Resources
Brittany’s Hope Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to aiding abandoned children around the world. They work with affiliated agencies such as Partners for Adoption to place unmatched special needs children in loving homes. Their grants are placed on special needs children who are waiting for a loving home; they do not award grants to families unless they are matched with one of our waiting children.
Tapestry Books - books and resources for adoption
The Queen's Wish - A Fairytale About Adoption - The Queen's Wish...A Fairytale About Adoption describes the events leading up to, during, and after adopting a child. Its fairytale format and whimsical illustrations bring the journey to life. Themes expressed include: the longing for another child, traveling great distances to meet that child, and bringing that child home. All proceeds from this book benefit Doctors Without Borders, a wonderful aid organization.
United States Citizenship and Immigration - download your I-600A application to bring an orphan into the United States
Many states offer extensive tax credits for adoptions- up to $10,000 depending upon your income. Gather more information at http://tax-credit.adoption.com
Partners for Adoption's Suggested Reading
Adoption Process:
Adopt International Everything You Need To Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad by O. Robin Sweet and Patty Bryan
How to Adopt A Child by Connie Crain and Janice Duffy
The Adoption Resource Book by Lois Gilman
Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston, MS
The Whole Life Adoption Book by Jayne E. Schooler
Launching A Baby’s Adoption by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins Best
Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear by Denise Harris Hoppenhauer
Supporting an Adoption by Pat Holmes
The Handbook For Single Adoptive Parents by Hope Marindin
The Russian Adoption Handbook by John McLean
Adopting From Russia: A Language and Parenting Guide by Teresa Kelleher
From China With Love: One Woman’s Journey to Motherhood by Emily Buchanan
Parenting
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Faye Greene
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents by Deborah Gray
Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
Parenting Your Adopted Child by Stephanie E. Siegel
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Good Kids, Difficult Behavior: A Guide to What Works and What Doesn’t by Joyce Divinyi
Discipline that Works: 5 Simple Steps by Joyce Divinyi
The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Can’t Sit Still? Adoption & ADHD by Randolph w. Severson
Parenting Your Adopted Older Child by Brenda McCreight
Our Own: Adopting & Parenting the Older Child by Trish Maskew
In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends by Elisabeth O’Toole
For Adopted children and siblings
Adoption is Okay by Sylvia Rohde
We’re Different We’re The Same by Bobbie Jane Kates
Things Little Kids Need to Know by Susan Uhlig
Mishka, An Adoption Tale by Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
When I Met You, A Story of Russian Adoption by Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
The Queen’s Wish…A Fairytale About Adoption by Kristen Altbaum (former PfA/AAi Client)
We See the Moon by Carrie Kitze
Tell Me Again about the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
I Love you Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
Transracial Families
You’re Not my Real Mother! A Loving Answer by Carrie Craft
Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib by Jaiya John
Beyond Good Intentions by Cheri Register
Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families by Myra Alperso
Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
Miscellaneous
The Russian Word for Snow by Janis Cooke Newman
Moments for Couples who long for Children by Ginger Garrett
But I Don’t Feel Too Old to be a Mommy by Doreen Nagle
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Debra Stewart Peterson
Your Very Own Adoption Story by Margie Mintz
Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon
A World of Love by Maggie Conroy
The Russian Way: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes and Customs of the Russians by Zita Dabars
The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, their Journey to America and the Search for a Missing Past by Karin Evans