There are tons of great book titles out there for parents and children regarding transracial adoption, parenting and families. This list is certainly not all-encompassing, but it has a great selection of books. In future posts I will make lists of website and magazine resources too. Use these books to educate yourself, your children, your extended family and even your children's teachers. Happy reading!


Adult Books
Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib by Jaiya John

Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall

Loving Across the Color Line: A White Adoptive Mother Learns About Race by Sharon E. Rush

Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families by Myra Alperson

In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda

Are those Kids Yours? by Cheri

Raising Adopted Children by Lois Melina

Cross-Cultural Adoption by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz.

I'm Chocolate; You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Bi-racial Children in a Race Conscious World
by Marguerite Wright


Children's Books
A Mother For Choco by Keiko Kasza

Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti

I'm Brown and My Sister Isn't by Robbie O'Shea

Anthony's Surprise by Roz Grace

Is That Your Sister by Catherine and Sherry Bunin

My Family is Forever by Nancy Carlson

All Families are Special by Norma Simon

It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr

A Spark in the Dark by Richard Tichnor and Jenny Smith

The Family Book by Todd Parr

I Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie Kitze

Our Twitchy by Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka

Giant Jack by Birte Muller

All Kinds of Children by Norma Simon

Why Am I Different by Norma Simon

BEGINNINGS: How Families Come to Be by Virginia Kroll

All Kinds Of Families by Norma Simon

Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini

We're Different, We're The Same by Bobbi Jane Kates

These titles and many others are available at www.tapestrybooks.com and at www.amazon.com and of course, www.adoptionshop.com

I also recommend you seek out books that are specifically for your child's culture, country, herirage, etc., and if you are adopting a child of African heritage, there are tons of great boos on hair care and skin care. Happy reading! If anyone has a favorite title I have missed, feel free to send it to me.