Adoption Books


Trauma and the Internationally Adopted Child (Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series)Trauma and the Internationally Adopted Child (Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series)
Exposure to the foster care system, while hardly unique to the internationally adopted child,...
Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties through Open AdoptionMaking Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties through Open Adoption
Best Price: $12.31
This book is an excellent resource for anyone involved in open adoption. Duxbury integrates...
Adoption Nation-Adoption Institute EditionAdoption Nation-Adoption Institute Edition
Best Price: $18.50
Kin of Another Kind: Transracial Adoption in American LiteratureKin of Another Kind: Transracial Adoption in American Literature
Best Price: $35.00
"The study of transracial adoption has long been dominated by historians, legal scholars,...
Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine and KazakhstanRussian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Best Price: $2.98
We recently adopted a two year old little girl from Russia, and thanks to this book, and a...


Children in Care Revisited (Child Care Policy & Practice S)Children in Care Revisited (Child Care Policy & Practice S)
Best Price: $25.20
The author follows through the lives of a number of individuals on her own caseload - from her...
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their StoriesNative American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Best Price: $27.50
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native...
Sacred Connections: Stories Of AdoptionSacred Connections: Stories Of Adoption
Best Price: $3.50
"Sacred Connections" is a meticulously researched and lovingly written...
Twice AdoptedTwice Adopted
Best Price: $40.32
Michael Reagan?s life is much more than just an interesting story. It is a testimony of how...
The Stranger Who Bore Me: Adoptee-Birth Mother RelationshipsThe Stranger Who Bore Me: Adoptee-Birth Mother Relationships
I thought this book worked towards a goal of making the adoptees real mothers (and fathers) seem...


Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture)Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture)
Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for...
Spiritually Healing the Adoption MasqueradeSpiritually Healing the Adoption Masquerade
Cover Design by Micheline Birger I wrote this book for all of us ? we souls who have been...
Praying Through Your AdoptionPraying Through Your Adoption
Are you wondering if God is calling you to adopt? Are you in the long process of a ?paper...
All About Adoption:Learn The Secrets Of How To Adopt A Child Including An Overview Of The Adoption Process And The Cost Of Adoption Whether You Are Looking ... Adoption Or International Adoption AgenciesAll About Adoption:Learn The Secrets Of How To Adopt A Child Including An Overview Of The Adoption Process And The Cost Of Adoption Whether You Are Looking ... Adoption Or International Adoption Agencies
Are you thinking about adopting a child? There are a lot of things that you need to know if you...
Children For Adoption GuideChildren For Adoption Guide
Children For Adoption Guide will assist families int the process of adoption and how to go about...

"Special Needs" Adoption: What Does It Mean?"Special Needs" Adoption: What Does It Mean?
This presents some common questions about adopting a child or youth with special needs and...
Konocti CavesKonocti Caves
Fast moving action packed adventure of young Jimmy Maldoon who has been passed from institution...
Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses (Modern Applications of Social Work)Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses (Modern Applications of Social Work)
Best Price: $29.95
"a welcome resource that informs both the policy and practice of older-child adoption."
Adoption: Theory, Policy and PracticeAdoption: Theory, Policy and Practice
This is a summary and review of the current state of knowledge in the field of adoption, for the...
Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?
Best Price: $10.95
Library copy with label on back inside cover page and an envelope. Jacket has a small tear on...

Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture)Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture)
Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for...
Spiritually Healing the Adoption MasqueradeSpiritually Healing the Adoption Masquerade
Cover Design by Micheline Birger I wrote this book for all of us ? we souls who have been...
Praying Through Your AdoptionPraying Through Your Adoption
Are you wondering if God is calling you to adopt? Are you in the long process of a ?paper...
All About Adoption:Learn The Secrets Of How To Adopt A Child Including An Overview Of The Adoption Process And The Cost Of Adoption Whether You Are Looking ... Adoption Or International Adoption AgenciesAll About Adoption:Learn The Secrets Of How To Adopt A Child Including An Overview Of The Adoption Process And The Cost Of Adoption Whether You Are Looking ... Adoption Or International Adoption Agencies
Are you thinking about adopting a child? There are a lot of things that you need to know if you...
Children For Adoption GuideChildren For Adoption Guide
Children For Adoption Guide will assist families int the process of adoption and how to go about...

