Clinical Reference Systems: Pediatric Advisor 10.0
Adoption: Book List
Suggested
Book Ages
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OUR BABY: A BIRTH AND ADOPTION STORY; by Janice
Koch; Perspectives Press, 1985 1-4
HORACE; by Holly Keller; Greenwillow, 1991 3-6
ADOPTION; by Fred Rogers; photographs by Jim
Judkis; Putnam, 1994 3-6
A KOALA FOR KATIE: AN ADOPTION STORY; by
Jonathan London, Cynthia Jabar (illustrator);
A. Whitman, 1993 3-6
HAPPY ADOPTION DAY!; lyrics by John McCutcheon;
illustrations by Julie Paschkis; Little, Brown
and Co., 1996 3-6
OVER THE MOON: AN ADOPTION TALE; by Karen Katz;
H. Holt, 1997 3-6
TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE NIGHT I WAS BORN; by
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (illustrator);
HarperCollins, 1996 3-6
TELL ME A REAL ADOPTION STORY; by Betty Jean
Lifton, Claire A. Nivola (illustrator); Knopf,
1993 3-6
WHY WAS I ADOPTED?; by Carole Livingston; Lyle
Stuart, 1978 3-7
THROUGH MOON AND STARS AND NIGHT SKIES; by Ann
Turner; HarperCollins, 1990 3-8
THE CHOSEN BABY; by Valentina Wasson; J.B.
Lippincott, 1977 3-9
MY REAL FAMILY; by Emily Arnold McCully;
Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994 4-6
ABBY; by Jeannette Caines; Harper and Row, 1973 4-8
ADOPTION IS FOR ALWAYS; by Linda W. Girard;
Whitman, 1986 4-8
IS THAT YOUR SISTER? A TRUE STORY OF ADOPTION;
by Catherine Bunin and Sherry Bunin; Pantheon
Books, 1976 4-9
MARIO'S BIG QUESTION; by Carolyn Nystrom; Lion
Publication, 1987 4-10
KATIE-BO: AN ADOPTION STORY; by Iris L. Fisher;
Adama, 1987 5-9
THE MULBERRY BIRD: AN ADOPTION STORY; by Anne
Braff Brodzinsky, Diana L. Stanley (illustrator);
Perspectives Press, 1996 5-9
HORACE; by Holly Keller; Greenwillow Books,
1991 6-8
FAMILIES ARE DIFFERENT; by Nina Pellegrini;
Holiday House, 1991 6-8
HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED; by Jill Krementz;
Knopf, 1987 6-15
CAROLYN'S STORY: A BOOK ABOUT AN ADOPTED GIRL;
by Perry Schwartz; Lerner Pub. Co., 1996 7-10
WILLIAM IS MY BROTHER; by Jane T. Schnitter;
Gerald Kruck (illustrator); Perspectives Press,
1991 7-10
HOW I WAS ADOPTED: SAMANTHA'S STORY; by Joanna
Cole, Maxie Chambliss (illustrator); Morrow Junior
Books, 1995 8-10
HARRY CAT'S PET PUPPY; by George Selden; Yearling
Books, 1975 8-12
DID MY FIRST MOTHER LOVE ME?: A STORY FOR AN
ADOPTED CHILD (includes a special section for
adoptive parents); by Kathryn Ann Miller,
Jami Moffett (illustrator); Morning Glory Press,
1994 8-12
WHEN YOU WERE BORN IN CHINA: A MEMORY BOOK FOR
CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM CHINA; by Sara Dorow;
photographs by Stephen Wunrow; Yeong & Yeong
Book Co., 1997 9-12
GOOD NIGHT MR. TOM; by Michelle Magorian; Harper
and Row, 1982 11-14
WON'T KNOW TILL I GET THERE; by Walter Dean
Myers; Viking Press, 1982 11-14
COPING WITH BEING ADOPTED; by Shari Cohen;
Rosen, 1988 11-15
PREGNANT TOO SOON: ADOPTION IS AN OPTION; by
Jeanne Warren Lindsay; Morning Glory Press, 1988 13-19
WHERE ARE MY BIRTH PARENTS?: A GUIDE FOR TEENAGE
ADOPTEES; by Karen Gravelle and Susan Fischer;
Walker and Co., 1993 Teen
ADOPTING THE OLDER CHILD; by Claudia Jewett;
Harvard Common Press, 1978 Adult
ADOPTING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS;
by L. Anne Babb and Rita Laws; Westport, Conn.:
Bergin & Garvey, 1997 (ISBN: 0897894898) Adult
THE ADOPTION RESOURCE BOOK; by Lois Gilman;
HarperReference, 1998 Adult
THE ADOPTION SEARCHBOOK: TECHNIQUES FOR TRACING
PEOPLE; by Mary Jo Rillera; Triadoption Pub.,
1990 Adult
BEATING THE ADOPTION GAME; by Cynthia Martin;
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988 Adult
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FOREIGN ADOPTION: WHAT TO
EXPECT AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR NEW CHILD; by
Barbara B. Bascom; Pocket Books, 1997 (ISBN:
0671546465) Adult
DEAR BIRTHMOTHER; by K. Silber; Corona
Publishing Co., 1998 Adult
HOW TO RAISE AN ADOPTED CHILD: A GUIDE TO HELP
YOUR CHILD FLOURISH FROM INFANCY THROUGH
ADOLESCENCE; by Judith Schaffer and Christina
Lindstrom; Plume, 1991 (ISBN: 0452265606) Adult
LOST AND FOUND: THE ADOPTION EXPERIENCE; by
Betty Jean Lifton; HarperCollins, 1988 Adult
OLDER CHILD ADOPTION; by Grace Robinson;
Crossroad Pub. Co., 1998 (ISBN: 0824517075) Adult
OPEN ADOPTION: A CARING OPTION; by Jeanne
Warren Lindsay; Morning Glory Press, 1987 Adult
ORIENTAL CHILDREN IN AMERICAN HOMES; by Frances
Koh; East West Press, 1988 Adult
PARENTING YOUR ADOPTED CHILD; by Stephanie
Siegel; Prentice Hall, 1989 Adult
THE PENGUIN ADOPTION HANDBOOK; by Edmund Blair
Bolles; Penguin, 1993 Adult
RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN: PRACTICAL REASSURING
ADVICE FOR EVERY ADOPTIVE PARENT; by Lois Ruskai
Melina; HarperPerennial Library, 1998 (ISBN:
0060957174) Adult
TALKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT ADOPTION; by
Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher; Yale Univ Press,
1995 (ISBN: 0300063172) Adult
TO LOVE AND LET GO; by Suzanne Arms; Knopf, 1983 Adult
TODDLER ADOPTION: THE WEAVER'S CRAFT; by Mary
Hopkins-Best; Perspectives Press, 1998
(ISBN: 0944934218) Adult
THE WHOLE LIFE ADOPTION BOOK: REALISTIC ADVICE
FOR BUILDING A HEALTHY ADOPTIVE FAMILY; by Jayne
E. Schooler, Navpress, 1993 Adult
WITH CHILD: ONE COUPLE'S JOURNEY TO THEIR
ADOPTED CHILDREN; by Susan Viguers; Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1986 Adult
YOU'RE OUR CHILD: THE ADOPTION EXPERIENCE; by
Jerome Smith and Franklin Miroff; Madison, 1987 Adult
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