Adoption Reading List
The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go! – Dr. Seuss
Others have walked the adoption journey before you and have shared their experience and their knowledge through writing a book. The Gladney Team has pulled together an adoption reading list for different situations and types of adoption. You might be looking to expand your child’s library with adoption-friendly books, need some assistance in dealing with your child’s sensory needs, or just want to be inspired by the beauty of adoption. We’ve tried to cover as many subjects as possible.
If you have an adoption-related book that you would like to recommend or have written a book you would like us to consider sharing, please send us a message. (As an Amazon Associate, Gladney earns from qualifying purchases.)
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- The Connected Parent
- In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption
- Raising A Secure Child
- Attaching in Adoption
- The Body Keeps The Score
- The Power of Showing Up
- The Invisible String
- Through Adopted Eyes
- Social Rules for Kids-The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed
- I’ve Loved You Since Forever
- Wish
- Nurturing Adoptions
- The Connected Child
- The Out-of-Sync Child
- Wounded Children, Healing Homes
- Wonderful You: An Adoption Story
- The Lamb-a-roo
- Adoption at the Movies: A Year of Adoption-Friendly Movie Nights to Get Your Family Talking
- Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years
- The Safe Baby
- Finding Miracles
- I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
- Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born
- God Found Us You
- Born From the Heart
- On the Far Side of Poplar Pond
- A Blessing From Above
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing MindThe Whole Brain Child
- Mind in the Making
- Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
- Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five