Catalog Websites & Contacts

House of Tomorrow Productions
4209 McKinney Ave. #200, Dallas, Tx. 75205
voice: 1-800-944-4460, 1-214-526-8721 fax: 1-214-528-7168

Psychotherapy Center for Adoptive Families
7600 Grand Rver, Suite 290, Brighton, MI 48116

RC Publications/ MayDay Project
Box 8445, Berkeley, CA 94707-8445
Send a SASE for list of published and audiotaped materials on the birth parent experience and healing strategies.

Sweet Silver Enterprises
P.O. Box 120493, Dept T, Nashville TN 37212
voc: 615-269-6755 fax: 615-298-4172

Adoption Machine, The.
Jo Anne Swanson. 36p. 1989. Birco. pap. 4.50.

Adoption Reality: A Paradox.*
Ginni D Snodgrass. 92p. 1990. GS Enterprise. 5.95.

Adoption: Yes...But.*
Ginni D Snodgrass. Ed by J Douglas Watson. 92p. (rev & enl ed). 1990. GS Enterprise. 5.95.

Eternal Inspirations: A True Story on Adoption.*
E Lynn Giddens. 120p. 1983. Amberly Pubns. pap. 4.50.

Faces of Adoption.*
E Lynn Giddens. 102p. 1983. Amberly. pap. 5.50.

Heartcries From the Adoption Triangle.*
Sandra K Musser & Norm Smith, eds. 1986. write for info. Jan Pubs.

Patty's Journey: From Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion.*
Donna Scott Norling. Oct. 1996. ISBN 0816628661.

Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People.*
Maria and Aileen Dever. 201p. 1992. National Book Co.

Secrets Manual, Journal & Workbook.*
Triadoption Publ.

Tell Me No More Secrets, No More Lies: Life As an Adoptee.*
Ginni D Snodgrass. 150p. Illus. 1990. GS Enterprise. 10.95.

Which Mother is Mine?
Joan Oppenheimer. Bantam Bks. 1980.

Who Is My Mother?
Claire Marcus. Triad Society-Canada.

Whose Child Am I? Adults' Recollections of Being Adopted*.
John Y. Powell. 127p. casebound. 1985. Tiresias Pr. 13.95.

Birthparents' Perspective on Adoption.*
pamphlet CUB. 2.50.

Bitter Fruit : Women's Experiences of Unplanned Pregnancy, Abortion, and Adoption.*
Rita Townsend & Ann Perkins, eds. 1992. Hunter House.

Exile.*
Mary Anne Cohen. Poems about losing a child. 5.00.

From We to Just Me.*
Kristapher Ryan. 1990. (Avail. from Freedom to Be Me Seminars, POB 52057, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2M 5P9). 12.50.

Half a Million Women: Mothers who lose their children by adoption.*
D. Howe, P. Sawbridge and D. Hinings. 1992. Penguin UK. (Bath Road, Harmondsworth, Middlesex UB7 ODA, UK) Compiled by P. Sawbridge of the PAC (Post Adoption Center). Details the experiences of birth mothers in the 50's - 70's and the unrecognized suffering they went through.

Hope: A Collection of Birth Family Stories, Poems, and Letters.*
Alicia Lanier, ed. 1993. Hope Cottage Adoption Center. Women who relinquished to closed adoptions share their experience. 5.08.

Living Mistakes: Mothers Who Consented to Adoption.
Kate Inglis. 200p. 1984. Allen Unwin. Australian birth mothers tell all. 22.50; pap. 10.95.

MayDay! Reclaiming Our Voices.*
1993? RC Publications, P.O. Box 8445, Berkeley CA 94707-8445. Bound collection of quarterly publications of MayDay! publishing project. Personal essays on being a birth mother, healing strategies, reviews, etc.

The Post Adoption Experience of Surrendering Parents.*
pamphlet CUB. 2.50.

Pregnant By Mistake: The Stories of Seventeen Women.
Katrina Maxtone-Graham. rev ed. 456p. 1987. Remi Bks. 21.95; pap. 12.95.

