Resource List

Check out the following below:

  • My Multicultural Picture Book List

  • Resources for Adoptees and their Families

  • Resources for Parents and Families

  • Resources for Teachers and Educators

For Parents, Teachers and Librarians:

Access my Multicultural Picture Book List.

And check out the Diversebookfinder.org searchable database of diverse picture books.

Or order a curated book box from ColorPop Books!

Resources for Adoptees and their Families:

If you are an adoptee seeking support or someone seeking to support an adoptee (of any age, trans- or intraracial) in an adoptee-centered, trauma-informed way, these resources may serve as a starting point. 

Picture Books (about adoption, written by adoptees!): 

  • Adoption is a Lifelong Journey - Kelly DiBenedetto and Katie Gorczyca

  • Adoption is Both - Elena S. Hall  

  • Eyes that Weave the World’s Wonders - Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock

  • I Color Myself Different - Colin Kaepernick

  • Marie Discovers Her Superpowers - Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker

Books:

  • All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir - Nicole Chung 

  • American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption - Gabrielle Glaser 

  • The Baby Scoop Era: Unwed Mothers, Infant Adoption and Forced Surrender - Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh

  • Becoming Korean: A Memoir - Amy Gilbert

  • The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption - Kathryn Joyce 

  • Made in Korea (Graphic Novel) - Jeremy Holt 

  • Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story - Sarah Myer 

  • Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption - Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom

  • The Primal Wound - Nancy Newton Verrier 

  • See No Color - Shannon Gibney 

  • Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family - Erika Hayasaki 

  • Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees - Elena S. Hall 

  • We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death and Child Removal in America - Roxanna Asgarian

  • Welcome Home: An Anthology on Love and Adoption - Eric Smith 

  • What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption - Melissa Guida-Richards 

  • When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology 

  • You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption - Angela Tucker 

Podcasts: 

  • The Adoptee Next Door - Angela Tucker 

  • Adoptees On - Haley Radke

  • Adoptee Thoughts - Melissa Guida-Richards

Websites: 

  • Adopteebridge: adopteebridge.org

  • Adoptees Connect: adopteesconnect.com

  • Adoptee Hub: adopteehub.org

  • Beyond Words Psychological Services: https://growbeyondwords.com/the-ultimate-adoption-resource-list/

  • Boston Post Adoption Resources: bpar.org

  • Harlow’s Monkeys: harlows-monkey.com


Book Recommendations for Parents and Families

● The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story - Nikole Hannah-Jones

● Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

● Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

● A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America -George Takaki

● Family Properties: How the Struggle Over Race and Real Estate Transformed Chicago and Urban America - Beryl Satter

● The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed - Jessica Lahey

● How to Be An Anti-Racist - Ibram X. Kendi

● How Toddler’s Thrive: What Parents Can Do Today for Children Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success - Tovah P Klein

● Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism - Laura E. Gómez

● Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson

● Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck

● The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates - Wes Moore

● Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life - Stuart Shanker

● So You Want to Talk about Race - Ijeoma Oluo

● Teaching Black History to White People - Leonard N. Moore 

● Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society - Arline T. Geronimus

● Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White - Frank Wu

Book Recommendations for Teachers and Educators:

See all books for Parents and Families, plus:

● Not Paved for Us: Black Educators and Public School Reform in Philadelphia - Camika Royal

● Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community - Liz Kleinrock

● Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students - Zaretta L. Hammond

● Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy -Gholdy Muhammad