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Here's a recommended bibliography of adoption-related books we find especially well-written and worthwhile. For your convenience, we've linked them to Amazon where you can read more about each title, including reviews from the critics and general readers.

	Thinking About Adoption
	Adoptive Parenting
	Birth Parent Concerns
	General Adoption Issues

	Special Adoption Issues
	Domestic Adoption
	International Adoption
	Lifelong Issues

THINKING ABOUT ADOPTION Johnston, Patricia I. (1992). Adopting After Infertility. Indianapolis, Indiana: Perspectives Press. Johnston, Patricia I. (1997). Launching a Baby's Adoption: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals. Indianapolis, Indiana: Perspectives Press. Pertman, Adam (2000). Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America. New York: Basic Books. ADOPTIVE PARENTING Melina, Lois (1989). Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide. New York: Harper and Row. <MAP NAME="boxmap-p6"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1, 140, 83, 150" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwbarkerfoun-20" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x150.gif" width="120" height="150" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p6" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> Melina, Lois (1986). Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent. New York: Harper & Row. Watkins, Mary and Susan Fisher (1995). Talking With Young Children About Adoption. New Haven: Yale University Press.	BIRTH PARENT CONCERNS Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi (1999). The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing A Child for Adoption. Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co. Lindsay, Jeanne Warren (1997). Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option: Making an Adoption Plan for a Child. Buena Park, CA: Morning Glory Press. Mason, Mary Martin (1995). Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories. Rockford, Illinois: The Howard Center. Melina, Lois Ruskai and Sharon Kaplan Roszia (1993). The Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families. New York: HarperCollins. Roles, Patricia (1989). Saying Goodbye to a Baby: birth parents Guide to Loss and Grief in Adoption. Washington, DC: CWLA. Romanchik, Brenda (1999). Being A Birth Parent: Finding Our place. Royal Oak, Michigan: R-Squared Press.
GENERAL ADOPTION ISSUES Bothum, Linda (1987). When Friends Ask About Adoption: Question and Answer Guide for Non-Adoptive Parents and Other Caring Adults. Chevy Chase, MD: Swan Publishing. Brodzinsky, David & M. Schecter (Eds) (1990) The Psychology of Adoption. New York: Oxford University Press. <MAP NAME="boxmap-p6"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1, 140, 83, 150" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwbarkerfoun-20" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x150.gif" width="120" height="150" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p6" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> Glazer, Ellen Sarasohn (1990). The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility. New York: Lexington Books. Kirk, David (1984). Shared Fate: A Theory and Method of Adoptive Relationships. Port Angeles, Washington: Ben-Simon Publications. Krementz, Jill (1982). How It Feels to Be Adopted . New York: Dial Press.	SPECIAL ADOPTION ISSUES Edelstein, Susan B. (1995). Children With Prenatal Alcohol & or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption. Washington, DC: CWLA. Gray, Deborah D. (2002). Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents. Indianapolis, Indiana: Perspectives Press. Hopkins-Best, Mary (1997). Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft. Indianapolis, Indiana: Perspectives Press. Jewett, Claudia (1978). Adopting the Older Child. Boston: Harvard Common Press, Inc. Keck, Gregory C. and Robin M. Kupecky (1995). Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids. Colorado Springs: Colorado: Pixon Press. Maskew, Trish (1999). Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child. Longmont, CO: Snowcap Press. Simon, Rita and Howard Alstein (2000). Adoption Across Borders. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall (2000). Inside Transracial Adoption. Indianapolis, Indiana: Perspectives Press
DOMESTIC ADOPTION Gritter, James (Ed.) (1989). Adoption Without Fear. San Antonio: Corona Pub. Co. Gritter, James L. (1992). The Spirit of Open Adoption. Washington, DC: CWLA Press. Melina, Lois Ruskai and Sharon Kaplan Roszia (1993). The Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families. New York: HarperCollins. Silber, Kathleen and Patricia Dorner (1990). Children of Open Adoption and Their Families. San Antonio, Texas: Corona Publishing Co.	INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION Dorow, Sarah (Ed.) (1999). I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children. St. Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong. Miller, Margi and Nancy Ward (1996). With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children. Minneapolis, MN: Children’s Home Society Of Minnesota, LN Press, Inc. (Links to AdoptShoppe) Register, Cheri (1991). "Are Those Kids Yours?": American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries. New York: The Free Press.
LIFELONG ISSUES <MAP NAME="boxmap-p6"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1, 140, 83, 150" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwbarkerfoun-20" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x150.gif" width="120" height="150" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p6" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> Brodzinsky, David (1992). Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. New York: Doubleday. Pavao, Joyce M. (1998). The Family of Adoption. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Rosenberg, Elinor (1982). The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years. New York: The Free Press. Simon, Rita and Howard Alstein (1982). Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy To Adolescence. New York: Praeger Press. Van Gulden, Holly and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb (1995). Real Parents, Real Children; Parenting the Adopted Child. New York: Crossroads Publishing Co.

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