Suggested Reading Lists
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These lists were gleaned from recommendations from fellow Love Blossoms as well as from other DTC websites.
Basic Baby/Childcare/Development Books
- The Baby Book by Dr. William Sears
- Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock, MD and Steven Parker, MD
- The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr. William Sears
- The Fussy Baby Book by Dr. William Sears
- Making the "Terrible" Twos Terrific! by John Rosemond
- Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy Healthy Children by John Rosemond
Being An Adoptive Family
- Becoming a Family: Promoting Health Attachments with Your Adopted Child
by Lark Eshleman, PhD
- How it Feels to be Adopted by Jill Krenentz
- How to Raise An Adopted Child by Judith Schaffer, Christina Lindstrom
- Journey of the Adopted Self by Jean Lifton
- Primal Wound-Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier
- Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide by Lois Ruska Melina
- The International Adoption Handbook: How to Make Foreign Adoption Work For You
by Myra Alperson
- Loved by Choice: True Stories That Celebration Adoption
- The Waiting Child
by Cindy Champnella
- Keys To Parenting An Adopted Child by Kathy Lancaster
- Talking with Young Children about Adoption by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
- How to Adopt Internationally by Jean Nelson-Erichsen and Heino R.Erichsen
- The Adoption Resource Book by Lois Gilman
- Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
- Attaching in Adoption by Deborah 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
- 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
Adoption from China
- The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans
- Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son by Kay Johnson
- A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China edited by Amy Klatzkin
- Daughter from Afar by Sarah Lynn Woodward
- Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown In China by Emily Prager
- The Waiting Child by Cindy Champnella
- Melanie and Me by Terry Garlock
- Love's Journey - Available from Love Without Boundaries.com -
Transracial Adoption Books
- Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
- Are Those Children Yours? by Cheri Register
- Dim Sum, Bagel and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families by Myra Alperson
- Does Anyone Else Look Like Me? by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- In Their Own Voices by Rita James Simon
- Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Dabiel Tatum
- Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff
Chinese History and Culture
- China: A New History
by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman
- China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wundunn
- Culture Shock! A Guide to Customs and Culture - China
by Kevin Sinclair with Iris Wong Po-yee
- Falling Leaves
by Adeline Yen Mah
- The Good Earth
by Pearl Buck
- The Good Women of China
by Xinran Xue
- The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past
by Karin Evans
- Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud
by Sun Shuyun
- To the Edge of the Sky
by Anhua Gao
- Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
- The Cambridge History of Ancient China by Michael Loewe, Edward Shaughnessy
- Spectacular China (Coffee Table Book)
- Modern China by Graham Hutchins
- When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Levathes
- River Town: Two Years of the Yangtze by Peter Hessler (more of a memoir, less of a history)
- Escape from China by Zhang Boli The story of one of the Tiananmen Square revolt leaders
- The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past by Karin Evans
Books about the Chinese-America/Asian American Experience
- The Chinese in America by Iris Chang
- Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia
- Bound Feet, Western Dress by Pai-Mei Natasha Chang
- Yellow by Frank Wu
- Yell-Oh Girls! Edited by Vickie Nam
Children's Books
- I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis, Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
- The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption by Jean Davies Okimoto, Elaine M. Aoki, Meilo So (Illustrator)
- Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes by Nina Simonds, Leslie Swartz, Meilo So (Illustrator)
- Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry, Amy Klatzkin, Brian Boyd, Terry Fry
- When You Were Born in China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China by Sara Dorow, Stephen Wunrow
- Over the Moon : An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
- Let's Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
- All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka (multi-racial)
- An Mei's Strange and Wondrous Journey by Stephan Molnar-Fenton, illustrator Vivienne Flesher
- At the Beach by Huy Youn Lee
- A Blessing From Above by Patti Henderson
- Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat by Jennifer Armstrong
- China's Bravest Girl: The Legend of Hua Mu Lan by Charlie Chin
- 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: A Chinese Tale by Marcia Vaughn
- Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
- The Dancing Dragon by Marcia Vaughn
- The Day We Met You by Phoebe Koehler
- Dim Sum for Everyone by GRACE LIN
- Doctor Me Di Cin by Roberto Puimini
- The Dragon Prince : A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale by Laurence Yep
- Dreamland: A Lullaby 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
- How the Rooster Got His Crown retold by Amy Lowry Poole
- The Hunter retold by Mary Casanova
- I Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze
- In the Park by Huy Youn Lee
- In the Snow by Huy Youn Lee
- Journey Through China by Philip Steele
- K is for Kiss Goodnight: A Bedtime Alphabet by Jill Sardegna
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak
- Kite Flying by GRACE LIN
- Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky by Dem
- A Koala for Katie: An Adoption Story by Jonathan London
- Ladybug, Ladybug by Ruth Brown
- Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China by Wei Jiang, Cheng an Jiang
- Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi
- Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
- Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
- Maples in the Mist: Poems for Children 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: An Adoption Story 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: A Chinese Folktale by Ed Young
- The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story by Anne Braff Brodzinsky, Diana L. Stanley
- One Grain Of Rice : A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
- Our Baby From China: An Adoption Story by Nancy D'Antonia
- 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
- 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 Noodles by Ying Chang Compestine
- The Story of Paper by Ying Chang Compestine
- The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
- Teddy 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
- The Weaving of a Dream: A Chinese Folktale by Marilee Heyer
- We See the Moon by Carrie Kitze
- We're Different, We're the Same by Bobbie Jane Kates
- 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 Youn Lee
Chinese New Year
- Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
- Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance by Ian Wallace
- Chinese New Year's Dragon by Rachel Sing
- Chinese New Year For Kids by Cindy Roberts
- Dragon Dance a Chinese New Year: A Chinese New Year Lift-The-Flap Book by Joan Holub, Benrei Huang
- Gung Hay Fat Choy by June Behrens
- Happy, Happy Chinese New Year by Demi Hitz
- 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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