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General Adoption Books

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
by Sherrie Eldridge

Real Parents Real Children
by Holly Van Gulden

Underneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens
by Debbie Riley
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
by Deborah D. Gray
Creating Ceremonies Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges
By Cheryl A. Lieberman & Rhea K. Bufferd
Dear Birthmother
by Kathleen Silber, Phylis Speedlin
Designing rituals of adoption For the Religious and Secular Community
by Mary Martin Mason
a love like no other STORIES FROM ADOPTIVE PARENTS
edited by Pam Kruger and Jill Smolowe
LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child?
by Beth O'Malley
Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings
by Cindy Probst
Whose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond
by Kasey Hamner
Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption
by Mary Ann Koenig
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
by Jana Wolff
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens
by Debbie Riley, John, MD Meeks
Adoption and the Schools
Edited by Lansing Wood and Nancy Ng  Visit Fair (Families Adopting in Response) to order.
Talking with Young Children about Adoption
by Mary Watkins, Susan Fisher
Being Adopted : The Lifelong Search for Self
by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter, Robin Marantz Henig
Adoption Is a Family Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must Know
by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Making Sense of Adoption : A Parent's Guide
by Lois Ruskai Melina
Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
by Lois Ruskai Melina
Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
by Gregory Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
Open Adoption Experience : Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families
by Lois Ruskai Melina
Creating Ceremonies : Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges
by Cheryl A. Lieberman and Rhea K. Bufferd
Born in Our Hearts : Stories of Adoption
by Filis Casey, Marisa Catalina Casey
Adoption Healing ...a path to recovery
by Joseph M. Soll
The Post-Adoption Blues : Overcoming the Unforseen Challenges of Adoption
by Karen J. Foli, John R. Thompson
Adoption Healing ...a path to recovery
by Joseph M. Soll
Adopting On Your Own : The Complete Guide to Adoption for Single Parents
by Lee Varon
Our Own - Adopting and Parenting the Older Child
By Trish Maskew
Insight Into Adoption : What Adoptive Parents Need to Know About the Fundamental Differences Between a Biological and an Adopted Child --- and its Effect on Parenting
by Barbara Taylor Blomquist

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Transracial Adoption Books

Inside Transracial Adoption
by Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall
Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib
by Jaiya John  (http://www.soulwaterrising.com
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Beyond Good Intentions
A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children

by Cheri Register
Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons
by Jane Lazarre
Loving Across the Color Line; A White Adoptive Mother Learns about Race
by Sharon Rush
Dim Sum, Bagels, And Grits: A Sourcebook For Multicultural Families
by Myra Alperson
ADOPTION LIFEBOOK: A BRIDGE TO YOUR CHILD’S BEGINNINGS
A Workbook for International Adoptive Families
 
by Cindy Probst
Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Identities
Maria P. Root and Matt Kelley
Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Dealing With Racism
by Jen Green
I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World
by Marguerite Wright
Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-conscious Society
by Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson
Raising Nuestros Niños: Bringing Up Latino Children in a Bicultural World
by Gloria G. Rodriquez, Ph.D.
Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White
 by Frank H. Wu
It's All Good Hair
by Michele N-K Collison
Birthmarks: Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America
by Sandra Patton
Cross Cultural Adoption: How To Answer Questions from Family, Friends & Community
by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz
In Their Own Voices
by Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda
Weaving a Family : Untangling Race and Adoption
by Barbara Katz Rothman
The Ethics of Transracial Adoption
by Hawley Fogg-Davis
Tripping on the Color Line: Black White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World
by Heather M. Dalmage
Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural
by Claudine C. O'Hearn
Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children
by Cheri Register
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
by Kay Ann Johnson

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Foster Care Books

Practical Tools for Foster Parents
by Lana, M.S. Temple-Plotz
LifeBooks: Every Foster Child Needs One
by Beth O'Malley
Neighborhood of the Heart
Randolph W. Severson, Ph.D.
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past 
Betsy Keefer and Jayne E. Schooler
Questions & Activities for The Star: A Handbook for Foster Parents
by Cynthia Miller Lovell
Welcome Home: A Guide for Adoptive, Foster, and Treatment Foster Parents
by Christopher J. Alexander
ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE
by Jennifer Toth
Nobody's Children : Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative
by Elizabeth Bartholet
The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care
by Nina Bernstein
When Do I Go Home: Intervention Strategies for Foster Parents and Helping Professionals
by Sally G. Hoyle
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: A Book About Biological Parents for Foster Parents and Social Workers
by Judith A. B. Lee
Rebuilding Children's Lives: A Blueprint for Treatment Foster Parents
by Ray V. Burke, Ron W. Herron, Mariam A. Mott, Christena B. Baker
Another Place at the Table
by Kathy Harrison
The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System : Youth Communication
 by Al Desetta

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