lesbians and Family Values Sullivan, Richard. Haworth Press Inc 2000. A guide to the legal and social struggles that lesbian and gay families face today.

Getting Started

	The Adoption Option, Complete Handbook Adamec, Christine. Prima Publishing 1999. A comprehensive guide to adoption intended for a US audience, but includes a section on Canada.
	Is Adoption for You: The Information You Need to Make the Right Choice Adamec, Christine. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Explores the main adoption issues and helps you decide which route is right for you.
	The ARE Babies to Adopt Adamec, Christine. New York; Pinnacle Books, 1991. The title pretty much says it all.
	The Basics of Adoption: A Guide for Building Families in the US and Canada Allen, Mardi and Dickerson, James. Praeger Publishers 2006. A former social worker and a psychologist demystify the adoption process and offer practical advice based on their career experience.
	Children and Youth Adoption, Orphanages and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide Askeland, Lori. Greenwood Press 2005. Weaving the past and the present, this book provides a detailed look at the adoption experience from a wide variety of angles.
	Adoption for Dummies Barr, Tracy. John Wiley & Sons 2003. An easy-to-use overview of the adoption process that includes answers to basic questions such as what’s involved, how much does it cost and how long does it take.
	The Complete Adoption Book: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child Beauvais-Goldwin, Laura. Adams Media Corporation 2005. A roadmap to adopting.
	The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting Christianson, Laura. Harvest House 2007. An adoption educator and an adoptive mom addresses the 15 main emotional and spiritual issues adoptive parents need to address before they begin their adoption journey.
	The Adoption Network: Your Guide to Starting A Support System Christianson, Laura. Faithworks, 2007. How a support group can ease your introduction into adoption and helping hints on how to join one.
	Truly Yours: Thoughts on th Miracle of Adoption Dail, Laura. Andrews McMeel Publishing 2004. Observations for anyone interested in learning more about the adoption experience.
	Parents by Choice: An Insightful Guide Exploring Adoption to Build Your Family Deblander, Terese. iUniverse 2004. Tips on how to build your family through adoption.
	The Unofficial Guide to Adopting a Child DellaVecchio, Andrea. Foster City: IDG Books Worldwide Inc., 2000. The inside scoop on the adoption process.
	The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Adoption Falker, Elizabeth Swire. Grand Central Publishing, 2006. The ins and outs of domestic and international adoption with lots of helpful tips and shortcuts by someone who’s “been there and done that."
	Adoption Resource Book Gilman, Lois. Harper Collins 1998. An adoptive mother provides details on everything you need to know about adoption, from how to start out to what to expect after you bring your child home.
	Reaching Out: the Guide to Writing a Terrific Dear Birthmother Letter Handel, Nelson. Easternedge Press 2002. Tips and techniques on how to write an effective parent profile or Dear Birthmother letter.
	Adoption: the Essential Guide to Adopting Quickly and Safely Hicks, Randall. Perigee Trade 2007. An adoption insider shares the secrets of successful adopting.
	Adoption Is A Family Affair!: What Relatives and Friends Must Know Johnston, Patricia Irwin. Perspectives Press, 2001. How to educate and ease extended family into your adoption plans.
	A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents Kruger, Pamela and Smolove, Jill. Riverhead 2005. Twenty writers share their experiences as adoptive parents.
	Beating the Adoption Odds Martin, Cynthia. Harcourt Trade Publishers 2001. A comprehensive guide to infant adoption, completely revised and updated.
	Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide Melina, Lois Ruskai. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1989. An adoption expert connects the dots and offers useful tips on how to handle everything your children may throw at you.
	Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America Pertman, Adam. HarperCollins Canada 2000. A former journalist, Pertman combines research and own personal story in offering an overview of adoption trends today and suggestions on how to improve the process for all members of the triad.
	The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family Schooler, Jane. Pinon Press 1993. The special challenges that arise when you build a family through adoption and how to prepare for them.
	How to Raise an Adopted Child Shaeffer, Judith and Lindstrom, Christina. New York: Plume, Penguin Books USA, 1991. Not so much a how-to manual as a guided tour of the major adoption issues and suggestions on how to deal with them.
	Intentional Family: Celebrating Adoption Taylor, Kimberley. Beacon Hill Press 2007. The joys and challenges of journeying down the road less taken.