Relinquishing Mothers In Adoption.*
Robin C. Winkler, M van Keppel. 1984. Melbourne, Australia. Institute of Family Studies.

Secret-Sharing With Loved Ones: Personal Stories Of Telling Children and Others.*
Marsha Riben and Mary Anne Cohen, eds. pamphlet 17p. Origins. Birth parents tell their children at home about the sibling lost to adoption.

Secrets Manual, Journal & Workbook.*
Triadoption Publ.

Shattered Dreams - Lonely Choices: Birth Parents of Babies with Disabilities Talk About Adoption.*
Joanne Finnegan. 184p. 1993. 22.95.

The Social Worker's Role in Adoption.*
pamphlet CUB. 2.50

Storied Lives: The Cultural Politics of Self-Understanding.*
George C. Rosewald and Richard L Ochberg, eds. 304p. 1992. Yale Univ. Press. Not about adoption per se but has an interesting chapter, "How do you introduce yourself as a childless mother?": Birth parent interpretations of parenthood.

Telling Your Children & Others.*
Mary Anne Cohen & Marsha Riben. Accounts of woman who told the child they raised and other loved ones about the child they lost to adoption. 5.00.

To Keera With Love: Abortion, Adoption or Keeping the Baby, The Story of One Teen's Choice.*
Kayla M Becker & Connie K Heckert. 190p. Sheed & Ward MO. pap. 7.95.

To Love & Let Go.
Suzanne Arms. 240p. 1983. Knopf. 21.45.

Wake Up Little Suzie.*
Rickie Solinger. 324p. 1992. Routledge. An analysis of maternity home programs for unwed mothers 1945-1965.

What Kind Of Love? The diary of a pregnant teenager.*
Sheila Cole. fiction. 192p. Lothrop. (9-adult) Fictional account of an unwanted teenage pregnancy and the decision to place for adoption. 1995.

Within Me, Without Me Adoption: An open and shut case?*
Sue Wells. 1994. Scarlet Press, 5 Montague Road, London. Women in England and New Zealand tell their experiences. Covers adoptions from the 1960's-1990's. Includes accounts from a wide variety of situations: closed and open adoptions, mixed race, and some complicated and tragic situations.

Yesterday They Took My Baby.*
Ben Wicks. Adoption from a birth parent perspective.

Young Unwed Fathers: Changing roles and emerging policies.*
Robert Lerman and Theodora Ooms, eds. 348p. Temple Univ Press. Serious essays look at unwed fatherhood in the US as a policy issue. 1993.

Adoption Blue Book.*
Annual. Birth Parent Connection, PO Box 230643, Encinitas, CA 92023-0643. State by state listing of search groups. 16.50.

Adoption Searchbook, The: Techniques For Tracing People.*
3rd Edition. Mary Jo Rillera. 224p. 1993. Triadoption. 18.95.

Adoption Searches Made Easier.*
Joseph Culligan. 1996. 758p. Don't let the page numbers fool you, most of the book is the same listing of addresses and indexes found in many search books, but there are chapters of solid, general search advice in the first chapters of the book written for the do-it-yourself searching adoptee or birth parent. Updated annually. ISBN: 1-57296-100-7 FJA, Inc.

By Order Of Adoption.*
Jean A. Downie. 1995. Distinctive Publishing, Inc, Plantation Florida. Search information. Can be ordered directly from Mrs. Downie 813-639-8346.

Courageous Blessing.*
Carol Demuth. 49p. 1993. Aries Center. A guide to support adoptive parents through a search undertaken by their son or daughter.

Directory of ISC Consultants.
looseleaf ring binder. annual. ISC.

Faint Trails: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Adult Adoptee-Birth Parent Reunification Searches.*
Hal Aigner. 104p. 1980. Paradigm. pap. 4.95.

Get the Facts on Anyone.
Dennis King. 1992. P-H. 15.00. ISBN 067186470X

Great Adoptee Searchbook.*
Jean Straus. 88p. 1990. Castle Rock Publications., Box 161, Worcester, MA 01602. 9.95.

