Books on Adoption
Listed in alphabetical order by book title under major topics.
General
A Child's Journey through Placement, by Vera Fahlberg
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids, by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky
And Baby Makes Three, by John and Julie Gottman
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, by Deborah Gray
Family Book, by Todd Parr
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn At Home and In School, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How to Talk so Kids will Listen, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
It's Okay To Be Different, by Todd Parr
Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma, by Deborah Gray
One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found, by Kathy Harrison
Parenting from the Inside Out, by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families heal and Grow, by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky
Raising Adopted Children: Practical, Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent, by Louis Ruskai Melina
Telling the Truth to your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past, by Betsy Keefer and Jayne Schooler
The Daddy Book, by Todd Parr
The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care, by Nina Bernstein
The Mommy Book, by Todd Parr
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir, by Victoria Rowell
Touchpoints—3 to 6, by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow
Touchpoints—Birth to Three, by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow
Three Little Words: A Memoir, by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk, by Marc Parent
Understanding Looked after Children: an Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care, by Jenne Guishard-Pine, Suzanne McCall, Lloyd Hamilton, Andrew Wiener
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: A Book about Biological Parents for Foster Parents and Social Workers, by Judith Lee
We Belong Together, by Todd Parr
When Do I Go Home? Intervention Strategies for Foster Parents and Helping Professionals, by Sally Hoyle
Transracial Adoption
Inside Transracial Adoption, by Gail Steinberg & Beth Hall
Black Children, by Janice Hale-Benson
Raising Healthy Multi-Racial Adoptive Families, by Harriett Fancot
Everyday Acts against Racism: Raising Children in a Multicultural World, by Maureen Reddy
In Their Own Words: Transracial Adoptees Tell their Stories, by Rita Simon and Rhonda Roorda
A Mother for Choco (for children), by Keiko Kasza
Lamb-A-Roo (for children), by Diana Kimpton and Rosalind Beardshaw
Rosie's Family: An Adoption Story (for children), by Lori Rosove
LGBT Families
And Tango Makes Three (for children), by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Daddy's Roommate (for children), by Michael Willhoite
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, by Abigail Garner
King & King (for children), by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads (for children), by Johnny Valentine
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant, by Dan Savage
Books for Children
A Terrible Thing Happened — A Story for Children who Have Witnessed Violence or Trauma, by Margaret Holmes and Sasha Mudlaff
Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live With Their Parents, by Janice Levy
I Miss My Foster Parents, by Stefan Herbert
It's My Life, by Casey Family Programs
Kids Need to be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care, by Julie Nelson
Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care, by Jennifer Wilgocki and Marcia Kahn Wright
Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story, by Brodzinsky
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, by Jamie Lee Curtis
Open Adoption
The Open Adoption Experience, by Lois R Melina and Sharon K. Roszia
The Visit, by Latisha Herbert
Infertility
Adopting After Infertility, by Patricia Irwin Johnston
For Birthparents
Pregnant? Adoption is an Option, by Jeanne Warren Lindsay