Infertility

	Adopting After Infertility Johnston, Patricia Irwin. Perspectives Press 1992. A level-headed approach on how to make the best out of a bad situation.
	Family Bound: One Couple's Journey Through Infertility and Adoption Ostrea, Carrie. iUniverse 2003. The emotional and financial rollercoaster ride of one couple as they try to become parents and the impact it had on them and their families.
	Surviving Infertility: A Compassionate Guide Through the Emotional Crisis of Infertility Salzer, Linda. HarperPerennial 1991. Coping strategies for those facing infertility.
	The Infertility Answer Book Sembe McWorther, Brette. Sphinx Publishing 2005. Answers to questions about fertility treatments and adoption and finding the route that’s right for you.
	Wanting Another Child: Coping with Secondary Infertility Simon, Harriet Fishman. Lexington Books 1995. How to handle the hidden plight of secondary infertility.

International Adoption

	Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production Bartholet, Elizabeth. Beacon Press 1999. A Harvard law professor who adopted two children from Peru makes a case for international adoption and reforming the overall system.
	Moving Heaven and Earth: A Personal Journey into International Adoption Birdsey, Barbara and Cadwalader, George. Francis Press 2000. The founder of an international adoption agency and parent of an adopted child from Central America walks through the labyrinth that is international adoption.
	The Greatest Gift: Relfections on International and Domestic Adoption Buckley, Betsy. Creative Arts Book Company 2001. An adoptive mom looks back on the preparation leading up to the adoption of her child and others.
	Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear? Hoppenhauer, Denise. iUniverse Star 2004. What first-time parents can expect when they adopt a toddler.
	The Kinning of Foreigners: Transnational Adoption in a Global Perspective Howell, Signe. Berghahn Books 2007. The impact that adopting from another country and another culture has on the family.
	Welcome Home! An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader Linzer, Lita. Haworth Press 2004. Stories and advice on intercountry adoption.
	Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents and Providers Miller, Laurie. Oxford University Press 2004. A guide to the medical and developmental issues facing internationally adopted children.
	With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over Age One Miller, Margi and Ward, Nancy. 2007 A guide for prospective parents on some of the medical, emotional and cultural challenges of adopting an institutionalized child from another country.
	International Adoption Travel Journal Petertyl, Mary. Folio One Publishing 2002. A journal and a keepsake for anyone interested in making the most of their trip of a lifetime.
	The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adoption Children from China Rauhala, Ann. ECW Press 2008. A collection of personal stories by parents who have adopted from China, from their struggles with infertility to the joy of bringing their children home.
	Are Those Kids Yours? American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries Register, Cheri. New York: Free Press, 1991. An adoptive mother of two transcultural children on what to expect – the good, the bad and the ugly -- when you adopt a child from overseas.
	Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children Register, Cheri. Yeong & Yeong Book Company 2005. The ten pitfalls that parents of internationally adopted children fall into and what you need to do to rise above them.
	Adopt International: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad Sweet, Robin and Bryan, Patty. Third Avenue Press 2007. From home study to traveling tips, practical suggestions and solutions on some of the common concerns of adopting abroad.
	10 Steps to Successful International Adoption: A Guided Workbook for Prospective Parents Uekert, Brenda. Third Avenue 2007. A step-by-step motivational handbook that walks you through all of the major decisions you have to make in order to adopt internationally.
	Cultures of Transnational Adoption Volkman, Tody and Johnston, Alice. How adoption creates and transforms culture. (about kinship, biology, and belonging)
	Now We Are One: Faces of International Adoption Wecker, David and Wilson, Michael. Orange Frazer Press 2007. A photo essay on the difference faces of intercountry adoption.

International Adoption: China

	China Girl: One Man's Adoption Story Demers, Daivd. Marquette Books 2004. A single dad’s take on adopting from China.
	China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood Gammage, Jeff. HarperCollins 2007. An adoptive dad wrestles with his mixed feelings after adopting two girls from China.
	Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption and Orphanage Care in China Johnson, Kay. Yeong & Yeong Book Company 2004. A socio-political examination of the circumstances that give rise to the abandonment and adoption of Chinese girls.
	For the Love of Rachel: A Father's Story Loewenstein, David. Enalan Communications 2007. One couple’s story of traveling to China to adopt a girl after their other child’s premature birth and extended hospital stay.
	The Chinese Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt from China and Korea MacLean, John. iUniverse 2004. Practical advice on everything from medical issues to travel requirements on how to get the most of your adoption from China and Korea.
	Meeting Sophie: A Memoir of Adoption McCabe, Nancy. University of Missouri Press 2003. The personal and professional obstacles a woman faced in adopting a daughter from China.
	A Mother's Adoption Journey Ryan, Darlene. Second Story Press 2001. Through narrative and daily excerpts, a New Brunswick mother details the ups and downs of adopting her daughter from China.
	Empty Lap: One Couple's Journey to Parenthood Smolowe, Jill. Atria 1998. How one couple overcame their differences and adopted a child from China.
	Daughter from Afar: A Family's International Adoption Story Woodard, Sarah. Writers Club Press 2002. A family recounts their experience adopting a child from China. Including details of their stay there.

