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Did you know that you can order many of these books on adoption from the Bethany Bookstore?
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Literature Books
Recommended for Children
- Did My First Mother Love Me? Kathryn Miller, Morning Glory Press, 1994.
- Never, Never, Never Will She Stop Loving You Jolene Durrant, JoBiz!, Inc., 1999.
Recommended for Birthparents
- Saying Goodbye to a Baby Patricia Roles, Child Welfare League of America, 1989.
- The Nikki Sheridan Series Shirley Brinkerhoff, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO., 1996.
- Dear Birthmother Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin, Ingrow Books, 1999.
Recommended for Adoptive Families
- Raising Adoptive Children Lois Melina, Harper & Row Publishers, 1986.
- The Spirit of Open Adoption James L. Gritter, 1997.
- The Open Adoption Book Bruce Rappaport, MacMillan & Co., 1992
- The Open Adoption Experience Lois Melina and Sharon Roszia, Harper Collins, 1993.
Adoptive Families - specific to International Adoption
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Sherrie Eldridge, Dell Trade Paperback, 1999
*practical advise for handling past issues
- Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child Trish Maskew,Snowcap Press, 1999
* adoptive families tell the joys and challenges, research, and professionals comment; Filled with compassion and humor
- Toddler Adoption: The Weavers Craft Mary Hopkins Best, PhD and Susan Fisher, MD, Yale University Press, 1993.
* For children past the age of infancy; forming attachments and behavior management
- With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over the Age of One Margie Miller and Nancy Ward, Children's Home Society of Minnesota, 1996.
* helps prepare families for issues and experiences from the child's viewpoint