Attachment/Bonding

  • Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control by Heather T. Forbes
  • The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis, David Cross & Wendy Sunshine
  • Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky
  • When Love is Not Enough – A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD – Reactive Attachment Disorder by Nancy L. Thomas
  • The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
  • Learning the Dance of Attachment by Holly VanGulden This is a hard book to find. To order Learning the Dance of Attachment, call 715-386-5550, e-mail wisconsinoffice@crossroadsadoption.com

Orphan/Adoption Ministry

  • Fields of the Fatherless by C. Thomas Davis
  • Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore
  • The Middle Mom by Christie Erwin

Cultural/Transracial Issues

  • Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall

Grief & Loss

  • Parenting The Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky
  • Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting The Adopted Child by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb.
  • Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett Jarratt
  • Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma by Deborah D. Gray
  • The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis, David Cross & Wendy Sunshine

Special Needs/HIV + Adoption

  • Children Affected by HIV/AIDS Compassionate Care by Phyllis Kilbourn
  • Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Need Kids by Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky

Transracial Issues

  • Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall

Baby/Toddler Adoption

  • Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins Best

Older Child Adoption

  • Parenting Adopted Adolescents by Gregory Keck
  • Parenting Your Adopted Older Child by Brenda McCreight, PhD

General Adoptive Parenting

  • Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child by Patty Cogen
  • Successful Adoption by Natalie Nichols Gillespie
  • Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
  • After the Dream Comes True by Michelle Gardner
  • The Post-Adoption Blues – Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption by Karen J. Foli and John R. Thompson
  • The Whole Life Adoption Book – Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family by Jayne Schooler

Children’s Books

  • Shaoey and Dot by Mary Beth & Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Chosen by Love by Tom Jaski
  • Miracle in the Land of Wu by Buffi Young
  • A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
  • Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon (for ages 2-6)
  • I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak!
  • I Wished for You – An Adoption Story by Marianne Richmond
  • All About Adoption by Marc Nemiroff (for ages 4-12)
  • Horace by Holly Keller (for ages 2-8)
  • The Mulberry Bird by Anne Braff Brodzinsky (for ages 4-12

For Siblings of Adopted Kids (ages 3-10)

  • The New Barker in the House by Tomie dePaola
  • Is That Your Sister? A True Story of Adoption by Catherine Bunin
  • Waiting for May by Janet Stoeke
  • Seeds of Love – For Brothers and Sisters of International Adoption by Mary Petertyl
  • Things Little Kids Need to Know by Susan Uhlig
  • A Sister for Matthew by Pamela Kennedy

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