"Special Needs" Adoption: What Does It Mean?"Special Needs" Adoption: What Does It Mean?
This presents some common questions about adopting a child or youth with special needs and...
Konocti CavesKonocti Caves
Fast moving action packed adventure of young Jimmy Maldoon who has been passed from institution...
Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses (Modern Applications of Social Work)Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses (Modern Applications of Social Work)
Best Price: $29.95
"a welcome resource that informs both the policy and practice of older-child adoption."
Adoption: Theory, Policy and PracticeAdoption: Theory, Policy and Practice
This is a summary and review of the current state of knowledge in the field of adoption, for the...
Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?
Best Price: $10.95
Library copy with label on back inside cover page and an envelope. Jacket has a small tear on...

Robbie's Trail through Foster Care -- Adult GuideRobbie's Trail through Foster Care -- Adult Guide
Best Price: $10.49
"Robbie's Trail through Foster Care - Adult Guide" (ISBN: 978-1-935831-02-0) is...
The Love I Never Had: The Story of an Adoptee's Life Through PoetryThe Love I Never Had: The Story of an Adoptee's Life Through Poetry
Best Price: $6.76
This is a touching biography of an adopted child who comes to terms with her life as an adult....
Truly Yours: Wise Words on the Miracle of AdoptionTruly Yours: Wise Words on the Miracle of Adoption
Best Price: $2.49
Truly Yours is a collection of thoughts, ideas, and stories about the miracle of adoption. From...
La experiencia de Adoptar/ The Adoption Experience: Segundas oportunidades para los ninos y las familias/ Families who give children a second chance (Spanish Edition)La experiencia de Adoptar/ The Adoption Experience: Segundas oportunidades para los ninos y las familias/ Families who give children a second chance (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $21.33
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. WadeThe Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
Best Price: $15.94
Even-handed it's not! Another reviewer says, "Every woman described did consent to...

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs KidsAdopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids
Written in a nontechnical style, this book brings to light grim truths but also real hope that...
Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care: Traumatic Separations and Honored ConnectionsSiblings in Adoption and Foster Care: Traumatic Separations and Honored Connections
Normally, our relationships with our brothers and sisters are the longest relationships in our...
Answers to Basics on AdoptionAnswers to Basics on Adoption
This is a guide that provides simple, basic answers to common questions on adoption. The...
Case Planning in Services for Children and their FamiliesCase Planning in Services for Children and their Families
When children present challenging behaviors, service providers recommend a series of actions to...
A House Between Homes: Kids in the Foster Care System (Kids Have Troubles Too)A House Between Homes: Kids in the Foster Care System (Kids Have Troubles Too)
Best Price: $5.33

Masterpiece of Joy: From the Despair of Infertility to the Joy of AdoptionMasterpiece of Joy: From the Despair of Infertility to the Joy of Adoption
Best Price: $13.50
One question that I often grapple with is why so many bad parents have children, and people who...
She Loves ME!She Loves ME!
Best Price: $22.16
Karen wrote this book to show how important both sides of adoption are. Adoptive parents do not...
Empowered AdoptionEmpowered Adoption
Best Price: $19.95
Of the 200,000 families that will pursue adoption this year, only a fraction will be successful....
Babies without Borders: Adoption and Migration across the AmericasBabies without Borders: Adoption and Migration across the Americas
Best Price: $43.68
International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions...
Brother-Sister Adoption DayBrother-Sister Adoption Day
This book honors the day your child became part of your family. Because of this event, you too,...

