Recommended Reading List

HIC encourages you to browse through Tapesty Books or go to the Amazon website.

We also encourage all adopting parents to read at least a few of these adult books and as many of the children’s books as possible.

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky
How it Feels to Be Adopted by Jill Krementz
Toddler Adoption by Mary Hopkins Best
The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans
Adopted from Asia by Frances Koh
Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families with Children Adopted From Other Countries by Cheri Register
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child by Trish Maskew
With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over Age One by Margi Miller and Nancy Ward
The Russian Word for Snow: A True Story of Adoption by Janis Cooke Newman
Voices from Another Place edited by Susan Soon-Keum Cox
Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
Dim Sum, Bagels and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families by Myra Alperson
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldgridge
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents by Deborah D. Gray
Parenting the Hurt Child by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky
Journey of the Adopted Self by Betty Jean Lifton
Adoption Nation by Adam Perman
Adoption LifeBook by Cindy Probst
Talking with Young Children about Adoption by Mary Watkins, Ph.D., and Susan Fisher, M.D.
Telling the Truth to your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Jayne Schooler