Halfway Home: Contact and Reunion Guidelines.*
Lynn-Claire Davis. Some questions and answers to consider before making contact and during the first stages of a reunion. 18.00.

Armed Forces Locator Directory.*
Lt. Col. Richard S. Johnson. 157p. 5th edition. Military Info Enterprises, P.O. Box 5143, Burlington NC 27216. $23.

How to Search in Canada.*
Joan Marshall. 110p. SearchLine, 63 Holborn Ave., Nepean, Ont. K2C 3H1, 613-825-1640. ISBN 0-9694050- 0-6. Canadian records. Provincial adoption disclosure legislation and policies. Sources of information in Canada. National resources. Advice and information from an adoptee who is also a birth parent. 21.95.

In Search Of Your Canadian Roots.*
Agnus Baxter. Macmillian Canada. ISBN 0-7715-9019-9 1994. 18.95. Information organized by province.

ISC Searchbook, The.*
Helen Gallagher, Nancy Sitterly & Pat Sanders. 40p.1986. ISC. pap. 6.00

Instant National Locator Guide, The.
Fay Faron. Directory of zip codes, area codes, atlas, etc.

Making Contact.*
Dirck W. Brown and Susan Miller-Havens. A brief guide to making contact after a completed search.

Preparing For Re-Union.*
The Children's Society. UK 5.99ukp Useful addresses and information to help for the adoptee or birth parent interested in reunion.

Reunion Book, The.*
Volume I. 214p. 1991. Triadoption. 70 stories of reunited people.19.95.

Search - A Handbook for Adoptees and Birthparents.*
, 2nd Edition. Jayne Askin with Molly Davis. 1992. Oryx Press.

Search Aftermath & Adjustments.*
Pat Sanders & Nancy Sitterly. 32p. 1983. ISC. exploration of post search issues.

Search Consultant's Handbook, The.*
Patricia Sanders. 32p. 1983. ISC. pap. 3.50

Search Options - Choices for Triad Members Contemplating or Conducting A Search.*
Patricia Sanders and Susan Miller-Havens. The alternatives available to triad members interested in searching. 6.00.

Search & Support Directory, The.*
Triadoption. Listings of addresses, fees etc. of groups worldwide, courts, adoption units, etc. 24.95.

Searching in California.
Pat Sanders. 1982. ISC.

Searching in Florida.*
Diane C Robie. 1982. ISC. 10.95.

Searching in Illinois.*
Gayle Beckstead & Mary Lou Kozub. 210p. 1984. ISC.pap. 12.95.

Searching in Indiana.*
Mickey Dimon Carty. 278p. 1985. ISC. pap. 14.95.

Searching in New York.*
Kate Burke. 270p. 1987. ISC. pap. 15.95. The bulk of the book consists of indexes of cities/counties, etc not search advice.

Secret-Sharing With Loved Ones: Personal Stories Of Telling Children and Others.*
Marsha Riben and Mary Anne Cohen, eds. pamphlet 17p. Origins. Birthparents tell their children at home about the sibling lost to adoption.

Sibling Reunions.*
Randolph W. Severson. An exploration of the emotional issues when siblings meet. 6.00.

Telling Your Children & Others.*
Mary Anne Cohen & Marsha Riben. Accounts of woman who told the child they raised and other loved ones about the child they lost to adoption. 5.00.

Thoughts for Birthparents Newly Considering Search.*
pamphlet CUB. 4.50.

Thoughts to Consider for Newly Searching Adoptees.*
pamphlet CUB. 3.50

Tracing Missing Persons: An Introduction to Agencies, Methods and Sources in England and Wales.*
Colin D. Rogers. 1987. Manchester University Press. Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. ISBN 0-7190-1901-x. Sterling pounds 12.95.

U.S.A. Search Resources Directory, The.*
Jone Carlson. A search resource for those who wish to search and don't know where to begin. 15.00

When in doubt check him out : A woman's survival guide for the '90's.*
Joseph J. Culligan. Research Investigative Service ISBN 0963062123. 19.95. Annual updates.

