Books for couples considering international adoption:

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge

Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections, by Jean MacLeod and Sheena Macrae

The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents and Providers, by Laurie C. Miller

10 Steps to a Successful International Adoption: A Guided Workbook for Prospective Parents, by Brenda K. Uekert

Cross Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions from Family, Friends & Community, by Amu Coughlin

Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure: Research, Policy and Practice, by the Child Welfare League of America, Richard P. Barth, Madelyn Freundlich and David Brodzinsky

 

Celebrate your child's heritage and native culture by teaching them about their birth country. The following is a list of children's books for children adopted from Africa:

Ethiopian children’s books by Jane Kurtz: http://www.janekurtz.com/ethiopiareads/index.html

 A Is for Africa, by Ifeoma Onyefulu

Count Your Way Through Africa, by James Haskins

 

Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa: And Other Talking Drum Rhyme,  by Uzo Unobagha and Julia Cairns

 Look What Came From Africa, by Miles Harvey

Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa,  by Verna Aardema