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Books about Adoption

The following 11 books are available for the topic Adoption
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  Title
A Mother for Choco

Author
Keiko Kasza

Publisher & Copyright Date
PaperStar; 1996

Covertype
Paperback

Notes
Warm children's story about a little bird who is adopted by a bear.

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Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Author
Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D., Regina M. Kupecky

Publisher & Copyright Date
Pinon Pr.; 1998

Covertype
Hardcover

Pages
256 pages

Notes
Revised and up-dated edition. This book presents a more comprehensive picture of the social and psychological issues in adoption.

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Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption

Author
Marlou Russell, Ph.D.

Publisher & Copyright Date
Broken Branch Productions; 1996

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
204 pages

Notes
This book offers insight and understanding of adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents.

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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents

Author
Deborah D. Gray

Publisher & Copyright Date
Perspectives Press; 2002

Covertype
Hardcover

Pages
400 pages

 
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  Title
Children of Open Adoption and Their Families

Author
Kathleen Silber, Patricia Martinez Dorner

Publisher & Copyright Date
Corona; 1990

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
193 pages

 
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Dear Birthmother

Author
Kathleen Sibler, Phyllis Speedlin

Publisher & Copyright Date
Corona Publishing Company; 1998

Covertype
Paperback

 
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  Title
How to Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions, Revised and Updated

Author
Jean Nelson-Erichsen, Heino R. Erichsen

Publisher & Copyright Date
Two Coyotes; 2003

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
296 pages

Notes
The authors' commitment to providing accurate, up-to-date, and detailed information has made this the most widely used resource for international adoption available.

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Raising Adopted Children: A Manual for Adoptive Parents

Author
Lois Ruskai Melina

Publisher & Copyright Date
HarperCollins; 1986

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
274 pages

 
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The Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guild for Adoptive and Birth Families--From Making the Decision through the Child's Growth Years

Author
Lois Ruskai Melina, Sharon Kaplan Roszia

Publisher & Copyright Date
Harperperennial Library; 1993

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
389 pages

Notes
This book offers a guide to the issues faced by adoptive and birth families through the stages of the open adoption relationship.

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The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child

Author
Nancy Verrier, M.A.

Publisher & Copyright Date
Nancy Verrier; 1993

Covertype
Paperback

 
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

Author
Sherrie Eldridge

Publisher & Copyright Date
Dell Publishing Company; 1999

Covertype
Paperback

Pages
240 pages

Notes
With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love—that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future - that she needs honest information about her birth family no matter how painful the details may be - and that although he may choose to search for his birth family, he will always rely on you to be his parents.

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