Where to Write For Vital Records: Births, Death, Marriages & Divorces.
Nat'l Ctr for Health Stats Staff. Ed by Klaudia Cox. 73p. Nat'l Ctr for Health Stats. pap. 2.00.

Why Won't My Birthmother Meet Me?*
pamphlet. CUB. 2.50.

You, Too, Can Find Anybody - A Reference Manual.*
Joseph Culligan. Updated annually. ISBN 0-96306210-7 pap. A good general search book for the inexperienced non-professional.

Family Secrets: A Writer's Search For His Parents & His Past.*
David Leitch. 256p. 1986 Delacorte. 17.95.

Finding Family.*
Rick Ouston. New Star books. 1994? Canadian search and bittersweet reunion by TV news reporter.

From Beginning To End: The Rituals of Our Lives.*
Robert Fulghum. Villard. 1995. The author and his daughter write about their reunion.

I Wish You Didn't Know My Name: The Story of Michele Launders & Her Daughter Lisa.*
Michele Launders & Penina Spiegel. 1990. Warner Bks. 17.95.

I Would Have Searched Forever.*
Sandra K Musser. 4th ed. Thomas Verica, ed. 1985. Jan Pubns., a div of ATM, Inc. pap. 6.95.

In Search of a Stranger.
Warren E Siegmond. Cameo Pr. 1981.

Joined At The Heart.*
Nance Vizedom. 153p. 1993. A mother's search for her son whom she finds died shortly before finishing her search. 8.00

Letter to Louise.
Pauline Collins. 1992. Autobiographical. An adoptees story.

Letters To My Birthmother.*
Amy Dean. Autobiographical. 1991.

Limb of Your Tree, A: The Story of an Adopted Twin's Search For Her Roots.
Doris D Smith. 176p. 1984. Exposition Pr. 10.00.

Magnetism of Blood, The.
Bernard Arthur. 1984. Highland Publishers. (Avail. from the author for $15; write to: W1162 County Highway P, Stratford, WI 54484).

Missing Links.
Vincent Begley. 202p. 1989. Claycomb Pr. 9.95.

Mother Can You Hear Me?
Elizabeth C Allen. 208p. 1983. Dodd Mead. 13.95.

Mother's Son.*
Terry Copeman. 1989. Maclean Dubois. 10 Rutland Sq, Edinburgh, Scotland. The authors several year search and reunion with his mother and his father's family.

Once Removed: Voices From Inside the Adoption Triangle.
Sherry Sleighton & Wendie Remond. 1982. McGraw-Hill-Ryerson.

On the Outside Looking In.*
Michael Reagan & Joe Hyams. 1988. Zebra. 17.95.

One Against the Storm.*
Stanley C Mann. 221p. Illus. Quest Utah. pap. 6.95

The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave up for Adoption.*
Carol Schaefer. 296p. 1991. Soho Press. A mother's story of her search and reunion. 19.95.

Out of My Tree.
Hawood D Giles. 276p. 1982. Philos Lib. 15.95.

The Search For Paul David.*
Pauline Evans. 1994. NorthWest Pub. ISBN 1569011613. A mother's search. 9.00

Search For Anna Fisher, The.
Florence Fisher. 224p. 1986. Fawcett pap. 2.95; 320p. 1988. Har-Row. pap. 8.95.

So, Here I Am? But Where Did I Come From?*
Mary Ruth Witherspoon. Adoptee's story of her search and the bureaucracy that stood in her way. 20.00.

The Stranger Who Bore Me: Adoptee - Birth Mother Relationships.*
Karen March. 160p. 1995. University of Toronto Press. Sixty adoptees talk about the personal dilemmas created by secrecy in adoption, the need to search, and contact with birth mothers. 17.95

Stories of Adoption: Loss and Reunion.*
Eric Blau. 132p. 1993. Adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents who have experienced reunion. 16.95.

Torn From The Heart: an amazing true story of a birth mother's search for her lost daughter.*
Lousie Jurgens. 213p. 1992. Aslan.