My Name is Lee: A personal reflection of an adopted Korean and his motherMy Name is Lee: A personal reflection of an adopted Korean and his mother
Best Price: $10.67
At least once in life, you will ask your parents about how you came into this world, what...
The Book of Answers from your Birth Mother: A guided journal for Birthmothers to share thier life storyThe Book of Answers from your Birth Mother: A guided journal for Birthmothers to share thier life story
Best Price: $11.85
The perfect open adoption gift book! The Book of Answers, a guided journal for birthmothers to...
Find MeFind Me
Best Price: $1.99
Truthfully, I haven't read a really good book in a very long time. I'm sort of into a...
What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the PenthouseWhat Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse
Best Price: $0.57
It started with a baseball game, when Michael Rosen?s seven-year-old son Ripton invited some...
Adoption with LoveAdoption with Love
Best Price: $13.30

Adoption UpdateAdoption Update
Best Price: $51.24
The need to provide children with caring family environment and proper nurturing is generally...
Beyond the Red DoorBeyond the Red Door
The remarkable life of Janet Shaw, a disabled competitive cyclist, is detailed in this...
Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders: Theory, Evidence and Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health)Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders: Theory, Evidence and Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health)
Best Price: $30.28
This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its...
New Families, Old Scripts: A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive FamiliesNew Families, Old Scripts: A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families
Best Price: $24.00
Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of...
Rain Forest Girl: More Than an Adoption StoryRain Forest Girl: More Than an Adoption Story
Best Price: $30.99
Review by Carolyn B. Leonard ©1998 1st NASR, All rights reserved 334 words Title: RAIN...

The Gift of a ChildThe Gift of a Child
Best Price: $11.38
"When any child is born, many are born. A father is born, he who a moment earlier was...
Mississippi MudMississippi Mud
Best Price: $11.66
A search for wholeness of being ---- a loss from inception ---- lost to the world of illegal...
Adoption Digest: Stories of Joy, Loss, and the JourneyAdoption Digest: Stories of Joy, Loss, and the Journey
Best Price: $8.50
Adoption is a life-long process that brings both joy and sorrow to those whose lives have been...
Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched by AdoptionPerspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched by Adoption
Best Price: $1.91
I had purchased this book to give as a gift to some friends who are adopting and was so...
Second Choice: Growing Up AdoptedSecond Choice: Growing Up Adopted
Best Price: $12.00
As an adoptee I worried that Robert Anderson's humour on adoption was far too black. (His...

One Tiny Hope : A Journal To My Adopted ChildOne Tiny Hope : A Journal To My Adopted Child
Best Price: $8.38
This is just amazing on what all you have accomplished in your life Kari. From being raised in...
So I Was Thinking About Adoption...: Considering Your ChoicesSo I Was Thinking About Adoption...: Considering Your Choices
Best Price: $5.00
If you are pregnant and reading this book, please be very aware that it is written by an...
Beyond Consequences, Logic, & Control, Volume 2Beyond Consequences, Logic, & Control, Volume 2
Best Price: $19.95
I wish, when I was a little girl, that my parents would have been able to read a copy of this...
Our Blessings From ChinaOur Blessings From China
Best Price: $12.98
Our Blessings from China is an anthology of nine authors from across the United States all of...
Forever Dads: A Gay Couple's Journey to FatherhoodForever Dads: A Gay Couple's Journey to Fatherhood
Best Price: $11.95
I am a colleague in West Hollywood, California, of Dr. Zimbardi-LeMons. This book is a lovely...

Twins Found in a Box: Adapting to AdoptionTwins Found in a Box: Adapting to Adoption
Best Price: $834.82
Twins Found in a Box is an inspirational memoir told by Jeannine, using a Generation-X voice on...
My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive FamiliesMy Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families
Best Price: $13.35
We recently purchased this album for our adopted son, mostly because it had excellent reviews...
Heartstrings At 35,000 FeetHeartstrings At 35,000 Feet
As featured in the bestselling "Chicken Soup For The Soul" series, these stories are...
Abused Child in Search of Safety, The: Lessons from FloridaAbused Child in Search of Safety, The: Lessons from Florida
An analysis of the current crisis in the child welfare scene based on the author's...
Introduction to Adoption (Family)Introduction to Adoption (Family)
The decision to adopt can be one of the most rewarding that a couple or individual can make. As...

