Mothers

Search by keywords:

Elsewhere on
Mothers with Attitude:

Reading list
Adoption books for kids.

Books: Adoption

Featured below are books that Mothers with Attitude recommends, or that have been recommended to us by other parents. For more selections on adoption, visit our online bookstore.

	GENERAL
	Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb How to talk with your kids about adoption.
	Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine, and Kasakhstan by John H. MacLean A detailed guide to the process and the paperwork from an adoptive parent who's been through it all.
	Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft by Mary Hopkins Best Help for those adopting kids between the ages of one and three.
	Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge Positive suggestions and advice for improving communication and understanding.
	ATTACHMENT AND OTHER ISSUES
	Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky A look at the challenges faced by families adopting older, more issue-laden children.
	Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray How adoption impacts attachment, and what to do about it.
	Can This Child Be Saved? Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families by Cathy Helding and Foster W. Cline Help for families dealing with troubled and troubling children.
	Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence by Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley Examines the repercussions of abuse and neglect in early childhood.
	The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier Insight into feelings of rejection and anger adopted children may have.
	PERSONAL NARRATIVES
	Gathering the Missing Pieces in an Adopted Life by Kay Moore An adoptee tells of her search for her birthparents and offers guidlines for others engaged in that quest.
	How It Feels To Be Adopted by Jill Krementz Interviews with adopted children, ages 8-16.
	Out East of Aline: An Adoption Memoir by Rex L. Wilson A memoir of domestic adoption during the Depression, as the author recounts the events of his early life, including placement in an orphanage at age 4 following the death of his father; his subsequent adoption; and his childhood years in that family.
	A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots by Kary Robinson The author, who left Seoul at age seven to be adopted by a family in Utah, returns to Korea in her twenties to find her birth parents.
	Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim The hard-knock life of a Korean girl adopted by Americans, and how she survived.
	CHILDREN'S BOOKS
	Amy Angel Goes Home: A Heavenly Tale of Adoption by Kathleen Lathrop A little angel waiting to be born learns that God has a special plan for uniting her with the parents meant to be hers.
	Beginnings: How Families Come to Be by Virginia L. Kroll Six children who want to know "how they began" hear the story of how their families were formed.
	A Blessing from Above by Patti Henderson A kangeroo with an empty pouch becomes mama to a baby bluebird.
	Did My First Mother Love Me?: A Story for an Adopted Child by Kathryn Ann Miller A little girl listens to a letter explaining the circumstances of her adoption in a book written by a birthmother.
	Halinka by Mirjam Pressler A 12-year-old's narrative of life in a German orphanage in 1952. Read a review here.
	How I Was Adopted: Samantha's Story by Joanna Cole Little Samantha tells her own story from birth through adoption and into happy well-adjusted childhood.
	The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden Heartwarming tale of an orphan who longs for a grandmother and a doll who longs for a girl, and how they all come together at Christmas.
	Tell Me a Real Adoption Story by Betty Jean Lifton A curious little girl reacts with fright to a make-believe adoption story, so her mother gives her the true story.
	"Why Was I Adopted?": The Facts of Adoption with Love and Illustrations by Carole Livingston Helps children understand the circumstances of their adoption.

copyright ® 2002 by Terri Mauro