International Adoption: Russia

	Miracle in the City of Angels: An International Adoption Story Conner, Elle. AuthorHouse 2007. The excitement and anticipation of one family adopting from Russia.
	The Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt From Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia Azerbaijan and Moldova Maclean, John. iUniverse 2004. A comprehensive guide about adopting a child from overseas and how to avoid some of the common legal, medical and travel pitfalls.
<p> </p> <p> </p>	The Russian World for Snow: A True Story of Adoption Newman, Janis Cooke. St. Martin's Press, 2002. A funny, moving account of one woman’s journey to adopt a boy in Russia.
	Adopting in Russia: Your Rights and the Law O'Rear, Irina. Russia Legal Press 2007. What you need to know about adopting in Russia.
	Hello, Aibek!: A Journey of International Adoption Quirk, Kevin. 1st Books Library 2003. One couple’s harrowing adventuring about bringing their son home from an orphanage in Kazakhstan.
	The Pumpkin Patch: A Single Woman's International Adoption Journey Schwarz, Margaret. Chicago Spectrum Press 2005. The struggles that one woman underwent as she adopted two toddlers from Ukraine.
	A Nest for Our Russian Doll Verda, Koene Hanrahan. Xlibris Corporation 2004. How one couple overcame infertility and adopted a girl from Russia.

International Adoption: Korea

	I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ron Won to Their Children Dorow, Sara. Yeong & Yeong Book Company 1999. A collection of letters written by Korean birthmothers to their children.
	International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice Feit, Marvin. Haworth Press 2007. A look back on the Korean adoption experience for adoptees, adoptive parents and researchers.

International Adoption: Latin America

	Butterflies in the Wind: the Truth about Latin American Adoptions Erichsen, Jean. Authors Choice Press, 2004. The cross-cultural, adoptive and every day trials and tribulations of raising teenagers by a U.S. family who brought three children, twin girls and a boy, home from Columbia.
	International Adoption: Sensitive Advice for Prospective Parents Knoll, Jean. Chicago Review Press 1994. A single mother describes her journey adopting from South America.
	Waiting for Lucinda: One Family's Journey Through International Adoption Shore, Amy. PublishAmerica 2004. The obstacles a family had to overcome in order to bring home a child from Guatelama.

International Adoption: Hungary

Hungarian Rhapsody: An Adoption Story
Derk, James. Authorhouse 2006. A heart-warming story about a couple who planned to adopt one child from an Eastern European orphanage but eventually brought home six.

International Adoption: India

Adoption in India: Policies and Experiences
Bhargava, Vinita. Sage Publications, 2005. An adoptive parent recounts his personal story and challenges some of the prevailing theories of adoption.

Lifebooks

	My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families Francescae, Zoe and Ghahremani, Susie. Chronicle Books 2007. A record of all the milestones and memorable moments that celebrate a new baby's life.
	Our Chosen Child Levy, Judith. Andrews McMeel Publishing 2002. A keepsake for adoptive parents to record all of the events leading up to their child’s placement and afterwards.
	For When I'm Famous: A Teen Foster/Adoption Lifebook O'Malley, Beth. Adoption Works 2006. A workbook that enables teens to express their hopes and dreams and record the major milestones of their life.
	LifeBooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child O'Malley, Beth. Adoption-Works Press, 2000. An adoptee and adoption advocate walk through the process of creating a special kind of adoption scrapbook for your child.
	Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings Probst, Cindy. Boston Adoption Press, 2007. A workbook for parents interested in creating a record of their child's adoption journey.
	Before You Were Mine: Discovering Your Adopted Child's Lifestory Tebos, Susan and Woodwyk, Carissa. FaithWalk Publishing 2007. How to create a book about your child’s life prior to his adoption and how your child will benefit from it.

