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100 Good Wishes: Honoring an Ancient Chinese Tradition
Email: suzanne@6banyans.com An honored tradition from Asia, Bai Jia Bei - the hundred family quilt has become a favorite way for families waiting to adopt from China to pass the time and welcome their new babies to the family. This book, by well-known quilter Traci Sharpton and adoptive mom Elaina Fiedler, has 6 beautiful designs, with instructions included, for making your very own 100 Good Wishes quilt. Adopting a Daughter from China
Email: Bunny@theHopps.com This easy to read, book covers every aspect of adopting from China: preparing the nursery, changing a name, the baby wardrobe, child development, selecting a pediatrician, child safety, feeding baby, the wait, packing for your trip, travel to China, early days together, pre and post-adoption resources, and more. Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear?
Email: Bunny@theHopps.com Adopting A Toddler: a comprehensive guide to toddler adoption by Denise Harris Hoppenhauer, an Adoptive Parent and Advocate. Geared towards first time parents adopting toddlers and older infants, the practical advice offered here was written with the unique needs of adopted toddlers in mind; combined with personal experience. It includes such topics as: naming your toddler, baby showers, waiting to complete your adoption, the toddler wardrobe, the nursery, child safety, childcare, mealtime, bath time, selecting a pediatrician, medical considerations for adopted children, international adoption, adoption travel, post adoption, resources and more. Adoption Author/Books
Email: Adamec@aol.com Lists popular and helpful adoption books for people who are just starting out. My books also provide advice to "old hand" adoptive parents too. Practical and immediately useable information. Adoption Books by Stacie Cahill
Email: stacie1@fuse.net Stacie Cahill is a psychotherapist, LISW. Stacie has published four inspiring books that celebrate the subject of adoption. As an adult adoptee and an adoptive parent, she relates well to readers by sharing a passion for the subject of adoption. As individuals read Stacie's new books and work through common identity issues, they will be made to feel more secure by developing a clear understanding of the specific identity concerns and questions that are all a part of healthy human development. Celebrate with Stacie as you celebrate who you are! Adoption in the United States
Email: lyceum@lyceumbooks.com Navigating the complex U.S. system of adoption is no easy feat. Don't go it alone - educate yourself with this invaluable guide. This is the only comprehensive reference book that includes information on both the health aspects of adoption and the different laws and procedures regarding adoption for each state. The authors provide a consolidated picture of the regulations for intercountry adoptions in addition to those for adoption from public foster care and domestic infant adoption. This book is a must read. Adoption Matters
Email: shaslang@mit.edu Adoption Matters adds to our understanding of reproduction, parenting, familial bonds, personal identity, self-knowledge, and contemporary social policy. The contributors to Adoption Matters explore a range of related topics, such as the manner in which interracial or international adoption affects the way we perceive the relationships among race, ethnicity, and culture and how class affects oneís life prospects and choices. Adoption-Works.com
Email: ad.works@gateway.net Adoption-Works is offering personalized LifeBooks. Each book includes your child's specific information along with cute graphics, glitter,stickers, and photos. The adoptee's story is geared for a pre-school age child. I have been creating LifeBooks as an adoption worker for the past six years and seen how children love their LifeBooks. The Adoptive Parent
Email: info@theadoptiveparent.com The Adoptive Parent is a resource network for adoptive parents and adopted children. A new book offers a tender, revealing look at adoption from the parent perspective. Whether you are an adoptive parent, an adopted child, someone considering adoption, or simply curious about adoption dynamics, it will touch your heart and increase your sensitivity to the challenges and joys that are unique to adoptive parenting. Alpha Multimedia, Inc. - New Book A Wealth of Family
Email: Success@AlphaMultimedia.com A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son's International Quest for Heritage, Reunion and Enrichment was written by Thomas Brooks. This inspiring adoption and reunion saga delivers timely and provocative viewpoints on multicultural families and powerful insights on how to triumph over racism and poverty. ArkAngels for Russian Orphans
Email: arkangels@arkangels.org At ArkAngels for Russian Orphans we are raising money for orphanages in Eastern Europe through donations and sales of our cookbook "Ya Tibya Lublu: Recipes of Love for Orphans of Eastern Europe." "Ya Tibya Lublu" means "I Love You" in Russian, and the recipes included in the book are all born of love for children adopted in Eastern Europe. The 400 recipes included in the book are broken into two categories: Eastern European and Family Favorites. Baby's Keepsake Album
Email: posthaste@posthastesoftware.com The Baby's Keepsake Album baby book software lets parents create customizable baby books for any number of children. Each time a new album is started, it allows the parents to choose whether it is for an adopted or biological child -- then includes appropriate pages based on the response. Caroline's Collection
Email: Carolines@epix.net Caroline's Collection offers hand-crafted, custom order lifebook/scrapbook embellishments. Specializing in adoption and multi-cultural themes. Most of our designs can be special ordered to match your family. All made from quality, acid-free products. Designed by an adoptive Mom. The Cruelest Con: The Guide for a S.a.F.E. Adoption Journey
