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Our Chosen Child(Lifebook) ~ Page 18

Adoption = Love(Bracelets) ~ Page 32

Do you have a little love to share? (Music) ~ Page 4

She Who Is An Adoptive Mother(Art Print) ~ Page 15

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Table of Contents

Featured Products .........................................4

How to Adopt ................................................6

International ..................................................8

China .................................................10

Other Countries ...............................11

Birthmother ..................................................12

Memory & Celebration ................................14

Music .................................................14

Poems & Prints .................................15

Jewelry ...............................................16

Scrapbooking ....................................17

Lifebooks ...........................................18

Announcements ...............................19

Children’s Books ............................................20

Magazines .......................................................24

Parenting .......................................................26

Foster Care ....................................................28

For Professionals ...........................................30

Order Form ...................................................31

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Do you have a little love to share? CD

14 beautiful songs celebrate the shared love that is at the center of adoption. This collection of original words and music, by Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg, will touch the hearts of every member of the adoption community, from placing and adopting parents at the beginning of their journeys, to adoptive and birth families after adoption, to adopted children and adults.

Tracks:Do You Have a Little Love to Share? (5:25)Empty Arms (5:04)I Gave You More (5:22)Mama’s Lullaby (2:42)Daddy’s Little Girl (3:34)How Do I Say Thank You? (3:31)We’re All the Same Inside (4:29)Do You Love Me as Your Own? (3:37)Nobody Wanted Me (4:03)Our Little Wounded Angel (4:30)My Designated Daddy (3:02)Lullaby to a Newborn (4:37)This Little Life Is In Our Hands (4:51) Let Me Be that Someone (3:54)

ADP00034 Our Price: $15.95 - CD

Three Hearts Bracelet – Mother

The Three Hearts Mother Bracelet is a charming, hand-made, sterling silver bracelet with blue lace agate gems and three heart charms. The blue lace agate gem is believed to create hope, harmony, optimism, positive thinking, calm, joy and truth. This sweet bracelet is 7.5 inches in length and is perfect for your birthmother or as a gift for an adoptive mother! It is also available in child and baby sizes.

Also included is a beautiful tag with the below original poem that can be included in a memory book or scrapbook.

The Gift of Three Hearts

One heart wanted to give her baby more,Knowing she wasn’t able to give her all.

One heart wanted to give her all,Knowing she wasn’t able to give her birth.

One was born, given in loveBlessing each heart every day.

ACR30002 Price $ 30.00

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Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption 2nd Edition

The byzantine process of applying for adoption can leave even the best and the brightest feeling like an idiot. Fear not. Chris Adamec has survived the process, truly believes in it, and passes along everything she’s learned in more than 15 years of writing on the subject—all in a warm, encouraging style.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption begins with two chapters designed to help readers determine their adoption readiness by describing lifestyle changes and typical costs as well as offering a smart reality check in the form of a self-evaluation. The next section provides excellent information on adoption arrangers (agencies, lawyers, private individuals), adoption finances, laws and rights from state to state, and the increasingly popular international adoption scene. Then Adamec gets into the nitty-gritty of the actual adoption process, such as going through the dreaded home study (an evaluation of the potential adoptive family’s lifestyle), dealing with birth mothers, coping with the challenges of raising adopted children, and, finally, facing a child’s desire to search for his or her birth parents. An extra-large reference section includes adoption agencies, organizations, attorneys, parent groups, and more.

definitions of adopterms, family-building tips, easy-to-understand charts, and relevant statistics—all to help potential adoptive parents arm themselves with multiple winning strategies.2005 Edition

ADP00050 Price: $16.95

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Stepparent Adoption: A Resource Book

Tim O’Hanlon/Adoption Shop LLC

Stepparent Adoption Resource Book, prepared by Tim O’Hanlon, needs to be in the personal reference library of every professional who works with families. While stepparent adoption is becoming a more visible topic … this is the first comprehensive manual that I have read.”

-Dr. Margorie Engel, President and CEO of The Stepfamily Association of America

ADP02928 (Softcover): Our Price: $24.95

ADP02905 e-book: Our Price: $19.95

How to Adopt Internationally Book (revised & updated 2003)

Jean & Heino Erichsen/Mesa House Publishing

As adoptive parents and professionals with 20+ years of experience, the Erichsens, explain international adoption in 23 easy-to-follow steps.

Review:

“This was one of the first books I picked up after deciding to adopt internationally. This book is great to have for those just starting out.”

-Nicole M.

ADP00915 (Softcover) Our Price: $21.95

You Can Afford Adoption (Book)

Ruth Ellen Heaton & Kari Hunt/A Mother’s Charm

You Can Afford Adoption provides resources, ideas, worksheets, and other information to help you fund your adoption.