Older Child Adoption and Fostering

	Transracial Adoption & Foster Care: Practice Issues for Professionals Crumbley, Joseph. Child Welfare League of America 1999. How foster care practitioners can help transracial families develop positive racial and cultural identities for their children.
	The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from Foster Care Desetta, Al. Persea Books 1996. Teenagers share their experiences about life in foster care.
	Child's Journey Through Placement Fahlberg, Vera. Perspectives Press 1991. An overview of the different scenarios that are available to children once they are placed in foster care.
	Another Mother: Co-Parenting with the Foster Care System Gerstenzang, Sarah. Vanderbilt University Press 2007. A reality check on what it means to be a foster parent.
	Fostering or Adopting the Troubled Child: An Updated and Expanded Edition Glatz, Janet. Trafford Publishing 2006. A primer on how to survive foster parenting and the foster parenting system.
	Building a Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care Heineman, Toni and Ehrensaft, Diane. Brookes Publishing 2005. A dozen experts discuss their successes and what still needs to be done to help foster kids.
	Sexualized Child in Foster Care: A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals Hoyle, Sally. Child Welfare League of America 2000. Advice and information for parents working with children who have been sexually abused.
	Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss Jewett-Jarratt, Claudi. Harvard Common Press 1994. How to deal with children’s losses through adoption and foster care.
	Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow Keck, Gregory and Kupecky, Regina. Pinon Press, 2002. A primer on how to parent adopted or foster children who have suffered neglect or abuse.
	Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past Keefer, Betsy and Schooler, Jayne. Bergin & Garvey Trade 2000. How to share the good, the bad and the ugly with your adopted children, and why it matters.
	Beyond the Foster Care System: The Future of Teens Krebs, Betsy. Rutgers University Press 2006. An analysis of how the current foster care system fails teenagers by not preparing them for adult life.
	The Things I Want Most: The Extraordinary Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own Miniter, Richard. Persistence pays off when Mike, an emotionally disturbed child, joins a foster family.
	Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child Maskew, Trish. Snowcap Press, 2003. The mother of two boys adopted at ages nine and five explains the emotional issues involved in adopting older children and provides parenting strategies on how to handle them.
	Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child McCreight, Brenda. New Harbinger Publications, 2002. A how-to guide on how to create a positive parenting experience and deal with issues ranging from aggressive behaviour to attention deficit disorder.
	The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family Pelzer, Dave. Turtleback Books 2002. One boy’s journey through the foster care system.
	On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System? Shirk, Martha and Stangler, Gary. Perseus Books Group 2006. The social and financial barriers children face once they’re old enough to leave foster care and what happens to them afterwards.
	Practical Tools for Foster Parents Temple-Plotz, Lana. Boys Town Press 2002. Resources for parents to provide today’s foster children with help and hope.
	Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care Wilgocki, Jennifer and Wright, Marcia Kahn. Magination Press 2002. An introduction to the people and procedures of foster care.

Open Adoption

	Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption Duxbury, Micky. Routledge, 2006. Based on interviews with over 100 adoption experts, birth and adoptive parents, and adopted children, this book shows how child-centred open adoption works and how you can make it work for you.
	Lifegivers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption Gritter, James. CWLA Press, 1999. Written with adoptive parents in mind, it lays out the emotional terrain and barriers faced by birthparents and includes suggestions on how adoptive parents can honour, respect and ultimately support their child’s birthparents.
	Adoption Without Fear Gritter, James. San Antonio, Corona, 1989. Open adoption stories by parents who experienced them.
	The Story of David Howells, Dion. One family's journey through open adoption and the healing relationship they had with the child's teenage mother.
	The Open Adoption Experience Melina, Lois and Roszia, Sharon. Harpercollins Publishers 1993. A guide to the issues and concerns adoptive and birth families face through all stages of the open adoption experience, from making the decision through the child's growing years.
	The Open Adoption Book: A Guide to Adoption Without Tears Rappaport, Bruce. Macmillan 1992. A guide to getting the most out of open adoption.
	A Letter to Adoptive Parents on Open Adoption Severson, Randolph. House of Tomorrow 1991. An introduction to open adoption and how to prepare for it.
	Children of Open Adoption and Their Families Silber, Kathleen and Dorner, Patricia. Corona Publishing Co. 1990. The effects of open adoption on children, from infancy to adolescence.