Email: kelly@thecruelestcon.com The Cruelest Con exposes adoption scams and explains how to avoid them. The Dream Kidz
Email: Dreamkeeper@thedreamkidz.com The Dream Kidz, featuring adoption lifebooks from "Hold On Tight to Your Dream" and "I Am Chosen" carries personalized items, multi-cultural dolls and gifts from around the world. Dream Kidz is a unique gift shop offering uncommon items such as custom photos and poetry etched in stone, photo dog tags, custom and art refrigerator magnets, educational placemats and more great kids stuff. DRT Press
Email: editorial@drtpress.com DRT Press publishes books about adoption and families. We give a percentage of our profits to adoption charities and we welcome a visit to our site! EMK Press
Email: info@emkpress.com EMK Press publishes great books that are tools for adoptive families. We have children's books which you can view as virtual books before purchase. We also autograph and personalize for your child! Our newest book, Adoption Parenting, Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections is the adoptive parenting "must have". It's the book that people wish they had when they came home with their children. You can also find parent guides and resources that will help your family on the journey of adoption parenting. Family Bound: One Couple's Journey through Infertility and Adoption
Email: carrie@ostrea.com Statistics show that over two million couples will experience some type of infertility issue when they try to become pregnant. However, when you are one of those two million, you feel completely alone and believe that no one can truly understand what you are going through. This honest and revealing book documents one couple's long and arduous journey to become parents from the eyes of the author. processes. How to Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions.
Email: kgalloway@sbcglobal.net A revised and updated edition of How to Adopt Internationally is organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps that lead readers through every phase of the international adoption process from finding an agency and organizing a home study to choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, traveling abroad, and adjusting to a new life with a child. I Am Chosen Online
Email: sales@iamchosenonline.com Lifebooks made easy! I AM CHOSEN lifebooks provide a beautiful format to record the stories of your new child. Suitable for both domestic and foreign adoptions and children of any age. Available in 2 styles. Katyas Comet
Email: slrooster@aol.com Katya's Comet provides information about a book which an adoptive father wrote chronicling his families experience before, during and after the adoption of a six-year-old girl from Russia. The site provides an opportunity for prospective adoptive parents to ask Katya or her parents questions, to browse and purchase a copy of the book and to link to a few of the more comprehensive adoption websites. Learn What Your Adoption Options Are
Email: webmaster@opttoadopt.com A step by step guide to understanding the Adoption process and what your Adoption options are. Leckenby Family Homepage
Email: leckenby@powerup.com.au International adoption bookstore focusing on children's books from relinquishing countries. Includes books from Ethiopia, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Brazil, Romania, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka as well as children's books on adoption. Other countries are being added regularly. Letters and Reflections to My Adopted Daughters penned by John Newton, Hymnwriter "Amazing Grace"
Email: adoption@wideopenwest.com "Amazing Grace" transformed John Newton from a wretched sea captain of slave ships to a passionate pastor and hymn writer. Grace further equipped Newton, who was childless, to become a tender, loving, and compassionate father when he adopted his 2 orphaned nieces Elizabeth and Eliza. MacKenzie's Hope by Terri Rimmer
Email: wordtrix@hotmail.com MacKenzie's Hope is the true story of one birth mom's experience placing her child in a semi-open adoption while living in a maternity home in Fort Worth, TX. My Creations Personalized Stories
Email: mycreations@mycreationsbooks.com My Creations offers customized books for those who have been touched by any type of adoption including International, Open Domestic, Closed Domestic, and Fost-Adopt. The stories are individually written and specific details and illustrations are personalized. The books are laminated and bound with a safe, sturdy spiral binding, which make them perfect for little hands. Modern Memoirs Publishing
Email: Kitty@modernmemoirs.com Modern Memoirs Publishing is an independently owned and operated writing, editing, and publishing service specializing in personal histories. Modern Memoirs also publishes Adoption Books, which document the process of an individual child's adoption through parents' narratives and photos. Once Upon a Lifetime-Custom Adoption Books
Email: mail@customadoptionbooks.com Beautiful, custom-made, hardcover books to document your Adoption Journey & Personalized Adoption Lifebooks using your photos and your words to create your unique story. One Wonderful You
Email: kodiak@asu.uswest.net One Wonderful You is a book geared for teaching just about anyone why it is special to be adopted. Our World Too
Email: webmaster@ourworldtoo.com Pact: A Few Of Our Favorite Books
