Web Resources
www.christian-alliance-for-orphans.org
Christian Alliance for Orphans
www.dfwalliance.org
DFW Alliance of Adoption and Orphan Care Ministries
http://www.abbafund.org/
The Abba Fund
http://www.loving-shepherd.org/
Loving Shepherd Ministries
www.hopefororphans.org
Hope for Orphans
www.hopechest.org
Children's Hope Chest
Financial Resources
www.shaohannahshope.org
Shaohannah's Hope
www.carolinespromise4u.org
Caroline's Promise (North Carolina only)
www.ggam.org
God's Grace Adoption Ministries
www.micahfund.org
The MICAH Fund (Midwest only)
www.intlcare.org
International Children's Adoption Resource Effort
www.nafadopt.org
National Adoption Foundation
www.foreadoption.com
Fore Adoption Foundation
Reading Resources
Read what the experts say about parenting adopted children.
The Connected Child by Karyn B. Purvis, David R. Cross, Wendy Lyons Sunshine.
Infertility Issues
Adopting After Infertility: The Decision, The Commitment, The Experience, by Patricia Johnson.
The Long Awaited Stork: A Guide To Parenting After Infertility, by Ellen S. Glazer.
Healing the Infertile Family, by Gay Becker, Ph.D.
Surviving Infertility, by Linda Salzer.
General Information
Adoption Resource Book, by Lois Gilman.
Communicating With the Adopted Child, by Dr. Miriam Komar.
Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss, by Claudia L. Jewett.
Making Sense of Adoption, by Lois R. Melina.
Raising Adopted Children, by Lois R. Melina.
Younger Children's Books
Adoption is for Always, by Linda N. Girard.
The Chosen Baby, by Valentina P. Wasson.
The Day We Met You, by Phoebe Koehler.
A Family for Jamie, by Suzanne Bloom.
The Mulberry Bird, by Anne Brodzinsky.
Oliver, by Priscilla Marden
Our Baby: A Birth And Adoption Story, by Janice Koch.
Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby, by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss.
Together Forever: An Adoption Story Coloring Book, by Sara L.F. Barris and Doryce Penn Seltzer.
Twice upon a time: Born and Adopted, by Eleanor Patterson.
Why Was I Adopted?, by Carole Livingston.
Older Children's Books
Being Adopted, by Maxine Rosenberg.
Filling in the Blanks: A Guided Look at Growing Up Adopted, by Susan Gabel.
Growing Up Adopted, by Maxine Rosenberg.
How It Feels to be Adopted, by Jill Krementz.
Books For Adult Adoptees
The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years, by Elinor Rosenberg.
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self, by D.M. Brodzinsky.
Search And Reunion
Birthbond, by Judith S. Gediman and Linda P. Brown.
Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience, by Betty J. Lifton.
Search: A Handbook for Adoptees and Birth Parents, by Jayne Askin.
International Adoption
Are Those Kids Yours?, by Cheri Register.
Brian Was Adopted, by Doris Sanford.
Butterflies in the Wind: Spanish/Indian Children with White Parents, by Jean and Heino Erichsen.
Chinese Eyes, by Majorie A. Waybill.
Horace, by Holly Keller.
Is That Your Sister? A True Story of Adoption, by Catherine and Sherry Burin.
A Mother for Choco, by Keiko Kasza.
Story of an Adoption: Why Do I Look Different?, by Darla Lowe.
We Adopted You Benjamin Koo, by LindaW. Girard.
Where the Sun Kisses the Sea, by Susan Gabel.
Why Am I Different, by Norma Simon.
Our Children From Latin America, by Laurel Strassberger.
Transracial Adoption
Bates, J.D. (1993). Gift Children: A Story of Race, Family, and Adoption in a Divided America. New York: Ticknor and Fields.
Brown, D. (14 June, 1992). Love Not Always Enough in International Adoptions. Express News (San Antonio), 4M.
Canape, C. (1986). Adoption: Parenthood Without Pregnancy - A Complete Handbook to the Complicated and Frustrating Process of Adopting a Child. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
Funderburg, L. (1994). Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity. New York: William Morrow.
Gay, K. (1995). I Am Who I Am: Speaking Out About Multiracial Identity. New York: Franklin Watts.
Greenberg, J.E. & Carey, H.H. (1987). Adopted. New York: FranklinWatts.
Hayes, P. (1993). Transracial Adoptions: Politics and Ideology. Child Welfare, 72(3), 301-310.
Hibbs, E.D. (1991). Adoption: International Perspectives. Madison, CT IUP.
Hicks, R.B. (1995). Adopting In America. Wordslinger Press.
Hoffman-Riem, C. (1990). The Adopted Child: Family Life With Double Parenthood. Transaction Publishers.
Johnston, P.I. (1992). Adopting After Infertility. Perspective Press.
Lifton, B.J. (1998, February). Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience. Child Welfare League of American, Inc.
McRoy, R.G. (1994). Racial Identity and attachment considerations in transracial adoptions. Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 3(2), 59-74.
Micheals, Rondell, Florence, and Ruth. (1978). The Adopted Family-Book I: You and Your Child: A Guide for Adoptive Parents. Crown Publishers.
Nason, D. & Etchinson, B. (1983). The Celebration Family. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishing.
O'Hearn, Claudine Chiawei. (1998). Half and Half. New York: Pantheon.
Obama, B. (1995). Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Times Books.
Reynolds, N.T. (1993). Adopting Your Child: Options, Answers, and Actions. North Vancouver.
Rogers, F. (1994). Adoption - Let's Talk About It. Putnam.
Rosenberg, E. B. (1992). Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years. New York: Free Press.
Rosenberg, Maxine B. (1986). Living in Two Worlds. Lothrop.
Rosenthal, J.A., Groze, V., Curiel, H. &Westcott, P.A. (1990). Transracial and Inracial Adoption of Special Needs Children. Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 1(3), 13-32.
Simon, R. & Alstein, H. (1992). Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy through Adolescence. New York: Praeger.
Simon, R. J., Alstein, &., & Eds. (1991). Intercountry Adoption: A multinational Perspective. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Simon, R.J., Alstein, H., & Melli, M.S. (1994). The Case for Transracial Adoption. Washington, D.C.: American University Press.
Sweet, O.R. & Bryan, P. (1996). Adopt International: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child From Abroad. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers.
Verrier, N.N. (1997, February). Understanding the Adopted Child. Verrier Publications.
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