Adoption

(see also Child Care)

Basics

On the Web: Articles

On the Web: Specialized Sites

In the Library: Articles

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Bapp, L. Anne. Ethics in American Adoption (Westport CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1999).

Doek, Jaap; Hans van Loon & Paul Vlaardingerbroek (eds.) Children on the Move: How to Implement their Right to Family Life (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1996).

Fanshel, David. A Study in Negro Adoptions (NY: Child Welfare League, 1957).

__________. Far From the Reservation: The Transracial Adoption of American Indian Children (Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow, 1972).

Franklin, Lynn C. with Elizabeth Ferber. May the Circle Be Unbroken: An Intimate Journey into the Heart of Adoption (NY: Harmony, 1998).

Galbraith, Lindsay. Romanian Orphans, Adopted Daughters: A Parent's Story about International Adoption, Growth & Attachment (Harrowsmith ON: Stoneridge, 1998).

Macedo, Stephen & Iris Marion Young (eds.) Child, Family & State (NY: NYU, 2003).

March, Karen Ruth. The Stranger Who Bore Me: Interactions of Adoptees & Birth Mothers (Toronto: U. of Toronto, 1995).

Melosh, Barbara. Strangers & Kin: The American Way of Adoption (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 2002).

Miller, Laurie C. The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine : A Guide for Physicians, Parents, & Providers (NY: Oxford, 2005).

In the Library: Fiction

Keller, Holly. Horace (NY: Greenwillow, 1991).

Scott, Joanna C. The Lucky Gourd Shop (Denver: McMurray & Beck, 2000).

Turner, Ann Warren. Through Moon & Stars & Night Skies (NY: Harper & Row, 1990).

In the Library: For Young Readers

Gray, Kes & Mary McQuillen. Our Twitchy (NY: Holt, 2003).

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"Casa de los Babys" [2003], dir. John Sayles, 95m.

"My Flesh & Blood" [2004], dir. Jonathan Karsh, 83m. From Runaway Films.