Special Needs Adoption

	Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child: A Guide for Parents and Professionals Babb, Anne and Law, Rita. Oryx Press 1997. Two adoptive parents with 14 special needs children between them cover a variety of topics about how to find a child, prepare for a placement and cope with the challenges.
	Damaged Angels: A Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy Buxton, Bonnie. Alfred A. Knopf 2004. An adoptive mother’s story about what happened after her family brought a girl into her family unaware that she suffered from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
	The Connected Child Cross, David and Purvis, Karyn. McGraw-Hill 2007. The unique challenges of adopting a child with special needs and how to deal with them through intervention and attentive parenting.
	Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families, with Special Discussion for Assessing and Treating the Post-Institutionalized Child Federici, Ronald. Dr. Ronald S. Federici and Associates 1998. Through his personal and professional experience, a specialist helps parents navigate through the complexities of the unique challenges facing post-institutionalized children.
	Children with Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption Edelstein, Susan. Child Welfare League of America 1995. Practical solutions and recommendations for those who are considering or have adopted a child who has been prenatally exposed to alcohol or drugs.
	Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma Gray, Deborah. Perspectives Press 2007. How to nurse children who have been abused or neglected back to health.
	The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth Greenspan, Stanley and Wieder, Serena. Perseus Books 1998. A general guide for parents raising children with special needs, dealing with issues from language and autism to ADHD and Down syndrome.
	Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children Lacher, Denise and Nichols, Todd. Using stories to break through to -- and improve the behaviour of – special needs children.
	Special Needs Adoption: Practice Issues McRoy, Ruth. Garland Publishing 1998. An overview of the issues that affect special needs children and their prospective parents.
	The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby Sears, Martha and Sears, William. How care, consideration and compassion can help parents build healthy bonds with their special needs children.

Single Parent Adoption

	Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent Frisbie, David and Frisbie, Lisa. Harvest House 2007. A comprehensive resource book for single mothers and fathers on how to raise and nourish healthy children.
	The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son Gerrold, David. Tor Books 2007. The true story of parenting as a single gay dad.
	Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Women's Guide Morrissette, Mikki. Be-Mondo Publishing 2006. Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of the various adoption options for those interested in single motherhood.
	Waiting for Me: One Woman's Relentless Desire for a Child Peyton, Jodie. Authorhouse 2002. One woman’s emotional roller coaster ride, from infertility to adoption.
	Adoption On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent Varon, Lee. Douglas & McIntyre 2000. An analysis of some of the pitfalls and prejudices surrounding single parent adoption and how to triumph over them.

Transracial and Transcultural Adoption

	Cross Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions from Family, Friends & Community Abramowitz, Caryn and Coughlin, Amy. LifeLine Press, 2004. The dos and don'ts of transcultural adption, including tips on how to talk to children and the importance of using adoption-positive language.
	Our Son, A Stranger: Adoption Breakdown and Its Effects on Parents Adams, Marie. McGill-Queen's University Press 2002. Shattered by the death of their son, an adopted Cree boy, a couple searches for the answers about what went wrong and looks at the placements of five other non-native couples involved in transcultural adoptions.
	Cross-Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions Coughlin, Amy. Lifeline Press 2004. Aimed at adult relatives and friends of adoptive families, this book provides answers to questions related to adopting a child from another culture.
	Inside Transracial Adoption Hall, Beth and Steinberg, Gail. Perspectives Press 2000. Tips on how to approach transracial adoption for those who are considering it or have already made the decision.
	Children of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for Parents and Professionals Meese, Ruth Lyn. Bergin & Garvey 2002. The special needs of children from intercountry adoption and how to help them reach their potential in the classroom.
	Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children Nakazawa, Donna. Da Capo Press 2004. Tips on raising children ethnically-mixed children in a colour- and race-conscious world.
	In Their Parents' Voices: Relfections on Raising Transracial Adoptees Roorda, Rhonda and Simon, Rita. Columbia University Press 2007. The lessons learned by parents of transracial adoptees.
	Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption Rothman, Barbara. Beacon Press 2006. Weaving together the personal and the professional, a sociologist and the white mother of an African-American tells what it’s like to raise a transracial child.
	Loving Across the Color Line: A White Adoptive Mother Learns About Race Rush, Sharon. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2000. What a civil rights lawyer learned about race through her adopted daughter.
	Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother Wolff, Jana. Andrews and McMeel 1997. An adoptive mother shares her mixed feelings about bringing up a transracial child
	I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World Wright, Marguerite. Jossy Bass 2000. How to reduce the impact of racism on your child’s development and help him take pride in his heritage.