Email: info@pactadopt.org Pact has long been known as a wisdom bank for information about multicultural and family diversity books and how to use them with young children. But just knowing about books is not enough. We all hear that reading is good for children but many parents don't know how to start or how to make reading fun for their kids. They are looking for help in deciding how to choose books for themselves and particularly their children. Parents as well as clinicians and educators are often looking for strategies for how to use books to jumpstart important conversations with children about their feelings and concerns about race and adoption. To that end, Pact has compiled and reviewed a collection of outstanding books on adoption, parenting, racial and cultural issues and divided them into sections for various ages and topics, making it easy to find the books you seek. Perspectives Press, Inc.: The Infertility and Adoption Publisher
Email: info@perspectivespress.com For nearly 25 years Perspectives Press and its authors have provided books, articles, and workshops for parents, would-be parents and professionals about infertility and its options and adoption in many forms. A Personal Touch On...Adoption
Email: pberlin@apersonaltouchon.com A Personal Touch On...Adoption is a collection of 84 pieces written by people touched by adoption sharing their stories to help others. It is a support group in a book which covers many different paths to adoption from the point of view of adoptive parents, birthmothers, and adoptees; those who have been through the experiences. Some of the areas covered in this book are International Adoption, Open Adoption, Special Needs Adoption, Single Parent Adoption, and Newborn Adoption. You can see the table of contents, read sample stories, and purchase the book on our website. Pineapple Press
Email: pynappress@aol.com Pineapple Press is the publisher of the book Till There Was You - An Adoption Expectancy Journal. It is the only book of its kind--a journal specifically for prospective adoptive parents. Readers’ Guide to Adoption-Related Literature
Email: WmLGage@aol.com The Readers’ Guide to Adoption-Related Literature is a well-known and well-respected comprehensive on-line bibliography of adoption-related books encompassing virtually every known title of interest to all members of the adoption triangle, as well as adoption professionals, et al. A site for ReadingParents.com
Email: www.readingparents.com Readingparents.com features books and resources covering all aspects of parenting, from pregnancy planning and prenatal care, to raising your teenager, answering tough questions that kids ask about sex and adoption, how to adopt a child, to home schooling, and many more topics and baby products. Updated frequently. Tapestry Books
Email: info@tapestrybooks.com This site is a *wonderful* resource for adoption related books - for adoptive parents, adopted children and birthparents. You can order online for quick delivery. This is a must see site for everyone touched by adoption! Contact Laurie Wallmark if you have any questions. There Is No Me Without You
Email: mfgreene1@aol.com Critically-acclaimed and award-winning adoption book is now in paperback. THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU tells the story of Ethiopia's AIDS orphan crisis through the experience of one foster mother and the bereft children crossing her threshold. Some languish, some thrive, and some land with loving new families in the U.S., including the author's now-nine-child family. Third Choice Books
Email: gail@thirdchoicebooks.com Third Choice Books is the publisher of The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption - 2nd Edition. After the original publisher of the book went out of business, Leslie Foge,MFT and Gail Mosconi, LCSW re-wrote and self-published the 2nd edition of this important book. We are selling this book on our site. A Very Special Child - An Adoption Story
Email: Merribuck@aol.com Suitable for all ages, "A Very Special Child" explains adoption in a loving and spiritual way. This poignant story was conceived on a spring day as I waited to pick my son up from day care. It was at that moment that the core for the story of A Very Special Child was formed. I grabbed the pad and pencil that I always kept near me and began to tell the story of how a very special child came to be born. Who Am I? - A children's book concerning adoption.
Email: stacie1@fuse.net Who Am I? is a book about adoption for children, ages 3-10. Who Am I? is a cheerful book and a celebration of God's love through adoption. Adoptees need open communication and information regarding their individual adoption experience. Communicating and learning about who they are through adoption is vital to a young person's normal and healthy development. This exciting new book serves as a valuable tool for therapists, parents, clergy and teachers when explaining adoption to young people. You Can Afford Adoption
Email: reheaton@motherscharm.com You Can Afford Adoption is the book that pulls the financial information about adoption together in one place! Authored by Kari Hunt and Ruth Ellen Heaton, adoptive moms and founders of A Mother's Charm. The book walks you through Planning for Adoption Expenses with ledgers for charting expected expenses/funds available, suggested ways to Gather and Raise the funds needed, and How to Implement Your New Plan (including hands-on worksheets). No other book pulls together the most vital information and tells you step by step how to make adoption work within your financial abilities. Your Very Own Adoption Story
Email: Margie@Margiemintz.com I am an illustrator. As an adoptive mother of a 6 year old boy, I wrote and illustrated a book for young adopted children to introduce the adoption story. It has spaces within the drawings for people to put their own photographs, and make truly their own story. The book is now out of print but the pages are free to download by anyone who wants them, via this link. Copyright © 1995-2008 by
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