READING MATERIALS 

Adoption

Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston (Perspective Press, 1996)

Adoption is a Family Affair! by Patricia Irwin Johnston(Perspectives Press, 2001)

The Complete Guide to Foreign Adoption by Barbara B. Bascom, MD, and Carole A. McKelvey, MA (Pocket Books, 1997)

Dear Birthmother, Thank You For Our Baby by Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin, second edition (Corona Publications, 1999)

The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao (Beacon Press, 1999)

How It Feels To Be Adopted by Jill Krementz (Knopf, 1988)

Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall(Perspectives Press, 2000)

Launching a Baby's Adoption by Patricia Irwin Johnston (Perspectives Press, 1998)

The Measure of Our Success by Marian Wright Edelman (HarperCollins,1993)

The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon KaplanRoszia (Perennial, 1993)

A Passage To The Heart edited by Amy Klatzkin (Yeong & Yeong, 1999)

Real Parents, Real Children by Holly van Gulden and LisaBartels-Rabb (Crossroads, 1995)

Adoption Books for Children Ages 4-8

Horace by Holly Keller (greenwillow, 1991)

Mommy Far, Mommy Near by Carol Antoinette Peacock (Albert Whitmanand Co., 2000)

The Mulberry Bird by Anne Braff Brodzinsky, revised second edition (Perspectives Press, 1996)

On the Day You Were Born: A Photo Journal by Debra Frasier (Harcourt, 2001)

Pablo's Tree by Pat Mora (Simon & Schuster, 1994)

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis(HarperCollins Juvenile Books, 1996)

Adoption Books for Children Ages 8-12

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (HarperTrophy, 1987)

The Ocean Within by V.M. Caldwell (Milkweed Editions, 1999)

Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption by Mary Ann Koenig (Running Press, 2000)

Note:  These are recommended materials to use as resources. The Coalition does not endorse or promote the use or purchase of any items, subscriptions, products or services.