Birth Parents

	Confessions of a Lost Mother Barton, Elisa. Elisa Barton 2006. Twenty years after she placed her baby for adoption, a birth mother answers the question "What was it like, giving up a child?"
	Birth Fathers and Their Adoption Experiences Clapton, Gary. Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2002. Thirty birth fathers recall their experiences and the impact it had on their lives.
	Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption Dischler, Patricia. Goblin Fern Press 2006. The regret and pain a birth mother faced after placing her son for adoption and how she replaced it with love and understanding.
	How to Open an Adoption: A Guide for Parents and Birthparents of Minors Dorner, Patricia. R-Squared Press 1997. How to get the most out of your open adoption.
	Following the Tambourine Man: A Birthmother's Memoir Ellerby, Janet. Syracuse University Press 2007. One woman’s story on how she went from a protected and privileged childhood to an unplanned pregnancy and adoption.
	The Girl Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade Fessler, Ann. Penguin Press 2006. Women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption from the 1950s through the early '70s talk about the choices they had to make and the aftereffects.
	I Choose This Day: Mournings and Miracles of Adoption Fieker, Sharon and Smith, Lori. Tate Publishing & Enterprises 2006. A birth mother looks back on why she placed her baby daughter for adoption and how she and the circumstances behind her placement changed over the years.
	The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption Forge, Leslie and Mosconi, Gail. Third Choice Books, 2004. A guide for prospective birthparents dealing with the complex issues involved in placing a baby ranging from what to expect during your pregnancy to how to deal with your emotions afterwards.
	To Keera with Love: Abortion, Adoption, or Keeping the Baby, the Story of One Teen's Choice Heckert, Connie. Sheed & Ward, 1989. The journey of one teen as she goes from a happy and protected home environment to becoming a mother too soon and the decisions she made along the way for herself and her child.
	Reunion: A Year in Letters Between a Birthmother and the Daughter She Couldn't Keep Hern, Katie. Seal Press 1999. Letters trace the post-reunion relationship between a birth mother and the daughter she placed for adoption 26 years earlier.
	Dancing Naked Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Orca Book Publishers, 2002. Sixteen and pregnant, Kia faces the most difficult decision of her life and realizes that life isn’t as simple as she thought it was.
	Soul Connection: Memoir of a Birthmother's Healing Journey Hughes, Ann. Otto Bay Books 1999. A birthmother reunites with her son through the help of astrology.
	Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories Jones, Merry. iUniverse.com, 2000. Birth mothers recount their reasons and the emotions behind their decision to place their babies for adoption.
	Thank You Son for Finding Me: A Birthmother's Story Kane, Beth. Hushion House 1999. Fifty years after she placed her son for adoption, a birthmother reunites with him.
	Blended Hearts, Broken Promises: An Open Adoption Gone Wrong Kats, Linda. MileStones 2005. A birth family explains how they were duped and betrayed after agreeing to place their baby for adoption.
	Motherhood Silenced: The Experiences of Natural Mothers on Adoption Reunion Kelly, Ruth. Liffey Press 2006.Through their own accounts, this book examines the impact of adoption and reunion on a group of birth mothers.
	Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopte Daughter Lifton, Betty Jean. Other Press 2006. Life as an adoptee when talking about adoption and one’s birth parents was considered taboo.
	Healing the Hole in a Heart: One Birthmother's Journey into the Adoption Triangle Mac Isaac, Nancy. Mac Isaac Enterprises 1998. A guide to getting the most out of your reunion and building relationships with all members of the triad.
	Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother's Journey McElmurray, Karen. University of Georgia Press 2006. In a work of creative non-fiction, a birth mother explains how she survived being coerced into placing her child for adoption and the reunion that followed.
	Shadow Mothers: Stories of Adoption and Reunion McKay, Linda. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1998. A birth mother tells her story and the story of nine other birth mothers who placed their babies for adoption, and the ups and downs that followed.
	Returned with Love: I Gave My Baby Away - A Story of the Pain and Joy of Adoption Page, Kathryn. Winepress, 2005. The story of one birthparent who turned her life around with the help of religion after placing her baby for adoption.
	Gone to an Aunt's: Remembering Canada's Homes for Unwed Mothers Petrie, Anne. McClelland & Stewart 1999. The personal story of a woman who was forced to place her baby for adoption and the experiences of others who had gone to homes for unwed mothers.
	Cooperative Adoption: A Handbook Rillera, Mary Jo and Kaplan, Sharon. Triadoption Library, Inc. 1985. A handbook for birth parents and adopting parents on how to build healthy relationships in open adoption.
	Adoption and Loss: The Hidden Grief Robinson, Evelyn. Clova Publications, 2005. How one woman who placed her son for adoption in the ‘70s dealt with her grief and the obstacles she had to overcome en route to her search and reunion.
	Saying Goodbye to a Baby: Volume 1--The Birthparent's Guide to Loss and Grief in Adoption Roles, Patricia. Child Welfare League of America 1989. Strategies on how to deal with the post-placement loss and separation of your child.
	The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption Schaefer, Carol. Soho Press, 1992. A first personal account by a birth mother on her decision not to parent her child and what others can learn from it.
	Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby Silber, Kathleen and Speedlin, Phylis. Corona Publishing,1991. A guide to open adoption that includes letters by adoptive parents and birthparents, and between the birth parents and their children.
	Adoption Healing... A Path to Recovery for Mothers Who Lost Children to Adoption Soll, Joseph. Gateway Press, 2003. The emotional, psychological and physical fallout suffered by women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption and how to deal with the loss and pain.
	The Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever Stern, Daniel and Bruschweiler-Stern, Nadia. Basic Books 1999. A infant psychiatrist explains the impact that becoming a mother has on women’s lives.
	Arms Wide Open: An Insight into Open Adoption Water, Jane. Authorhouse 2005. Young pregnant women share the struggles they faced between deciding to place their baby for adoption or parenting them.