Understanding the Triad.*
Dirck W. Brown. First hand reunion accounts by birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents. 5.00

Wanted: First Child: A Birth Mother's Story.*
Rebecca Harsin. 144p. 1991. Fithian Pr. 9.95.

What Kind of Love is This?
Sandra K Musser. Steve Zimmerman, ed. 1982. Jan Pubns. pap. 7.95.

When Summer's In the Meadow.*
Niall & Breen Williams. 256p. 1990. Soho Press. pap. 9.95.

Adopted Woman, An.*
Katrina Maxtone-Graham. 1983. Remi Bks; 1982. Write for info. Eleventh Hour. autobiography. 18.95.

Adoption Story: A Son is Given.*
Marguerite Ryan. 231. 1989. Rawson Assoc. 17.95.

Andrew, You Died Too Soon.*
Corinne Chilstrom. An adoptive mother writes about the suicide of her son at 18, what adoption meant to him, and what he meant to his family.

Baby M Case: A Collection of the Complete Trial Transcripts.*
Sara Robbins. 6 vols. WS Hein. 450.00.

Baby Swap Conspiracy, The.*
Loretta Schwatrz-Nobel. 248p. 1993. Villard Bks. Investigative look at the May and Twigg families 20.00

Babies For Sale: The Tennessee Children's Home Adoption Scandal.*
Linda Tollett Austin. 171p. 1993. Praeger.

Birth Mother: America's First Legal Surrogate Mother Tells the Story of Her Change of Heart.*
Elizabeth Kane (pseudonym). 1988. HBJ.

Death in White Bear Lake, A.*
Barry Siegel. 448p. 1990. Bantam. 19.95. True account of Lois Jurgen's murder of her adopted son.

Empty Cradles.*
Margaret Humphreys. British Doubleday. 1994. About the plight of "child migrants", adopted out of UK for "better lives" in other parts of the kingdom, and the ongoing effort to reunite them with their families.

The God Sent Child - the bitter adoption of Baby David.*
Kim Westad. 1994? Viking. An 18 year old Cree, veteran of 10 foster homes and an abusive adoption placed her own son with a family in Victoria, B.C. that promised, but never delivered, an open adoption. Almost immediately Teena changed her mind. The story of the court battle and an analysis of what could have been done differently.

I Wish You Didn't Know My Name.*
Michele Launders. 216p. 1990. Warner. Michele Launders is Lisa's mother. Lisa (1981-1987) was murdered by NY lawyer who was suppose to place her for adoption.

Lost Bird of Wounded Knee: Spirit of the Lakota.*
Renee SansomeFlood. Four days after the Wounded Knee massacre a baby was found underneath her dead mother's body. General Colby kept the child. This Pulitzer nominee book follows the life an this adoptee who was never accepted by her adoptive family or the culture in which she was raised.

Mother's Story,A.*
Mary Beth Whitehead & Loretta Schwartz-Nobel. 1990. St Martin. pap. 4.95.

My Child Your Child.*
Terry Treseder and Terrilyn Ainscough. Desert Book Company. The story of an adoption told by both the adoptive and birth mothers. Some insights into the LDS position on adoption. P.O. Box 30178, SLC UTAH 84130 ISBN 0875795560

Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder.*
Leslie Walker. Illus.400p. 1989. St. Martin. 18.95.

They Cage the Animals At Night.*
Jennings Michael Burch. 293p. 1985. Signet. Autobiography of growing up in institutional care in NYC.

Waiting to Forget.*
Margaret Moorman. W.W. Norton & Co. 1996. Autobiographical. Reunion. Author gave birth to a son at 15 who was placed for adoption, and later reunited.

Right of Adoptees to Know Their Biological Parents, The: A Bibliography.*
Tim J Watts. 16p. 1988. Vance Biblios. 5.00.

Right to Know Who You Are, The.*
Keith C. Griffith, M.B.E. Reform of adoption law and open records.

