Adoption & Foster Parenting
Adoption
Adopt Us Kids
www.adoptuskids.org
Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year
Randall B. Hicks, 2004
362.734 / HIC
The Adoption Guide
www.theadoptionguide.com
Adoption.org
www.adoption.org
Adoptive Families magazine
www.adoptivefamilies.com
The Complete Adoption & Fertility Legal Guide
Brette McWhorter Sember, 2004
346.0178 / SEM
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptioninstitute.org
National Adoption Center
www.adopt.org
North American Council on Adoptable Children
www.nacac.org
No Biking in the House Without a Helmut
Melissa Fay Greene, 2011
362.734 / GRE
Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption
Edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin, 2006
362.734 / OUT
Planning Parenthood: Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
Rebecca A. Clark, et al., 2009
616.692 / PLA
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Jana Wolff, 2000
J / 362.734 / Parent Shelf / WOL
Twenty Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Sherrie Eldridge, 1999
J / 362.734 / Parent Shelf / ELD
You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide
Susan Caughman and Isolde Motley, 2009
362.734 / CAU
For Children
All About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About It
Marc Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata, 2004
J / 362.734 / NEM
Bringing Asha Home
Uma Krishnaswami, 2006
E / KRISHNASWAMI
Every Year on Your Birthday
Rose Lewis, 2007
E / LEWIS
Finding Joy
Marion Coste, 2006
E / COSTE
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes: And More Stories About Families
Jane Dyer, Giselle Potter, and Tomek Bogacki, 2005
J / Entertainment DVD / I
King & King & Family
Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland, 2004
E / HAAN
My New Family: A First Look at Adoption
Pat Thomas, 2003
J / 362.734 / THO
The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
Grace Lin, 2007
E / LIN
Special Delivery
Ann M. Martin, 2009
J / MARTIN / Main Street
Waiting for May
Janet Morgan Stoeke, 2005
E / STOEKE
We Belong Together: A Book about Adoption and Families
Todd Parr, 2007
J / 362.734 / PAR
Foster Families
Be a Foster Parent
www.beafosterparent.com
International Foster Care Organisation
www.ifco.info
National Foster Care Coalition
www.nationalfostercare.org
National Foster Parent Association
www.nfpaonline.org
Success as a Foster Parent: Everything You Need to Know About Foster Care
National Foster Parent Association with Rachel Greene Baldino, 2009
362.733 / SUC
Gay Parents
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
Abigail Garner, 2004
306.874 / GAR
Family Equality Council
www.familyequality.org
Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing, and Supporting an Untapped Resource for Children and Youth
Gerald P. Mallon, 2006
362.733 / MAL
International Adoption
China Ghosts: My Daughter’s Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood
Jeff Gammage, 2007
362.734 / GAM
The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child
Dawn Davenport, 2006
362.734 / DAV
Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother’s Journey to Adoption in China
Beth Nonte Russell, 2007
362.734 / RUS
Intercountry Adoption, U.S. Dept. of State
http://adoption.state.gov
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Information Gateway
www.childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org
Children’s Research Triangle
www.childstudy.org
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
Karyn Brand Purvis, David R. Cross, Wendy Lyons Sunshine, 2007
649.145 / PUR
Families Like Ours
www.familieslikeours.org
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
Nancy Newton Verrier, 2008
362.734 / VER
Films
Aging Out
Roger Weisberg, 2006
Educational DVD / 362.733 / AGE
China’s Lost Girls
National Geographic, 2004
Educational DVD / 362.734 / CHI
Local & State Agencies
Adoption Information Center of Illinois
312-346-1516
800-572-2390 - U.S. only
www.adoptinfo-il.org
American Parent Association, Illinois Chapter
www.ilfapa.org
Catholic Charities Diocese of Peoria
309-636-8000
www.ccdop.org/services/adoption.html
Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children
217-384-9065
www.chcocasa.org
Family Service of Champaign County
217-352-0099
www.famservcc.org
Illinois Court Appointed Special Advocates(CASA) for Children
217-528-0275 - Springfield
309-683-8788 - Peoria
http://illinoiscasa.org
Illinois Dept. of Children & Family Services
800-572-2390 - Adoption Hotline
800-624-5437 - Foster Parent Hotline
217-278-5500 - Champaign
217-278-5400 - Urbana
www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
217-398-3011 - Champaign
http://adoptionillinois.org
03/09/12
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