Morning Star Adoption Center is offering these lists of resources to assist you as you further educate yourself about adoption. These lists in no way indicate the preferences, views, suggestions, and/or opinions of Morning Star Adoption Center. We realize that this list is not all-inclusive and welcome suggestions.
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Books:
for children
Never
Never Never Will She Stop Loving You
by Jolene Durrant
Did My
First Mother Love Me?
by Kathryn Ann Miller
My
Special Someone by Brittany and Sherry Kyle
Tell Me Again About the Night
I Was Born
by Jamie Lee Curtis
A
Koala for Katie by Jonathon London
All
About Me by Lynn Burwash and Cie McMullin
Why Was I Adopted? by Carole Livingston
Did My First Mother Love Me?
by Kathryn Miller
for adults
The Open Adoption Experience
by Lois Ruskai Melina & Sharon Kaplan
Roszia
How It Feels To Be Adopted by Jill Krementz
Real Parents, Real Children
by Holly van
Gulden & Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Dear Birthmother: Thank you for our baby
by Kathleen Silber &
Phyllis Speedlin
Being Adopted: The lifelong search for self
by David M. Brodzinsky et al
The Psychology of Adoption
by David M. Brodzinsky and Marshall D. Schechter
Raising Adopted Children: A manual for adoptive parents by Lois Ruskai Melina
Making Sense of Adoption: A parent's guide
by Lois Ruskai Melina
The Adoption Life Cycle: The children and their families through the years
by Elinor B. Rosenberg
Openness in
Adoption: Exploring family connections by Harold D. Grotevant
Raising
Adopted Children
by Holly van
Gulden and Lisa Bartels-Rabb
Twenty Things
Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew by Sherrie
Eldridge
Telling the
Truth to your Adopted or Foster Child
by Keefer and Schooler
The Adoption Resource Book by Lois Gilman
The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
Swings: Hanging from every tree
compiled by Ramona Cunningham
So Here I Am! But Where Did I Come From?
by Mary Ruth Wortherspoon
Tapestry Books
Great deals…you can order many of the above listed books (and much more!) from
this website. Websites:
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
www.adoptivefamilies.com
www.adoptionparenting.net
naic.acf.hhs.gov
www.nacac.org
International Adoption Resources Books:
for children for
adults
Tapestry Books Great deals…you can order many of the above listed
books (and much more!) from this website. Websites: www.mavinfoundation.org
www.interracialweb.com
www.multiculturalkids.com
www.pactadopt.org
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
www.cdc.gov/growthcharts
www.aap.org/sections/adoption
www.frua.org
www.fwcc.org
www.lapa.com
www.bcis.gov
www.immigration.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm
www.michigan/gov/sos
www.tolerance.com
(online
interactive training)
(national
magazine)
(resources for
parents)
(National
Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
(North
American Council on Adoptable Children)
www.adoption.comNational Resource:
American Adoption
Congress
P.O.
Box 42730
Washington, DC 20015
202-483-3399
www.americanadoptioncongress.org
Seeds of Love by Mary Ebeyer Petertyl
The Colors of
Us by Karen Katz
Does Anybody
Else Look Like Me
by Donna Nakazawa
Everyone’s
Different by Aliki
William is My Brother by Jane Schnitter
Are Those Kids Yours? by Cheri Register
International Adoption by Jean Knoll
Inside Transracial Adoption
by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
Looking
Different Can Be Dangerous by Sara Peyton
Cultural Competence for Transracial Adoptive
Parents by Elizabeth Vonk
Interracial
Intimacies by Randall Kennedy
The Complete Guide to Foreign Adoption
by Bascom and McKelvey
(for multiracial & transracially adopted people;
also offers a magazine)
(geared towards
interracial couples
but does have
interesting info)
(a more
juvenile site)
(more than just an
adoption agency)
(online
interactive training)
(standard North American growth chart)
(American Academy of Pediatrics Section
on Adoption and Foster Care)
(Families for
Russian and Ukrainian Adoption)
(Families with
Children from China)
(Latin
American Parents Association)
(Bureau of
Citizenship & Immigration Services)
(BCIS forms request site)
www.state.gov
(U.S.
Department of State)
(Office of the Great Seal)
(Contains information for children and adults)
Transcultural Adoption Resources
Books:
for children
Real For Sure Sister by Ann Angel
The Colors of
Us by Karen Katz
Black, White, Just Right! by
Marguerite Davol
Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron
I Like Me by
Deborah Coker
Dealing with Racism by Jen Green
for adults
I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla
by
Marguerite A. Wright
Inside
Transracial Adoption
by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
Cultural Competence for Transracial Adoptive
Parents by
Elizabeth Vonk
Interracial
Intimacies by Randall Kennedy
Does Anybody
Else Look Like Me
by Donna Nakazawa
Black Baby
White Hands by Jaiya John
Project Butterfly by Niamba Jaha
Ready for the World by Joanne Cronrath Bamberger
Black, Not Like Me by Sondra Crosby
Tapestry Books Great deals…you can order many of the above listed books (and much more!) from this website.
Websites: www.mavinfoundation.org
(for multiracial & transracially adopted people;
also offers a magazine)
www.interracialweb.com
(geared towards
interracial couples
but does have
interesting info)
www.multiculturalkids.com
(a more
juvenile site)
www.csbc.cncfamily.com
(Center for
the Study of Biracial Children;
actually not
as clinical as it sounds)
www.pactadopt.org
(more than just an
adoption agency)
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
(online
interactive training)
www.nemeorg.org
(National Association for Multicultural Education)
www.tolerance.com
(Contains information for children and adults)
Books:
for children
The Day We Met You by Phoebe Koehler
for adults
Raising
the Post-Institutionalized Child
by Dr.
Ronald Federici
Adopting the
Older Child by Claudia Jewett-Jarratt
Attaching in
Adoption by Deborah Gray
Helping the Children Cope with
Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett-Jarratt
Toddler Adoption by Mary Hopkins-Best
Telling the
Truth to your Adopted
or Foster Child by Keefer and Schooler
Tapestry Books Great deals…you can order many of the above listed books (and much more!) from this website.
Websites: www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
(online
interactive training)
Resources for Families Open to and Living with
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Books:
for adults
Adoption and
Prenatal Alcohol and
Drug Exposure by Barth et al
Children with
Prenatal and/or
other Drug Exposure by Susan
Edelstein
Tapestry Books Great deals…you can order the above listed books (and much more!) from this website.
Websites: www.fasstar.com
(Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Information)
www.nofas.org
(National
Fetal Alcohol Association)
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
(online
interactive training)
Books: for children
for adults
Twinning and Adoption
by Nancy Segal
Instant Family? A Case Against Artificial Twinning
by Patricia Johnston
Tapestry Books Great deals…you can order many of the above listed books (and much more!) from this website.
Websites: www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
(online interactive training)
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