Adoption Book List

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Adoption Books

Here are some books specifically related to Adoption that I like. You can find others on this blog by looking at the labels section. Look for adoption books.

Adoption and race for parents:
Taming the tiger while it is still a kitten by Nancy Thomas -- I found this book to be a complimentary (to the Deborah Gray's book) list of attachment signs to look for and practical ideas for attachment. It is more of a booklet. I do not know anything about her particular theory's as this book does not address that. Her book, When Love is Not Enough is an excellent book for parents with kids who are having issues attaching.
Attaching in adoption by Deborah Grey
I'm chocolate you're vanilla by Marguerite A. Wright
Before You were mine (on making a Christian life book)*
Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their parents knew by Sherrie Eldridge
There is no me without you by Melissa Fay Green
Toddler Adoption, the Weaver's Craft  by Hopkins-Best
Parenting your adopted older child
Our own: adopting an older child
Older Child Adoption
The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis 
Parenting the Hurt Child by Gregory C. Keck and Regina Kupecky
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption  by Arleta M. James
In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends by Elisabeth O'Toole


Adoption for kids:
Emma's Yucky Brother by Jean Little (not a yucky book but a yucky title that I don't favor. For siblings already in the home and pertaining to older child adoption).
Rosie's Family Lori Rosove
I love you like Crazy Cakes by Lewis
Horace by Holly Keller
Who are my real parents by D. L. Fuller
Welcome Home forever child by Christine Mitchell (older child adoption)
Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
God Found Us You  by Lisa Tawn Bergren
A Blessing From Above by Patti Henderson
Family Day: Celebrating Ethan's Adoption Day by Christine Mitchell
Colors come from God Just like me by Carolyn Forche*
Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
Star of the Week
In My Heart by Molly Bang
Yafi's Family: an Ethiopian boy's journey of love, loss and adoption by Linda Pettitt


Ethiopia:
There is no me without you by Melissa Fay Green
The sign and the seal by Graham Hancock
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood by Nega Mezlekia
This Is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes by Marilyn Berger
Vertical Ethiopia, Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa by Majka Burhardt
Coffee Story: Ethiopia by Majka Burhardt, Matt Samet, and Steve Holt
Ethiopia and the Bible (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology) by Edward Ullendorff
The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope by Catherine Hamlin
The Scent of Eucalyptus: A Missionary Childhood in Ethiopia by Daniel Coleman 
Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian by Tim Judah
The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird 

Ethiopia for kids:
Pulling the Lion's whiskers and other Ethiopian tales by Ashabranner and Davis
The storytellers beads by Jane Kurtz
Jane Kurtz books for kids -all of them
The Perfect Orange by Frank Araujo
Fire on the Mountain by Jane Kurtz
E Is for Ethiopia (World Alphabets) by Ashenafi Gudeta, Ataklti Mulu, Betelhem Abate, and Dama Boru 
A Saint and His Lion: The Story of Tekla of Ethiopia By Elaine Murray Stone
Ethiopia: A Question and Answer Book (Fact Finders) by Englar and Mary
A Family from Ethiopia (Families Around the World) by Julia Waterlow 
With Two Hands: Stories of God at work in Ethiopia (Hidden Heroes) by Rebecca Davis
Ethiopian Voices: Tsion's Life by Stacy Bellward and Erlend Berge 
When the World Began: Stories Collected in Ethiopia (Oxford Myths & Legends) by Elizabeth Laird 
Ethiopia: A Question and Answer Book (Fact Finders) by Mary Englar 
Ethiopia in Pictures, 2nd Edition (Visual Geography. Second Series) by Jeffery Zuehlke
Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot (Girls of Many Lands) by Jane Kurtz
Only a Pigeon by Jane Kurtz
The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela by Cristina Kessler
Pulling the Lion's Tail (Hardcover) by Jane Kurtz

Africa:
These books relate to stories in Ethiopia and can be easily transferred or are just plain cute.
One Hen - How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith 
Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story fro... by Jeanette Winter
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. by Niki Daly
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Amistad) by John Steptoe
Africa Is Not A Country by Margy Burns Knight