Books for Adoptive Families Essential reading for everyone considering adoption Getting Started The Adoption Option Complete Handbook, 2000–2001, by Chris Adamec The Adoption Resource Book, by Lois Gilman Beating the Adoption Odds: Using Your Head and Your Heart to Adopt, by Cynthia D. Martin and Dru Martin Groves The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption, by Chris Adamec The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, by Hope Marindin -How to Adopt Internationally, 2000–2002, by Jean Nelson-Erichsen, L.S.W., M.A., and Heino R. Erichsen, M.S. Adoptive Parenting Dear Birthmother, Thank You for Our Baby, by Kathleen Silber, M.S.W., and Phylis Speedlin, Esq. An updated classic on open adoption. Inside Transracial Adoption, by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall Concrete strategies for multiracial adoptive families. The Open Adoption Experience, by Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia Authoritative and reassuring guidance for adoptive parents and birth parents through all stages of the open adoption relationship. Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child, by Trish Maskew An essential handbook for anyone adopting children preschool age and older. A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China, edited by Amy Klatzkin -100 brief articles by parents and professionals on multiple aspects of international adoption. Raising Adopted Children, by Lois Ruskai Melina -An authoritative parents’ guide to rearing children in an adoptive family. Real Parents, Real Children, by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb -Insights into how children think and feel about being adopted. Talking with Young Children About Adoption, by Mary Watkins, Ph.D., and Susan Fisher, M.D. -Wonderful insights for parents of children ages 2 to 10. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft, by Mary Hopkins-Best -An invaluable resource for parents of toddlers. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge -A window into the heart of the adopted child, revealing emotions that are often difficult for children to express.

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