Family- Adoption

Adopt= ion

(Includes: Adoption, Orphans and Foster Care)

Updated 06/29/2009

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Picture Books

Brodzinsky, Anne. The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story. 1996.&nbs= p; jE Bro

Caines, Jeannette Franklin. Abby. 1973. jE Cai

Cole, Joanna. How I Was Adopted: Samantha’s Story. 1995. jE Col

Curtis, Jamie Lee. Tell Me Again A= bout the Night I Was Born. 1996. jE Cur

Czech, = Jan M. The Coffee Can Kid. 2002. jE Cze

Friedrich, Molly. You’re Not My Real Mother= ! 2004. jE Fri

Girard,= Linda Walvoord. Adoption is for Always. 1986. jE Gir

Gray, Kes. Our Twitchy= . 2003. jE Gra

Keller, Holly. Horace. 1991. jE KeL

Koehler, Phoebe. The Day We Met You= . 1997. jE Koe

Kroll, Virginia L. Whe= n Will We Be Sisters? 1994. jE Kro=

Lears, Laurie. Megan’s Birt= hday Tree: A Story About Open Adoption. 2005. jE Lea

Lewis, Rose A. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes= . 2000. jE Lew

Little, Jean. Emma’s Strange Pet. 2003. jE Lit

-----. Emma’s Yucky Brother.= 2002. jE Lit 2002

London, Jonathan. A Koala for Kati= e: An Adoption Story. 1993. jE Lon

McCully, Emily Arnold. My Real Fam= ily. 1994. jE= McC=

Miller, Kathryn Ann. Di= d My First Mother Love Me? : A Story for an Adopted Child :<= /span> With a Special Section for

&= nbsp; Adoptive Parents<= /span>. 1994. jE MiL

Pellegrini, Nina. Families are Different. 1991. jE= PeL=

Rosenberg, Liz. We Wanted You. 2002. jE Ros

Samsone, Adele. The Little Green Goose. 1999. jE= San

Say, Allen. Allison. 1997. jE Say

Turner,= Ann Warren. Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies. 1990. jE Tur

Young, Ed. My Mei Mei. 2006. <= /span>jE You=

Juvenile Fiction

Alvarez, Julia. Finding Mir= acles. 2004. jF Alv

Banks, Kate. Dillon Dil= lon. 2002. jF Ban

Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. 2001. jF Cru 2002

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of= Hollis Woods. 2002. jF Gif 2004

Harrar, George. Parents Wanted= . 2001. jF Har

Heneghan, James.&n= bsp; The Grave. 2000. jF Hen 2002

Hicks, Betty. Get Real. 2006. jF Hic

Holland, Isabelle. The Promised Land. 1996. jF HoL

Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. 2001. jF Hor

Johnson, Angela. Heaven.= 1998. jF Joh 1999

Little, Jean. = The Belon= ging Place. 1997. jF Lit

Lowry, Lois. Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye. 1978. jF Low

MacLachlan, Patricia. Mama One, M= ama Two. 1982. jE Mac

McKay, Hilary. = Saffy’s Angel. 2001. jF McK 2002

Tomey, Ingri= d. The Queen of Dreamland. 1996. jF Tom=

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Juveni= le Non-Fiction

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DuPrau, Jeanne. Adoption: The Fact= s, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage. 1990. j362.734 D942a = 1990

Miró, Asha.= Daughter of the Ganges: A Memo= ir. 2006. j921 M676m=

Reef, Catherine. Alone in the World. 2005= . j362.73<= /span> R327a

Warren, Andrea.= We Rode the Orphan Trains. 2001. j362.73<= /span> W286w

Haugen, David M. Adoption. 2006. = j362.7= 34 A239<= /span>

Kinn, Gail. Be My Baby: Parents = and Children Talk about Adoption. 2000. j362.734 K55b

Lanchon, Anne. All About Adoption: = How to Deal with the Questions of Your Past.&= nbsp; 2006. j362.734 L248a

Nemiroff, Marc. All about Adoption: = How Families are made and How Kids Feel about It. 2004. j362.734 N434a<= o:p>

Powell, Jillian. = Adoption. 2000. j362.734 P884a<= o:p>

Weiss, Ann E. <= u>Adoptions today: Questions and Controversies. 2001. j362.734= W429a

Miró, Asha.= Daughter of the Ganges: A Memo= ir. 2006. j921 M676m=

Warren, Andrea. Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American= Boy. 2004.

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Profes= sional

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Kolencik, Patricia. Teaching with Bo= oks that Heal: Authentic Literature and Literacy Strategies to Help Children Co= pe

with= Everyday Problems. 2007. CML 370.114 K81t

Myers, Walter Dean. Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights. 1996. T Rea H= OU I62 Lev.6

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Foster Care

Picture Books

Polacco, Patricia. Welco= me Comfort. 1999. jE Pol

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Juveni= le Fiction

Ashley, Bernard. Little Soldier. 1999. jF Ash 2002

Darrow, Sharon. <= u>Trash. 2006. jF Dar

Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Where I’d Like to Be. 2003. jF Dow

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of= Hollis Woods. 2002. jF Gif 2004

Gray, D= ianne E. Holding up t= he Earth. 2000. jF Gra

Grimes, Nikki.&= nbsp; The Road to Paris. 2006. jF Gri

Heneghan, James.&n= bsp; The Grave. 2000. jF Hen 2002

Holland, Isabelle. The Promised Land. 1996. jF HoL

Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. 2001. jF Hor

Lowry, Lois. = Gossamer. 2006. jF Low

Myers, = Walter Dean. W= on’t Know Till I Get There. 1982. jF= Mye=

Nixon, = Joan Lowery. Caught in the Act. 1988. jF Nix

-----. A Family Ap= art. 1987. jF Nix

-----. In the Face= of Danger. 1988. jF Nix

-----. Place to Belong. 1989. jF Nix

Paterson, Katherine.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The Great <= span class=3DSpellE>Gilly Ho= pkins. 1987. jF Pat 1987

Polacco, Patricia. Welco= me Comfort. 1999. jE PoL

Shaw, Susan. The Boy fro= m the Basement. 2004. jF Sha

Orphans

Carman, Patrick. Atherton: The Hou= se of Power. 2007. jF Car

Warner, Sally.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> This Isn’t about the Mone= y. 2002. jF War 2004<= /o:p>

Warren, Andrea. We Rode the Orphan Trains. 2001. j362.73<= /span> W286w

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