Foster Care
1) A Child’s Journey through Placement, by Vera I. Fahlberg
2) The Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave, by Dave Pelzer
Adoption
1) The Spirit of Open Adoption, by James L. Gritter
2) Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Gregory Keck & Regina M. Kupecky
3) The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, by Hope Marindin
4) Raising Adopted Children and Making Sense of Adoption: a Parent’s Guide, by Lois Ruskai Melina
5) Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge
6) Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child, by Holly van Gulden & Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
7) The Open Adoption Experience, by Louis Melina
8) The Family of Adoption, by Joyce Maguire Pavo
9) The Primal Wound, by Nancy Newton Verrier
10) Come Rain or Come Shine, by Rachel Garlinghouse (transracial adoption)
11) Inside Transracial Adoption, by Gail Steinberg & Beth Hall
Attachment
1) Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families, by Terry M. Levy & Michael Orlans
2) Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents, by Deborah D. Gray
LGBTQ+
1) The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide, by Arlene Istar Lev
2) Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, by Abigail Garner
3) Lesbian and Gay Families: Redefining Parenting in America – The Changing Family, by J.S. Pollack
4) Lesbian and Gay Families Speak Out: Understanding the Joys and Challenges of Diverse Family Life, by J.L. Drucker & H. Schulweis
5) Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families, by A. Martin
6) Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents, by N. Howey & E. Samuels
7) Reinventing the Family: The Emerging Story of Lesbian and Gay Parents, by L. Benkov
8) Sons Talk about Their Gay Fathers, by Andrew R. Gottlieb