Post-Adoption Resources: Reading List for Adopted Children and Teens

1. A Blessing from Above by Patti Henderson and Elizabeth Edge
2. Who's Your Daddy - Discovering the Awesomest Daddy Ever by Lisa Harper
3. A Koala for Katie by Jonathan London and Cynthia Jabar
4. A Mother for Chaco by Keiko Kasza
5. A Place in My Heart by Mary Grossnickle
6. A Sister for Matthew by Pamela Kennedy
7. Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti 
8. Chinese Eyes by Marjorie Ann Waybill
9. Colorfull-Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us by Dorena Williamson
10. God Found Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren and Laura J. Bryant
11. I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie Kitze
12. I'll Bet She Called Me Sugarplum by Joanne V. Gabbin
13. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
14. I Wished for You by Marianne Richmond
15. In My Heart by Molly Bang (for children)
16. Logan’s Journey by Kathy Heath and Karla Martin (for domestic/open adoption)
17. Lucy's Family Tree by Karen Halvorsen Schreck
18. Matthew Was Adopted by Phoebe Dawson
19. Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care by Jennifer Wilgocki
20. Mommy Near, Mommy Far by Carol Antoinette Peackock
21. Oliver by Lois Wickstrom
22. Over the Moon by Karen Katz
23. Pablo's Tree by Pat Mora
24. Shaoey and Dot by Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman
25. Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell (Mostly applicable for domestic adoption and for families with no biological children)
26. The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
27. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and Ruth E. Harper
28. The Mulberry Bird by Anne Braff Brodzinsky
29. Three Names of Me by Mary Cummings
30. We Are All Alike . . . We Are All Different by the Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergarteners
31. We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr
32. We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street) By Bobbi Kates and Joe Mathieu
33. Wherever You Are (My Love Will Find You) by Nancy Tillman