Adoption Book Reviews

Utilizing the five love languages may be a wonderful way to build attachment and bonding within your newly adoptive or foster family.

A listing of foster care and adoption themed books that are geared toward the young adult audience. Great for summer reading. Many children who have survived or are currently living in a foster care or adoption situation may enjoy reading about other youth who are dealing with the same issues. Foster care or adoption themed books may be the answer to summer reading.

A novel inspired by the work author Pamela Lowell has done as a family therapist. "Returnable Girl", may be a work of fiction, but it rings true with it's plot and characterization. T

The Adoption Mystique, as the dust jacket states, is a "hard-hitting expose of the powerful negative social stigma that permeates child adoption in the United States". The Adoption Mystique is respectful and not at all anti-adoption, just pro-truth and openness. It offers a different perspective on the subject of adoption.

Not just for international adoption, but a resource that may also be helpful to those adopting through foster care. Learn how to interpret information that comes in adoption referrals and make an informed decision.

Thousands of children are adopted from Russia each year, but thousands more remain in Russian orphanges. "Ya Tibya Lublu" is a beautiful Russian cookbook that would make a wonderful adoption gift.

Beth O'Malley's newest lifebook for teens in foster care. This lifebook is in an easy to do fill in the blank style. Perfect gift for a foster child.

Review of Beth O'Malley's newest lifebook. Written in a simple fill in the blank style for children up to age 8.

A story that travels different paths to tell. The first focuses on the mother-to-be and her journey toward placing her baby girl with adoptive parents. Another path about the adoptive family and still another about the baby's need to have answers as she matures.

A compilation of the letters John Newton, writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace", written to his eldest adopted daughter. The book also includes his thoughts about the short life of his youngest adopted daughter who died from Tuberculosis.

How well do you know your children's books? Been reading "Shaoey and Dot" every night? Are you seeing "Nikolai, the Only Bear" in your dreams? Or have you been doing some young adult reading and just finished up "The Last Chance Texaco" or "Anne of Green Gables" for the tenth time? Test your knowledge and see if you can Name that Adoption or Foster Care Themed Children's Book!

A review of a wonderful book for the internationally adoptive family or extended family. Answers to the tough and sometimes rude questions that people ask about international adoption.

A wonderful book for every adoptive family to own. You're not crazy! A lot of adoptive parents have these same feelings.

The sequel to the bestseller, "A Child Called 'It'", Dave Pelzer continues on with his story chronicling his journey through the foster care system.

A book review on the bestseller by Dave Pelzer, "A Child Called 'It'".

Lucy joins a new group home and discovers that this one is different than the several other homes she's lived in. A review of the book, The Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger.

A twelve-year-old's review of a new book about teens living in a group home.

A wonderful book that tells how to make a lifebook for the foster or adopted child. Includes how to word delicate life stories, what information to include, and how to include the child in the process.

Author, Cynthia Leitich Smith's Web site offers a listing of adoption books as well as multicultural and interracial books for children and young adults.

A page full of information about David Pelzer and links to some book reviews on his work. David Pelzer endured child abuse from his mother and spent several years in the foster care system.