ON ADOPTION

At the 27th Annual New England Adoption Conference sponsored by the Open Door Society of Massachusetts April 7-9, 2000, the following books (in alphabetical order) were the top twenty best sellers.

The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories
by Susan Wadia-Ells

China: The People
by Bobbie Kalman

Dear Birthmother
by Kathleen Silber

Did My First Mother Love Me?:
A Story for an Adopted Child
by Kathryn Ann Miller

The Family of Adoption
by Joyce Maguire Pavao

Feelings
by Aliki.

Horace
by Holly Keller.

How I Was Adopted: Samantha's Story
by Joanna Cole

I Wish for You a Beautiful Life:
Letters from the Korean Birthmothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children edited by Sara Dorow

Just Because I Am:
A Child's Book of Affirmation
by Lauren Murphy Payne

Mommy Far, Mommy Near:
An Adoption Story
by Carol Antoinette Peacock

The Moon Lady
by Amy Tan

A Passage to the Heart:
Writings from Families with Children from China
edited by Amy Klatzkin

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
by Nancy Newton Verrier

Rechenka's Egg
by Patricia Polacco

Talking With Young Children About Adoption
by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher, Ph.D.

Voices from Another Place: A Collection of Works from a Generation Born in Korea and Adopted to Other Countries
edited by Susan Soon-Keum Cox

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

When You Were Born in China:
A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China
by Sara Dorow

Who's in a Family?
by Robert Skutch

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