 | The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans
Buy used from: $0.01 This book is beautifully written, and is both a good background read about the underlying issues of issues in China surrounding adoption, but it is also a beautiful memoir of Evens' own daughter's adoption. Her imagining of her daughter's birthmother and the circumstances under which she abandond her child is so touching.
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 | Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America by Adam Pertman
Buy used from: $0.01 So smart. This book really speaks well to the misunderstandings and stereotypes about adoption and how this has been changing more recently.
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 | Daughter from Afar: A Family's International Adoption Story by Sarah L Woodard
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $3.00 The first book I read on international adoption. As I was reading it, I really knew my child was in China.
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 | Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries by Cheri Register
Buy new: $22.23 / Used from: $0.01 This book tackles the issues with which interracial families deal. Cheri Register is an adoptive mom of children from Korea and her experience was so helpful to read. She is careful not to idealize or sugar-coat the issues.
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 | Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China by Beth Nonte Russell
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | From China With Love: A Long Road to Motherhood by Emily Buchanan
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $3.30 |
 | Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.16 Such a good book that has helped me tremendously to be a better mom to my son.
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 | Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear? by Denise Harris Hoppenhauer
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.16 full of practical advice, especially for first-time parents
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 | Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.75 Although this is about a domestic adoption, both of my kids really love this book. Cleverly written.
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 | Waiting for May by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.77 a good book for a sibling of a child adopted internationally
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 | Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.25 jut a wonderful book -- my daughters' favorite
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 | A Mother for Choco (Paperstar) by Keiko Kasza
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 a great book that is so nonthreatening to a child that might not be in the mood to talk about adoption directly
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 | I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $0.48 My son loves this book, especially the pictures of the ayis taking care of the babies.
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 | Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
Buy used from: $0.84 I love the line, "For finding your mother,/ There's one certain test./ You must look for the creature/ Who loves you the best."
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 | The Red Blanket by Eliza Thomas
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $0.74 |
 | There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children by Melissa Fay Greene
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.75 An amazing story of one woman's crusade to help Ethiopia's orphans.
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 | What Do You Really Want for Your Children? by Wayne W. Dyer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.99 I love Wayne Dyer and I am so glad he speaks directly about parenting here, although everything he writes can be applied to raising kids.
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 | Incredible You! 10 Ways to let your greatness shine through by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.80 My daughter loves this inspirational book.
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 | Two Little Girls: A Memoir of Adoption by Theresa Reid
Buy used from: $1.00 Although not about adoption from China (the 2 little girls are from Russia and Ukraine), I found this memoir really helpful in its stark honestly. So many adoption memoirs are cutesy and gloss over the complications of adoption. This does not, but it still captures its beauty.
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 | Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children by Sarah Napthali
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.91 Because I have come to believe that one must be a Zen Buddhist to be a stay-at-home mom...
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 | Mommy Mantras: Affirmations and Insights to Keep You From Losing Your Mind by Bethany E. Casarjian
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.83 Okay, I admit, I am saying my Mommy Mantras all day long: "This is just a phase...This is just a phase..."
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