No other book pulls together the most vital information and tells you how to make adoption fit within your financial abilities.

AMC00025 (Softcover) Our Price: $17.50

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Reaching Out: the guide to writing a terrific Dear Birthmother Letter

Nelson Handel/EasternEdge Press

Based on his extensive interviews with social workers, adoption attorneys, agency staff, counselors, and birthparents, Nelson Handel explains:

The 10 “Golden Rules” to writing a good letterEasy strategies for writing from the heartCommon mistakes and how to avoid them What birthparents look for in a good letterExamples, tips on using photos, & more

NEL00002 (Softcover): Our Price: $16.95

NEL00001 CD-ROM: Our Price: $14.95

NEL00003 e-book: Our Price: $14.95

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Real-Kidz Multicultural Dolls

Real-Kidz celebrates multicultural families and children by focusing on the most important aspect…love.

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Our Price: $14.95

African-American and Biracial Hair Care DVD

Great resource for families who have adopted African-American/biracial children.

Expert stylists demonstrate proper hare care and styling techniques for children with African-American and biracial ethnic backgrounds.

AAI00003 Our Price: $19.95

“Our Parents are from two different ethnic backgrounds... they created us out of love and we’re a perfect mixture of both!”

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The International Adoption Guidebook (E-book)

This is a great place to start if you’re considering international adoption.

This guidebook covers many aspects involved in adopting internationally, from choosing a country to packing for the journey to meet your child for the first time. Broken down in logical sequence and organized by sections, you can search for specific information or read it step by step.

Just one of several e-books at AdoptionShop.com.You can buy your book and be reading it within minutes.

Simple to download and save to your computer or PDA for future reference. Print it out if you like to read from a hard copy.

ADP02893 Our Price: $19.95

With Eyes Wide Open Workbook/CD

Miller & Ward/Children’s Home Society of Minnesota

Adopting a child from another country? With Eyes Wide Open will help you prepare for one of the most challenging, yet rewarding experiences you will ever have: taking a child with life-experiences into your heart and your life, to be a part of you forever.

CHS00005 Workbook Our Price: $19.95

CHS00004 CD Our Price: $19.95

CHS00009 CD/Workbook Our Price: $28.95

Adoption Travel Journal

International adoption travel is a time of excitement, wonder, and unpredictable experiences. Every map, every receipt, every photo will one day become a cherished link to your child’s heritage.

With seven separate sections organized in meaningful categories and a fill-in-the-blank format, you will find this unique journal an invaluable keepsake to record your trip of a lifetime.

Sections include:Adoption specific information, flight itineraries, daily journal pages, cities, accommodations and foods, thoughts and activities upon arriving home, and a telephone & address book.

Measures 8.5 x 6.5 inches.

ADP00924 (Hardcover) Our Price $23.95

The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine

Since 1989, American families have adopted more than 167,000 children from other countries. Many of these children have lived in crowded conditions, sometimes with poor standards of hygiene, inadequate nutrition, and limited numbers of caregivers. Some suffer from endemic infectious diseases. Upon arrival, practitioners often fail to recognize the unique concerns of this group. This text provides an overview of the specialized medical and developmental issues that affect internationally adopted children, offering guidelines to the physicians caring for these children and their families before, during, and after adoption. The reader will learn how to advise families prior to an international adoption, how to perform an effective initial screening assessment of the newly arrived child, and how to recognize and manage developmental and other more long-term problems as they emerge.

ADP03062 Price $44.95

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China Adoption Travel Journal

Sturdy and built to last, this interactive journal is designed for children traveling to China to adopt a sibling. Includes 38 pages of activities, ideas, and ways for siblings to remember this special journey. Spiral binding and thick pages prevent easy tearing.

AIJ00003 Our Price: $22.50

Chinese Double Happiness Charm

Double-sided Chinese Happiness charms are perfect for making memories with scrapbook pages, jewelry, and other keepsakes. Cast in bronze, each charm is given an antique finish.

For this low price you can make memories galore with these fun charms.

SCR00202 Our Price: $0.59

Chinese Adoptions: A Model For Strengthening Cultural Identity (Tape)

The theoretical model of bicultural socialization will be examined in the historical context of international adoption. A practice model for strengthening cultural identity developed for preschool age children is presented. Speaker: Lindsey Houlihan, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

ADT00060 Our Price: $9.00

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Book)

Rose A. Lewis/Little Brown

Based on the author’s own experience, this heartfelt story follows a woman on her journey to adopt a baby girl from China. Beautiful watercolors by Jane Dyer complement this charming book.


Chinese 6” Destination Sticker

Featuring the title and flag of China, this acid and lignin free sticker is perfect for scrapbooks, lifebooks, and other keepsakes and memory-makers.

