- Reader's Guide To Adoption Related Literature is Bill Gage's comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography of books that deal with adoption, including adult and juvenile fiction.
- Adoptive Families, the award-winning national magazine, has an on-line bookstore and five years of reviews featuring good books.
- ComeUnity, Cynthia Leitich Smith, the Reading Tub, and Adoption Books also provide great lists and reviews of books for kids about adoption.
Books About Adoption
Visitors to the Fire Escape sometimes ask about good books for internationally adopted kids. Here are some places on the web to find excellent lists and reviews:
And for a top-notch resource for adoptive parents, I highly recommend Adoption Parenting, edited by Jean Macleod and Sheena Macrae (EMK Press, 2006). In this "toolbox," over a hundred contributors, including adoptees, share practical advice about parenting an adopted child. Definitely a gift worth giving at a baby shower for waiting parents. Tune in tomorrow for reviews of a beautiful picture book about what that wait is like and a hilarious forthcoming novel about international adoption ...