International Adoption:

Adopted From Other Countries by Cherie Register
Adopting in China by K. Wheeler, Ph.D. & D. Werner
Adoption Nation by Adam Pertman
Are Those Kids Yours? by Cherie Register
At Home in This World, A China Adoption Story by Jean MacLeod
The Children Can't Wait by Laura A. Cecere, MSW, JD, JJM
Daughter From Afar by Sarah Lynn Woodard
Dim Sum, Bagels and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families by Myra Alperson
I Wish for You a Beautiful Life by Sara Dorow
Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
The International Adoption Handbook by Myra Alperson
The Language of Blood by Jane Jeong Trenka
Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans
Meeting Sophie by Nancy McCabe
New American Families: Chinese Daughters & Their Single Mothers  www.OCDF.org
A Passage to the Heart by Amy Klatzkin, editor
West Meets East by Richard Tessler, Gail Gamache and Liming Liu
Wuhu Diary by Emily Prager

Parenting Adopted Children:

Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by D. Brodzinsky, PhD et al
Child of My Heart: A Celebration of Adoption by Barbara Alpert
Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?  by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
How it Feels to be Adopted by Jill Krenentz
How to Raise An Adopted Child by Christina Lindstrom
I Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie Kitze
Journey of the Adopted Self by Jean Lifton
Keys to Parenting An Adopted Child by Kathy Lancaster
Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide by Lois Ruska Melina
Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
Toddler Adoption by Mary Hopkins-Best
20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by S. Eldridge
The Waiting Child: How the Love of One Child... by Cindy Champnella

About China/Adoption Non-Fiction:

30 Years on the House of Red by Xio Di Zhu
The Accidental Asian by Eric Liu
Bound Feet, Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang
China for Women: Travel and Culture
Chinese in 10 minutes a Day by Kershul
China Wakes by Kristoff and WuDunn
Chopstick Childhood (In a Town of Silver Spoons) by Nona Wyman
Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
Coming Home Crazy by Bill Holm
Daughter of the River by Hong Ying
Falling Leaves: Memoir by Adeline Yen Man
Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips
Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
Leaving Deep Water by Claire S. Chow
A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight by S. W. Mosher
On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
Red Azalea by Anchee Min
Red China Blues by Jan Wong
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
Watching the Tree by Adeline Yen Mah
White-Haired Child: Bittersweet Adventure by Jaia Sun-Childers
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs by M. Hong Kingston

Adoption/China/Chinese Culture Fiction:

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
China Dog & Other Stories From a Chinese Laundry by J. Fong Bates
China Doll by Barbara Jean Hicks
Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman
Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Waiting by Ha Jin
Wild Ginger by Anchee Min
Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama

Books for Children:

Adoption by Fred Rogers
All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka (multi-racial)
Arthur's New Baby by Marc Brown
At the Beach by Huy Voun Lee
A Blessing From Above by Patti Henderson
Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat by Jennifer Armstrong
China's Bravest Girl by Charlie Chin
China: The Culture
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes by Robert Wyndham
Coloring Book of Ancient China
Count Your Way Through China by Jim Haskins
The Cricket Warrior by Marcia Vaughn
Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
The Dancing Dragon by Marcia Vaughn
The Day We Met You by Phoebe Koehler
Doctor Me Di Cin by Roberto Puimini
Dreamland by Mary Chapin Carpenter
El Chino by Allen Say
The Empress and the Silkworm by Lily Toy Hong
The Empty Pot by Demi
Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon
Happy Adoption Day Horace by Holly Keller
How the Rooster Got His Crown retold by Amy Lowry Poole
The Hunter retold by Mary Casanova
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
In the Park by Huy Voun Lee
In the Snow by Huy Voun Lee
Journey Through China by Philip Steele
K is for Kiss Goodnight: A bedtime alphabet by Jill Sardegna
Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry
Kites: Magic Wishes that Fly Up to the Sky by Demi
A Koala for Katie by Jonathan London
Ladybug, Ladybug by Ruth Brown
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi
Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
Lon Po Po: a Red Ridinghood Story from China by Ed Young
Maples in the Mist: Poems from the Tang Dynasty by Minfong Ho
Mei Ling's Hiccups by David Mills & Derek Brazell
Mei Mei Loves Morning by Margaret Holloway Tsubakiyama
Millions of Snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kaza
Mommy Far, Mommy Near by Carol Antoinette Peacock
The Monkey and the Panda by Antonio Barber
Monkey King by Ed Young
The Mouse Bride by Monica Chang
Mouse Match by Ed Young
Our Baby From China: An Adoption Story by Nancy D'Antonia
Over the Moon by Karen Katz
Red Is A Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong
The Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jang and DW Hwang
Round is a Mooncake: A book of shapes by Roseanne Thong
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim
Bridges Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat by Amy Tan
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
The Seventh Sister: A Chinese Legend retold by Cindy Chang
Silk Peony, Parade Dragon by Elizabeth Steckman
The Story of Chopsticks by Ying Yang Compestine
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
Tedy and the Chinese Dragon by Jan Mogenson
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Three Pandas by Jan Wahl
Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mose
A Time of Golden Dragons by Song Nan Zhang and Hao Yu Zhang
Toddler Two by Anastasia Suen
Too Many Suns by Julie Lawson
We See the Moon by Carrie Kitze
We're Different, We're the Same by Bobbie Jane Kates
When You Were Born in China by Sara Dorow
White Tiger, Blue Serpent retold by Grace Tseng
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella Story from China retold by Ai-Ling Louie
1,2,3, Go! by Huy Voun Lee

Chinese Holidays/Celebrations:

Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance by Ian Wallace
Chinese New Year Dragon by Rachel Sing
Gung Hay Fat Choy by June Behrens
Happy New Year by Demi
Lion Dancer by K. Waters and M. Slovenslow
Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts by Carol Stepanchuk
Moon Festival by Ching Yeung Russell
Red Eggs and Dragon Boats by C. Stepanchuk
Sam and the Lucky Monkey by Karen Chinn
This Next New Year by Janet S. Wong

 

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