SCR00016 Our Price: $0.25

The Red Blanket (Book)

Eliza Thomas & Joe Cepeda

This is a story about a little girl who needed a mommy, a forgotten blanket that needed a little girl and a woman who needed them both. Eliza Thomas went to China in 1994 to adopt her daughter PanPan, who was then 5 months old. This is their story.


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National Geographic – China’s Lost Girls DVD

National Geographic Ultimate Explorer host Lisa Ling examines the consequences of China’s two-decade-old, ‘’one-child policy’’ designed to curb the country’s exploding population.

Approximately 43 minutes.

ADP03016 Our Price: $19.95 - DVD

Mu Mother Silver Pendant

This beautiful pendant is modeled after the Chinese character Mu. The Chinese character Mu means mother.

Made from sterling silver this pendant can be a special way to remember the mothers in life.

CHS00008 Our Price: $16.95

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Kimono Denim Top

Kimono style A-line top with dark blue stretch denim and gold cotton print featuring Asian symbols. Invisible zipper in back and oversized armholes for long sleeve shirt winter wear.

Machine washable. Made in USA.

MEI00001 Our Price: $26.95

The Russian Adoption Handbook

The Russian Adoption Handbook covers the entire international adoption process from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. A “must read” for anybody thinking about adopting from these countries. Covers INS forms, home study, foreign requirements, medical issues, travel requirements, and post adoption matters.


“Love From Russia” Bib

This generously sized bib is made from plush knitted terry and slips over baby’s head easily. Russian & American flags and the words “Love From Russia” are embroidered on the front.

80/20 cotton/poly blend

NOR00010 Our Price: $9.95

Reaching Out (Art Print)

Dan Lewis

An original Russian Adoption fine art print.

Image size 18 x 24


Korean Quarterly (Magazine)

A non-profit quarterly newspaper, written by and about Korean Americans including, adopted Koreans and their families. Korean Quarterly staff, contributors, and advisory board consist of adult adopted Koreans and adoptive parents of younger Koreans.

KOR00001 Our Price: $16.00

Guatemalan Flag, Blanket & Pillow Set

Handmade and unique, this blanket and pillow set feature super soft polar fleece. Trimming is handmade and every stitch is made with love! Machine wash, colors won’t fade or run. Size 36” x 60”

YAM00990 Our Price: $59.95

Yellow Asian Sleeveless Top

This Asian inspired sleeveless top is 100% cotton. Trimmed in red denim with Chinese frog closures and invisible zipper in back.

Machine washable. Made in USA.

MEI00002 Our Price: $24.95

International—Other Countries AdoptionShop.com A Mother’s Love Poem

These themed verses are designed to add a special touch to the first page of your album. Also great for card making or special occasion album pages. Sticker measures 3” x 4.5”.

CRS00013 Price $0.75

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She Who is a Birthmother (Art Print)

Suzy Toronto/ Wonderful Wacky Women

This whimsical, bright watercolor print honoring birthmothers began over a decade ago. In her own words, Suzy said, “My youngest child, Chase, who is adopted, asked me,

‘Mommy, who is she that grew me in her tummy?’

I wanted to answer him, but I didn’t know. I replied, “I’ll draw you a picture of her.” I drew “She Who is With Child” and patterned it after myself that day, right down to my untamed hair and bare feet. I left her faceless to allow him to imagine.”

Foster Mother & Adoptive Mother also available. Visit AdoptionShop.com for a complete list of “Wonderful Wacky Women” prints.

WWW00013 Our Price: $14.95

A Birthparent’s Book of Memories- Scrapbook Edition

Features beautiful fill-in-the-blank scrapbook pages, lots of room for pictures, and 20 top-loading pages to be creative with. Includes a nice handmade paper scrapbook album to protect pictures and memory pages.

Designed to give adopted children a better understanding of who their birthparent(s) are and a sense of their birth family history. Sections include: Birthfamily History, Pregnancy, Adoption Process, and Birth. A keepsake your child will treasure forever. Suitable for birthmothers or birthfathers.

ROM00002 Our Price: $34.95

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One Birthmother’s Emotional Truth On Healing, Recovery, And Success

Courtney Frey/Adoption Press

Courtney Frey tells the path she took through betrayal, abuse, loss, and discovery. This book is a validation and emotional guide for birthmothers who, just like the author, ache for something more in their lives and are ready to embrace it.

Courtney, shares her spiritual journey, including scriptures that sustained her, intimate moments with God, her fight with faith, questions she agonized over, and finally the evidence that nothing is done in vain. Also how she overcame a haunting and painful past, a past that challenged her ability to find healing, and how she ultimately discovered purpose in it.

