General Adoption Books

  • Brodinsky, David, Swchecter, Marshall & Henig, Robin. Being Adopted, the Lifelong Search for Self.
  • Casey, Filis. Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption.
  • Eldridge, Sherrie. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew.
  • Foli, Karen & Thompson, John. Post Adoption Blues, Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption.
  • Gray, Deborah. Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents.
  • Jewett Jarratt, Claudia. Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss.
  • Johnson, Patricia. Adoption is a Family Affair: What Relatives and Friends Must Know.
  • Betsy Keefer & Jayne Schooler. Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past.
  • Keck, Gregory & Kupeck, Regina. Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids.
  • Jean Lifton, Betty. Journey of the adopted self: a quest for wholeness.
  • Ruskai Melina, Lois. Raising Adopted Children.
  • Ruskai Melina, Lois & Maguire Pavao, Joyce. Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent’s Guide.
  • Petrie, Anne. Gone to an Aunt’s: Remembering Canada’s Homes for unwed Mothers.
  • Purvis, Karyn, Cross, David & Lyons Sunshine, Wendy. The Connected Child.
  • Purvis, Karyn & Cross, David. The Family of Adoption.
  • Stergianis, Sofie & McDowall, Rita. What is Adoption? Helping non-adopted children understand adoption.
  • Gulden, Holly. Real Parents, Real Children.
  • Newton Verrier, Nancy. The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child.
  • Wicks, Ben. Yesterday They Took My Baby: True Stories of Adoption.