Below are some excellent books to help prepare for parenting, reconcile unmet childhood needs & gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of the adopted child

20 Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew - Sherrie Eldridge
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Affect Regulation - Allan N. Schore
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Against All Odds - Tristian Smith
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 All  About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About ItMarc A. Nemiroff & Jane Annunziata
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And That’s Why She’s My Mama - Tiarra Nazario
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A Practical Guide: Adoption After Infertility - Dr. Anna Koehle
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A Practical Guide: Black Hair Care - Terria Roushun Epting
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A Practical Guide: Transracial Adoption - Isaac Etter, Julie Etter
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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents - Deborah D. Gray
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Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control - Heather T. Forbes & B. Bryan Post
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Children of Open Adoption - Kathleen Silber & Patricia Martinez Dorner
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Drama of the Gifted Child - Alice Miller
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From Fear to Love: Your Essential Guide to Parenting Adopted & Foster Children - B. Bryan Post
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Hold Onto Your Kids - Gabor Mate, MD & Dr. Gordon Neufeld
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How I Was Adopted - Joanna Cole
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How to Be the Love Your Seek - Dr. Nicole LePera
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How to Do the Work - Dr. Nicole LePera
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How to Meet Your Self - Dr. Nicole LePera
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I’m Yours: An Adoption Story from a Mother’s Heart - Ashley Cameron
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I Wished For You: An Adoption Story - Marianne Richmond
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Loving our Kids on Purpose: Making a Heart to Heart Connection - Danny Silk
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Mother Hunger - Kelly McDaniel
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My Family Trees: An Open Adoption Story - Lindsay Baker
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No Drama Discipline - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
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Nurturing Resilience in Our Children - Robert Brooks, PhD  Sam Goldstein, PhD
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Oxytocin ParentingSusan Kuchinskas & B. Bryan Post
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Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell, M.ED
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Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child - Holly Van Gulden & Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
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Scattered Minds - Gabor Mate, MD
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Some Babies Are Adopted - Cindy Walker
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The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
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The Chemistry of Connection: How the Oxytocin Response Can Help You Find Trust, Intimacy, and Love - Susan Kuchinskas
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The Connected Child - Karyn B. Purvis, PhD, David R. Cross, PhD & Wendy Lyons Sunshine
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The Connected Parent - Karyn B. Purvis, PhD & Lisa Qualls
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The Great Behavior BreakdownB. Bryan Post
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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole - Lori Holden with Crystal Hass
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The Primal Wound - Nancy Newton Verrier
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The Sixteenth Year - Leah Outten
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The Son With Two Moms - Tony Hynes
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The Story of My Open Adoption - Leah Campbell
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The Whole-Brain Child - Daniel J. Siegel, MD
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We Belong Together - Todd Parr
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We’re Not All The Same, But We’re Still Family - Theresa Fraser & Eric E.W. Fraser
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What Happened to You? - Bruce D. Perry, MD & PhD & Oprah Winfrey
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When the Body Says No - Gabor Mate, MD
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Yes, I’m Adopted - Sharlie Zinniger
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You Can’t Make Me - Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
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“You Should be Grateful”: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption - Angela Tucker
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1-2-3 Magic - Thomas W. Phelan, PhD 
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