Unlocking the Adoption Files.*
Paul Sachdev. 247p. 1989. Lexington Bks. The results of a 3 year study of over 300 birthparents, adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption agency personnel presented in a manner understandable to the general public. 13.95.

Adoptee Trauma.*
Heather Carlini. A discussion of adoptee's seven griefing stages.

Adoption: Charms and Rituals for Healing.*
Randolph W. Severson. Discussion of extended metaphor, fables and stories to enhance the individual's perception of his/her adoption experience. 13.00

Adoption Encounter: Hurt, Transition, Healing.*
Mary Jo Rillera. 19.95 PURE.

Birth Mother Trauma.*
Heather Carlini. A book for birth mothers that addresses the trauma that remains from the relinquishment of a child to adoption.

Care of the Mother Grieving a Baby Relinquished for Adoption.*
Rosemary Mander. 1995. Avebury. ISBN 1856285979.

Helping Women Cope With Grief.
P. Silverman. 1981 Chapter on "The grief of the birthmother". Sage Publications.

Primal Wound.*
Nancy Newton Verrier. 231p. 1993. Self published (FAX 510-284-4248) Using information from pre-and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss focuses those findings on the adoption and separation from the birth mother. ISBN 0963648004

1984 guide to films on adoption.
Abigal Norman. 12p. 1984. Media Network.

The Adoption Triangle.
Julia Tugendhat. 1992. Bloomsbury 2 Soho Square, London W1V 5DE, UK. Narratives from all parts of the triad.

Adoption Crisis: The Truth Behind Adoption and Foster Care.*
Carole McKelvey and JoEllen Stevens. 231p. 1994. Authors support redistributing money from foster care to family preservation and adoption, and support pre- and post-adoption counseling and information. 22.95

Adoption : The Inside Story*.
Judy Austin. 1985. Barn Owl Books, 3 Ranelagh Gardens, Stamford Brook Avenue, London W6 OYE, UK. Cases from PPIAS. Families who have adopted; their experiences and thoughts. Includes experiences of adopting older children, mentally and physically handicapped, biracial and transracial children.

The Adoption Papers.*
Jackie Kay. 64p 1991. Dufour Editions. Poetry.

Adoption and Spirituality.*
Randolph Severson. 23p. Poetry, history, and the author's reflections. 5.00.

The Adoption Triangle.*
Julia Tugendhat. 1992. Bloomsbury Pbsing, 2 Soho Square, London W1V 5DE, UK. Narratives from all parts of the triad.

Babies Remember Birth.
David Chamberlain. 256p. 1988. J P Tarcher. 16.95.

Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness.*
Elaine Tyler May. 1995. BasicBooks. How American society has viewed children and procreation the last 200 years. Looks at both voluntary and involuntary childnessness. ISBN 0-465-00609-4.

Betrayal: A report on violence toward children in today's world.
Caroline Moorehead, ed. 267p. 1990. Partial list of situations covered: street children, child labor, children of war, children in prison, trafficking in children for adoption, migrant children, children with AIDS.

Beyond the Best Interests of the Child.
Joseph Goldstein, et al. 1984 ed. Free Press. pap. 10.95.

Child Abuse and Adoption.*
CUB pamphlet. 3.50.

Exile.*
Mary Anne Cohen. Poems about losing a child. 5.00.

From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child Custody in the United States.*
Mary Ann Mason. 237p. 1994. Columbia Univ Press. ISBN 0-231-08046-8.

Guide My Feet.*
Marian Wright Edelman. 224p. 1995. Meditations, vows, and prayers on loving and working for children by the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.

In the Best Interests of the Child.
Joseph Goldstein, et al. 1986. 192p. Free Press. 17.95; pap. 10.95.

Infant Mind.
Richard M Restak. Illus. 288p. 1986. Doubleday. 18.95.

Mother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction.*
Diane Eyer. 237p. 1992. Yale Univ. Press.

Orphans: Real and Imaginary.
Eileen Simpson. 259p. 1987. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 16.95.

Power And Decision: The social control of reproduction.*
Gita Sen, Rachel C. Snow, eds. 1994. Harvard University Press. Covers a variety of global political, ethical, and economic questions regarding child bearing and child rearing.

Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People.*
Maria and Aileen Dever. 201p. 1992. National Book Co.

Sacred Bond: The Legacy of Baby M.*
Phyllis Chesler. 256p. 1988. 16.95. Times Books; 1989. pap. 7.95. Random.

Shedding Light on... The Dark Side of Adoption.
Marsh Riben 1988. Harlo Press.

Storied Lives: The Cultural Politics of Self-Understanding.*
George C. Rosewald and Richard L Ochberg, eds. 304p. 1992. Yale Univ. Press. Not about adoption per se but has an interesting chapter "How do you introduce yourself as a childless mother?": Birthparent interpretations of parenthood.

Surrogacy & the Moral Economy.*
Derek Morgan. 1990. Gower Pub Co. 44.95.

Surrogate Mother's Story.*
Patricia Adair. 140p. 1987. Loiry Pubs Hse. 14.95.

Surrogate Motherhood: The Ethics of Using Human Beings.*
Thomas A Shanon. 212p. 1988. Crossroad NY. 17.95.

A Time for Sweeping Change; Re-examining Adoption.*
pamphlet CUB 2.50

Understanding the Triad.* Dirck Brown. Accounts by adoptees adoptive parents and birth parents. 5.00.

When There's No Place Like Home : Options for Children Living Apart From Their Natural Families.*
Jan Blacher, ed. 355p. 1994. P.H. Brookes Pub. Co. Discusses a wide spectrum of placement options for children, the impact of social and legal policies on placement, alternative families, residential placement, and the need to reconceptualize placement.

Who Am I? : Identity, Adoption and Human Fertilisation.*
1990. C. Walby & B. Symons. BAAF (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering). London SE1 1RQ, UK. Discussion series 12. ISBN 0 903534878. Parallels the secrecy and ambiguity that pervaded the closed adoption system with AID and newer fertilisation methods. Draws conclusion that openness and honesty should be aimed for in all forms of human fertilisation methods.

Young Unwed Fathers: Changing roles and emerging policies.*
Robert Lerman and Theodora Ooms, eds. 348p. Temple Univ Press. Serious essays look at unwed fatherhood in the US as a policy issue. 1993.

Adoption/Medical News
Adoptions Advocates Press
1921 Ohio St. NE, Palm Bay, Fla. 32907.
fax 407 724-0815
voc 407 725-6379
Dr. Jerri Ann Jenista, infectious disease specialist, and adoptive parent of 4 from India, editor. First issue due out this fall. Medical info for families, adoption experts, and doctors. $36/yr.

Adoption Report
Child Welfare League of America, 440 First St., NW , Wash., DC 20001.

AdoptNet
P.O. Box 50514, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0514
A bimonthly magazine primarily for new adoptive parents. Lots of advertising from adoption agencies/agents. Some adoptee, birth parent information.

Adoptalk
North American Council on Adoptable Children
1821 University Ave., Suite 498N, St. Paul, MN 55104.

Adoption Therapist
800-944-4460
Professional journal, of interest to all involved in adoption. $20/yr US $30/yr outside US

American Journal of Adoption Reform

1139 Bal Harbor Boulevard, Suite 184
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
813-637-7477

Chain of Life

P.O. Box 8081 Berkeley, CA 94707.
Quarterly newsletter w/gay/lesbian/feminist slant. $2/issue; $7-$15/yr. for six issues. Back issues are available.

Child Welfare.
Bimonthly magazine of the Child Welfare League of America (see Adoption Report above).

Connections
c/o Gail C. Walton
1417 East Miner Street, Arlington Heights, IL USA 60004 Quarterly magazine on India and the Indian subcontinent, Focus mainly on parenting children adopted from India. US$14/year. Back issues available for US$3.50.

Geborener Deutscher
William L. Gage
805 Alvarado Drive N.E.
Albuquerque NM 87108
Focus on German-American adoptees.