Pregnancy

	The Everything Pregnancy Book Brinley, Maryanne and Berk, Howard, M.D. Holbrooke: Adams Media, 1999. What you need to know while you’re pregnant.
	The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby Douglas, Ann and Sussman, John R., M.D. New York: Macmillan, 1999. How to deliver a healthy baby.
	What to Expect When You're Expecting Eisenberg, Arlene; Murkoff, Heidi and Hathaway, Sandee. New York: Workman Publishing, 1996. A comprehensive month-by-month handbook on what lies ahead during your pregnancy.

Adoptees: Teenagers

	The Face in the Mirror: Teenagers and Adoption Crook, Marion. Arsenal Pulp 2000. Based on interviews with adopted teens, adoptive parents and birth parents, this book offers a frank discussion about the complexities of being a teen today and the additional issues about identity that adoption raises.
	Adopted Teens Only: A Survival Guide to Adolescence Gorbett, Danea. iUniverse 2004. A guide for adopted teens related to all aspects of adoption including search and reunion and dealing with the feelings of adoptive and birth parents.
	The Very Worst Thing Hayden, Torey. HarperCollins Canada 2003. What happens to David and his sister, Lily, who are both in foster care, when Lily is sent to a juvenile detention center.
	How It Feels to Be Adopted Kremetz, Jill. Knopf, 1982. Adopted children share their experiences.
	I'm Still Me Lifton, Betty Jean. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Uplifting story about what it means to be adopted.
	A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life Reinhardt, Dana. Random House, 2007. Simone’s life at high school gets turned upside down when her birth mother contacts her and forces her to questions aspects of her life that she always took for granted.
	All About Adoption: How to Deal with the Questions of Your Past Shaw, Tucker. Harry N. Abrams Inc. 2006. Reassuring answers to questions faced by teenage adoptees.
	Adopted: the Ultimate Teen Guide Slade, Suzanne. Scarecrow Press 2007. An overview about what teens and their parents can expect from their adoption experience.
	Rules of Survival Werlin, Nancy. Dial Books Young Readers 2006. Written in the form of a letter to his youngest sister, a young man shares his struggle to live a normal life after being abused by his emotionally unstable mother.

