 | The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past by Karin Evans
Buy used from: $0.01 a must read: many books will tell you how to adopt from China, this book tells you why
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 | Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.00 my all-time favorite book about adoption parenting ... this is an essential "toolbox" for any adoptive parent!
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 | Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.48 describes adoption and attachment in a very down-to-earth manner
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 | Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Foster Cline
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $13.99 a great parenting book for adoptive parents: provides highly creative, loving and effective discipline techniques
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 | A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China by unknown
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $0.22 marvelous resource describing the technical and emotional aspects of adopting from China ... chock full of BTDT stories, poems and letters that will cause laughter and tears
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 | National Geographic - China's Lost Girls
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $6.74 Lisa Ling walks viewers through China's population control policies and their impact on China and the world in general
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 | Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China by Kay Ann Johnson
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $1.78 groundbreaking research on abandonment and adoption in China presented well ... now a tad dated, but continues to be an excellent resource for those adoption from China ... provides insight, which fosters empathy for birthparents
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 | The Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforseen Challenges of Adoption by Karen J. Foli Ph.D.
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $3.38 a book I wish I had read BEFORE our first adoption ... deals with the unique issues related to depression after adoption, including perfectionist parenting and guilt
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 | LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O'Malley
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.22 a comprehensive book designed to walk adoptive parents through the lifebook creation process ... really helps those who are "writing challenged"
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 | Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Lark Eshleman
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $1.75 covers all types of adoptions, both domestic and international ... it is one of the best and most comprehensive books available
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 | Mei Mei Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage by Richard Bowen
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $2.87 haunting photographs portraying an endless range of expressions from children who live in Chinese social welfare institutes
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 | Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.08 discusses adoptee anger, mourning, shame and adoption acknowledgment using case studies, although it doesn't address what you should say at various ages
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 | Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture by Rosemary Gong
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.70 a quick and easy read about Chinese traditions and celebrations
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 | Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 (Shelov, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5) by American Academy Of Pediatrics
Buy used from: $0.14 a comprehensive medical parenting book with an excellent index ... applies to young children as well as babies
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 | The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another by Cindy Champnella
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $2.41 one of the most moving stories of Chinese adoption that I have ever read
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 | The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition by Carol Kranowitz
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.50 often "issues" of newly adopted children are labeled as attachment related, but might in fact be sensory delays or even SPD ... the chapter on tactile defensiveness is a must-read for all IA parents
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 | Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries by Cheri Register
Buy new: $20.80 / Used from: $0.01 an adoptive mom addresses this and other questions posed by American society, focusing on the life-long implications of international adoption
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 | Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.87 greatly aids adoptive parents who experience the unique challenges of adopting a child between the ages of one to three
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 | Intercountry Adoption from China: Examining Cultural Heritage and Other Postadoption Issues by Jay W. Rojewski
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $0.01 not for the faint of heart, but a well-researched and easy-to-read academic work about post-adoption China IA issues that I feel everyone should read at some point, even if it is years into IA parenting... covers both pros and cons of IA... relies not only on statistics specific to Chinese adoptees, but also older South Korean adoptees ... also contains moving testimonials
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 | China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood by Jeff Gammage
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $0.38 an excellent gift for a future father of a Chinese-adoptee ... provides a male perspective, which is rather rare in the world of adoption literature ... part travel journal, part memoir, part commentary
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 | Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love by Linda Acredolo Ph.D.
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.29 compilation of games that promote language, social, gross and fine motor skills ... most IA children experience slight developmental delays, so why not learn fun ways to help them 'catch up?'
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 | Silent Tears: A Journey Of Hope In A Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $18.88 a glimpse into the day to day world within a Chinese orphanage... although the author failed to show much cultural sensitivity and the numerous typos and lack of footnotes distract the reader, I still recommend this book to others touched by China adoption.
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 | Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America by Adam Pertman
Buy used from: $0.74 a book published nearly ten years ago that still contains important information about how the "adoption revolution" continues to transform America
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 | The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family by Karyn Purvis
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.00 another great book which encourages attachment parenting
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 | Found in China
Buy new: $19.99 as important as the DVD China's Lost Girls... this documentary follows families as they return to China on heritage trips
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