ISC Publications
P.O. Box 10192, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
ISC Directory of Consultants, looseleaf binder of ISC search consultants and the areas they search worldwide.

Report on Foreign Adoption
ICCC, 911 Cypress Drive, Boulder, CO 80303
voice & fax: 303-494-8439
Annual report [1995 most recent] and updates bimonthly $25/yr.

Midwest Searching Magazine
P.O. Box 122, Oakland City, Indiana 47660.

On The Vine
P.O. Box 1852, Appleton WI 54913
Rebecca Dalton
For birth mothers of adoptees who are still minors.

People Searching News
P.O. Box 22611, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 33335
407 768-2222
Bimonthly search-oriented magazine. $16.50/yr; $20.50 Canadian; $25 US foreign.

Searchers' Digest
P.O. Box 50219, Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32240.

Blossoms in the Mist.
Why adoption records were closed in one jurisdiction.

Decisions About Self & Family.
Illus. (14+). 1980. multimedia teaching kit 32.95. Soc Sci Ed.

Family Development.
Social Science Education Consortium, Inc. 1980. multimedia teaching kit 24.95; story of Megan 0.75. Soc Sci Ed.

Family Time.
Paula Zahn. 15min. 1991. Ambrose Video. Originally broadcast in 3 segments in May 1991 on "CBS This Morning." Deals with a family issues such as the effects of genetics vs environment, birth order and its effects on personality, and the story of identical triplets separated at birth who found each other as young men.

Finding Christa.
55 min. Camille Billops and James Hatch. 1991. Du Art Video. Partly documentary film concerning an artist who leaves her 3 year old daughter at a children's home and that daughter who later seeks her out at the urgings of her adoptive mother.

Just For The Love: Building families with adoptees, foster children, and birth children.
16 min. 1991. Altschul Group. produced by Visions Video. Dave and Bonnie Bredeson and their 13 children.

Parent's Night.
Yan Moore. 16mm. 30min. 1987. Direct Cinema, Ltd. / Playing With Time, Inc. with Taylor Productions; prod Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood; dir Kit Hood. DeGrassi Junior High. no. 12. An adopted child must confront his feelings about his two sets of parents and his own identity. Also a young girl must face her pregnancy and how she will deal with it since she decided against abortion.

Right To Know: America's Adoption Crisis, The.
1 hour. Two Peas Production. Michael Reagan (Ron's son). Conversations with triad members and an examination of the historical, social, and psychological issues of closed adoption. ($21.00 American Adoption Congress).

Teen Pregnancy.
30 min. InVision Communications, Inc. (12-18) 1994. The Schlessinger Teen Health Video Series. closed captioned. Meant to be viewed with an adult. Interviews doctor, counselor, nurse-midwife, teen peer counselor, teens, teen mothers. Abortion, parenting, and adoption, teen sexuality, birth control, conception, and pre-natal care.

Understanding & Helping Adopted & Foster Children.
4 hours. Michael M Katz, PhD. ($100.00-425.00. Psychotherapy Center for Adoptive Families)

What It Means To Join A Family Through Adoption.
2 videos. Fred Rogers host of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.

Who Are The De Bolts, and where did they get 19 kids? 72 min.
1994. Pyramid Film & Video. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Based on the book 19 Steps Up The Mountain by Joseph P. Blank. Documentary.

Window on Boulder: Intercultural adoptions.
30 min. Boulder County Council of Chairs; United Way. Broadcast Channel 8 Boulder, Feb. 1995. A community dialogue to help eliminate racism and racial discrimination. Several people speak about their experiences adopting children or races other than Caucasian.

Birthmother/Earthmother -- River of Life & the Call of Blood.
60 min. 1994. Using the man-made flooding of the Mississippi River Valley as an analogy, comments on the Deboer attempt to keep a child against the parent's will, and man's attempts to manipulate natural flows whether rivers or reproduction. MayDay Project. MD audiotape #2. RC Publications.

MayDay! Reclaiming Our Voices.
90 minutes. 1993. Selection of readings from birth mothers. MD Audiotape #1 from the MayDay publication project. RC Publications.