Alright, so here’s a quick round up of books we read in preparation for our adoption or after coming home that might be of interest to you. Got any to suggest? I have 36 books to read this coming year and am always looking for great suggestions!
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adopted Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, Wendy Sunshine
Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood
Love in the Driest Season by Neely Tucker
There is No Me Without You by Melissa Faye Greene
Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook by Lonely Planet
I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla by Marguerite Wright
Here are some we felt really help/helped-not all directly tied to adoption:
1-Why do all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria
2-Parenting the Hurt Child
3-The Out of Sync Child
4-Dont Make me Count to Three
5-From Ashes to Africa
5-A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy solider
I am about to start “Adopted for Life”….I have heard great things, but will not FULLY rec until I read it 😉