My SideMy Side
When a newborn is taken from his mother and placed into foster care, sometimes things aren't...
SIZZLESIZZLE
"Summer reading hasn't had it this good in quite some time", says Tribune Group...
A Family of Choice: A Gay Man's Story of International AdoptionA Family of Choice: A Gay Man's Story of International Adoption
Having been partners for many years, Paul Hampsch and his life partner, Domenic, made the...
Blind in One EyeBlind in One Eye
BLIND IN ONE EYE A Story About Seeing the Possibilities Where was my brother, the one born...
Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption AlternativeNobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative
Best Price: $24.03
I have been a single foster parent to two young sister for just over 21 months now. I have a...

Cultures of Transnational AdoptionCultures of Transnational Adoption
Best Price: $15.00
This edited collection by Toby Volkman has a fair few adoptive parents (who are academically...
Cultures of Transnational AdoptionCultures of Transnational Adoption
Best Price: $79.95
During the 1990s, the number of children adopted from poorer countries to the more affluent West...
The Dance of Identities: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey Toward Empowerment (Intersections : Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies)The Dance of Identities: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey Toward Empowerment (Intersections : Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies)
Best Price: $33.55
Adoption Experiences of Women and Men, and Demand for Children to Adopt by Women Ages 18-44 in the United States: Data from Cycle 6 (2002) of the Nati (Dhhs Publication)Adoption Experiences of Women and Men, and Demand for Children to Adopt by Women Ages 18-44 in the United States: Data from Cycle 6 (2002) of the Nati (Dhhs Publication)Art of AdoptionArt of Adoption

Adoption Is Another Word for Love (Mini Book) (Petites)Adoption Is Another Word for Love (Mini Book) (Petites)
Best Price: $1.68
I found this little book moving and inspirational. Who would have known the range of people...
Adopting Lasting Treasure:Adopting Lasting Treasure:
Best Price: $5.89
The book chronicles the author's most difficult times of her life, her response and ultimate...
The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care SystemThe Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System
Best Price: $14.68
This book takes you inside the world of foster care, a place that, you find out quickly...
West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese ChildrenWest Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children
Best Price: $15.85
From both personal experience and quantitative research, these authors do an excellent job of...
No Biking in the House Without a HelmetNo Biking in the House Without a Helmet
Best Price: $18.75
When the two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene confided to friends that she...

Adopting Overseas: A Guide to Adopting from Australia, Plus Personal Stories That Will Inspire YouAdopting Overseas: A Guide to Adopting from Australia, Plus Personal Stories That Will Inspire You
Best Price: $32.98
Intercountry adoption is the most common form of adoption in Australia. This wonderful book...
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen YearsParenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
Best Price: $16.99
This is Volume 1 of the Book. Other volumes can be found at Amazon Search using the ISBN...
Aski Awasis/Children of the Earth: First Peoples Speaking on Adoption (Fernwood Basics series)Aski Awasis/Children of the Earth: First Peoples Speaking on Adoption (Fernwood Basics series)
Best Price: $16.97
A celebration of the work of Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency (YTSA) in Alberta, this...
Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy ChildParenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child
Best Price: $8.75
We adopted a four-year-old boy from Russia during the middle part of last year, and, of course,...
The Adoption Answer Book: Your Compete Guide to a Successful AdoptionThe Adoption Answer Book: Your Compete Guide to a Successful Adoption
Best Price: $3.54
If you are considering adoption, you will have lots of questions. Let's face it - adoption...

Growing Up AdoptedGrowing Up Adopted
Based on in-depth surveys of more than 2,000 adoptive parents and adolescents, this report...
Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights (Kids Are Important Series)Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights (Kids Are Important Series)
Best Price: $5.45
Written by Julie Nelson, who has taught in at-risk early childhood settings for nearly 30 years,...
Returned with Love: I Gave My Baby Away-A Story of the Pain and Joy of AdoptionReturned with Love: I Gave My Baby Away-A Story of the Pain and Joy of Adoption
Best Price: $2.88
This is an absolutely wonderful heartwarming story. Written as her life events, we to get to...
  
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