Adoptees: Adults

	Identical Stranger: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited Berstein, Paula and Schein, Elyse. Random House. 2007. Identical twins, both placed for adoption, reflect on the circumstances surrounding their birth and try to come to terms with their past.
	Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self Brodzinsky, David. Anchor, 1993. The different life passages experienced by adoptees as they make their way from infancy to old age.
	A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son's International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment Brooks, Thomas. Alpha Multimedia 2006. One adoptee’s international search and reunion affects three families in three continents.
	Explication: One Adoptee's Experience Bryan, Jen. Writers Club Press 2001. One woman’s harrowing experience with adoption.
	Outer Search, Inner Journey: A Orphan and Adoptee's Quest Dodds, Peter. Aphrodite Publishing Company 1997. A German adoptee discusses what happens when a child is taken from his country of origin and loses his family, language, culture, heritage and history.
	Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Eldridge, Sherrie. Delta, 1999. Explores the unique feelings that adoptees experience, including loss and abandonment and how to deal with them.
	Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make Eldridge, Sherrie. Pinon Press, 2003. A re-united adoptee outlines some of the key decisions that adoptees have to make to give their life meaning and purpose.
	The Adoption Reunion Handbook Feast, Julie; Howe, David and Trinder, Elizabeth. Wiley, 2005. Step-by-step advice and guidance for adoptees trying to find information about their origins and/or search for their birth family members.
	Filling in the Blanks: A Guided Look at Growing Up Adopted Gabel, Susan. Indianopolis:Perspectives Press, 1988. Clearheaded explanation of what happens when adopted babies become adopted children.
	Whose Child?: An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion,,, and Beyond Hamner, Kasey. Triad Publishing, 2000. An adoptee reflects on the sense of loneliness and isolation she felt growing up in a closed adoption and as a victim of abuse and on the emotional impact of her search and reunion with her birth parents.
	The Mistress' Daughter Homes, A.M. Viking 2007. A novelist confronts her birth parents after her birth mother comes looking for her thirty years after placing her for adoption.
	Somebody's Daughter Lee, Marie Myung-Ok. Beacon Press 2006. An adoptee’s journey back to Korea to find her birth mother.
	Baby Boy-R: A Memoir Martinez, Ray. iUniverse 2007. A retired police officer puts his investigative skills to use to track down his birthmother and shares the details of the bittersweet reunion that followed.
	Daughters of the Ganges: The Story of One Girl's Adoption and Her Return Journey to India Miro, Asha. Atria Books 2007. An adoptee returns to India to connect with her roots and discovers the sister she never knew.
	Out There Somewhere: the True Story of an Adoptee's Search for Her Biological Heritage Park, Jane. Authorhouse 2007. One woman spends 11 years searching for her birth parents before she finally meets them and her 10 siblings.
	The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updated Pavao, Joyce Maguire. Beacon Press 2005. A family and adoption therapist charts the developmental stages of adoptees and offers insights into the process, including what to expect and how to deal with different life passages.
	An Adopted Child Looks at Adoption Prentice, Carol. Kessinger Publishing 2005. The tears and joys of one adoptee’s adoption experience.
	Three Little Words: A Memoir Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Atheneum 2008. A young girl who spends nine years in fourteen different foster homes overcomes the horrors of an unfeeling system and ultimately triumphs over adversity.
	Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption Russell, Marlou. Broken Branch Productions 1996. An adoptee shares her experiences about the realities and feelings stirred up by adoption.
	Ithaka Saffian, Sarah. New York: Basic Books, 1998. What happened after an adoptee was "found" by her birthparents.
	Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents and Adoptive Parents Strauss, Jean. Penguin 1994. Strategies on how to find birth relatives by an adoptee who searched for hers.
	Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search for Home Sunee, Kim. Grand Central Publishing 2008. A memoir about food and family by a Korean-American adoptee.
	Dave's Way: A New Approach to Old-Fashioned Success Thomas, R. David. G.F. Putnam's Sons 1991. Thomas, an adoptee and the founder of Wendy's, shares his recipe for success.
	Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up Verrier, Nancy. Nancy Verrier, 2003. An adoptee chronicles the range of emotions that adoptees feel and how they can find what she calls their “authentic self”.
	Scattered Siblings: An Adoptee's Search for His Biological Roots Weeks, Lawrence. Authorhouse 2006. An adoptee search for his roots last 25 years.
	Chasing Away the Shadows: An Adoptee's Journey to Motherhood Zara, Phillips. Authorhouse 2006. An adoptee search for his roots last 25 years.

Adoption Triad

	Adoption: A Handful of Hope Arms, Suzanne. New York: Knopf, 1990. Profiles of and commentary from all three members of the adoption triad: birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees.
	Stories of Adoption: Loss and Reunion Blau, Eric. New Sage Press 1993. Members of the adoption triad reflect on their reunion experiences and the impact they’ve had on their life and their extended families.
	Hope's Boy: A Memoir Bridge, Andrew. Hyperion 2008. One former foster child recounts his journey that took him from a brutal foster care system to Harvard Law School and eventually to being named the head of a national child welfare organization.
	Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption Filis, Casey. Health Communications 2004. A broad range of adoption stories as experienced by all members of the triad and their families.
	Adoption: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice? Fitzgerald, Gisela. PublishAmerica 2003. An exploration of three types of adoption and the lifelong effects they have on all members of the triad.
	Family Wanted: Writers' Adoption Stories Holloway, Sara, editor. Granta Books, 2005. Writers reflect on family, love, loss and belonging through the lens of their own adoption story.
	Be My Baby: Parents and Children Talk About Adoption Kinn, Gail. Artisan Press 2000. An emotional portrait of family life and the ties that bind as told through more than 30 first-person accounts from young and old adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents.
	Touched by Adoption Matthews, Blair. Playing with words 1997. Members of the triad share their stories.
	Adoption Reunions McColm, Michelle. Second Story Press 1993. An overview of adoption and reunion experiences.
	Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues Schooler, Jayne. Bergin & Garvey 2002. The joys and sadness of adoption as seen through the eyes of dozens of adoptess, birth parents and adoptive parents.
	The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories Wadia-Ells, Susan. Seal Press, 1995. A wide array of essays by birth mothers, adoptive mothers, and adopted daughters focusing on different aspects of the adoption process.
	Talking with Young Children About Adoption Watkins, Mary and Fisher, Susan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Discussing the "A" word: Tips on what to say, and how and when to say it.

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