Multicultural

Over 18,000 Chinese children, most of them girls, have been adopted by Americans. THE LOST DAUGHTERS OF CHINA explores the emotional and political complexities that create families across the [...]

Drawing from their experiences as adoptive parents of foreign born children present a guidebook to help relatives and friends of adoptive families address important questions. Author: Coughlin, [...]

Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. […]

This book is a comprehensive guide to adopting a child from Russian, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova Adopting a child can be one of life’s most [...]

How did being adopted transracially affect their lives through childhood and into adulthood? How did their family experiences influence their racial and social identities, their choice of friends [...]

A5632 This study focuses on the lives of Native American transracial adoptees and their struggle to establish a healthy sense of cultural identity, while being raised in non-Native homes. The [...]

A5631 From the early stages of the adoption process to bringing the child back home, this collection of personal stories reveals why parents who have adopted children from China feel—despite […]

More than 20,000 children immigrate to the United States each year to begin a new life with adoptive parents. Most are quite young–less than a year old–and nine out of […]

This book and its research overturns stereotypes and challenges the conventional wisdom on abandonment and adoption in China. Author: Johnson, Kay AnnAdditional Author: Yeong & Yeong Book [...]

Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is like to be an American and about Maryam Yazdan who after 35 years in this country must finally come to […]