If you’re looking into adoption and need a one-stop shop for adoption-related books, I highly recommend Tapestry Books (www.tapestrybooks.com, 877-266-5406). I have been a huge fan of Tapestry Books for over 10 years and have yet to found a source that carries as complete a line of adoption-related books.
Tapestry’s print and online catalogs offer books in the following categories:
Infertility
Books for people in all stages of infertility evaluation/treatment.Pre-Adoption
Books that help you decide if, when, and how to adopt, as well as explore adoption in its social, historical, and emotional context.International Adoption
Books about negotiating the paperwork and requirements for different countries, ethnic cookbooks.Domestic Adoption
Books about adopting from foster care and open adoption.Educating Others
Books to help family members, teachers, and doctors understand adoption.Toddler/Older Child
Advice and help for parents who foster/adopt older children.Attachment
Books that examine the causes of attachment disorder and provide examples of effective solutions.Raising Children
Talking with your children about adoption and other issues concerning parenting adopted children. Sub-categories include Adoption and Self-Esteem, Baby Care, Gay & Lesbian, Memoirs, Older Children, Single Parents, Spiritual/Religious, Gifts, Poetry, and Essays, and more.Transracial
Books that help you and your children successfully negotiate the ins and outs of being a multiracial family.Adoptees/Birthparents
Research on and stories from adult adoptees and birth parents.Lifebooks
Workbooks that help children and teens record their lives before and after coming into their foster or adoptive families.Professionals
Clinical books for case workers, clinicians, social workers, lawyers, medical and psychiatric doctors, and teachers.DVDs and CDs
Audio books and music about adoption.Shared Videos
Free adoption-related videos, via YouTube.E-Booklets
Downloadable products, including free downloads.
…About Adoption
Children’s books that help people of all ages understand and appreciate adoption.…About Birthparents
Picture books that help children and their parents come to terms with that oftentimes unknown part of their lives.…About Families
Picture books that celebrate family formation via adoption…About Foster Care
Books that shed light on the positive aspects of foster care…About Transracial Adoption
Picture books that help children explore their self-identity…About Single Parents
Books that celebrate the joys of single parent adoption…About Adopted Siblings
Books that help ease the transition for a newly adopted child and his/her siblings
In the next post:
An interview with Shep Morrow, owner of Tapestry Books
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