BTH00001 Our Price: $12.95

Being A Birthparent: Finding Our Place (Booklet)

Brenda Romanchik/Insight

Open adoption has taken birthparents out of the closet and into the normal, everyday lives of adoptive families. What does it mean to be a birthparent in an open adoption? How has this experience changed us and how does it affect the other parts of our lives? These are just some of the questions answered in this enlightening guide.


Birthparent Grief (Booklet)

Brenda Romanchik/Insight

Placing a child for adoption is a huge loss that few understand. Ms. Romanchik, a birthmother, takes the mystery out of the experience by helping birthparents define the loss and understand the grieving process.

Not only for birthparents, this is a great book for anyone who wants to help a birthparent through a very difficult time.


Birthmother’s Bracelet

Beautifully crafted in opalescent beads and semi-precious stones, this bracelet is a special way to honor the birthmother in your life.

Each bracelet comes with a poem printed on a nice gift card. The poem explains the purpose of each stone on the bracelet.

One line reads:

These beads are strung on a fine wire cable, to remind all birthmothers that they are connected, and that we are stronger together than we are apart.


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My Forever Family CD

This wonderful CD features songs for both children and adults. These happy, fun-filled songs introduce adoption in a way that children of all ages can understand and enjoy singing about. Written in collaboration with adoptive mom Wendy Spira and sung by top recording vocalist, Grammy nominated songwriter, and adoptive mom Lisa Silver.


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Adoption... The Songs You Love, Vol. 1 CD

A compilation of favorite adoption songs for those who are hoping to adopt, have adopted already, are an adoptee, a birthparent, or are touched by adoption in any way, this music will move you in a way that no other CD will.CD Includes:

ADP00022 Price $11.95

Somewhere Out ThereLove Takes You InBecause You Loved MeOnce Upon A DecemberLullabyThe Promise

7.8.9.10.11.12.

I Knew I Loved YouFrom God’s Arms to My Arms to YoursBlessedSilent LullabyYour SongAngel

1.2.3.4.5.6.

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Today I Kissed An Angel (Poem Print)

“Today I kissed an angel I knew it from the startThe first time my angelSmiled at meI gave away my heart

Today I kissed an angelThis angel child of mineThough not of my creationMy child by God’s design

Today I kissed an angel My heart is dancing wildOur family, by a miracleBlessed by our angel child”

Comes with a White Matte, suitable for framing.

MOA00999 Our Price: $11.95

She Who Is An Adoptive Mother (Art Print)

Suzy Toronto/Wonderful Wacky Women

These whimsical, bright watercolor prints honoring women began over a decade ago when Suzy’s son asked her,


Suzy’s been creating these wonderful images of women ever since. The lack of distinct facial details allows us to see the women that fill these roles in our own lives.

Visit www.AdoptionShop.com for a complete list of “Wonderful Wacky Women” prints


New Baby Poem (clear sticker)

These themed verses are designed to add a special touch to the first page of your album. Also great for card making or special occasion album pages. Sticker measures 3” x 4”.

CRS00010 Price $0.75

Legacy Of An Adopted Child (Poem Print)

A beautiful adoption poem describing the two kinds of love a child place for adoption is given.The love from two special women, a birthmother and adoptive mother.

At the end of the poem the question is asked,

“And now you ask me through your tears, The age-old question through the years: Heredity or environment-- which are you a product of? Neither, my darling, neither, Just two different kinds of love.”


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Cherished Wish Italian Charm (with Starter Bracelet)

Looking for an Italian starter bracelet with an adoption charm? We are proud to introduce the new “Cherished Wish” Italian starter bracelet with an adoption Italian charm. This bracelet is compatible with other 9mm Italian charms. Each bracelet comes with the poem.

CHE00004 Price $14.95

Family Medallion Pendant - Sterling Silver (Filigree Style)

Includes a matching 18” chain and a special photo/display case for holding a family photograph and for protecting the Family Medallion when it is not being worn. Also included with each order is a copy of “Celebrating the New Family”, an adoption ceremony for presenting the Family Medallion.

MED00008 Price $ 59.95

Heart Adoption Pin

Show your support for adoption. This lapel pin/charm is a 1” white ribbon trimmed in gold and bound together by a red heart to express the love found through Adoption.

DEB00002 $4.95

Gotcha Charm

Gotcha Day is a term used for the day a child becomes a part of the family. Remember this day forever by engraving the day on this charm.

Each charm is hand-cast (never die-cut) in sterling silver and hand-finished in the USA. Like the children we cherish, no two pieces are exactly alike.

AMC00005 Our Price: $19.00

You Grew In My Heart Gold Pendant

Inspired by a mother’s love and custom designed for all mothers, this pendant features a child being cradled in the arms of a mother’s love. Heart shape surface on back is ideal for engraving.

Size 1” x 1” (size of a quarter)

HRT00002 Our Price: $149.00

Family Pendant – Three Person

This Sterling silver pendant displays the love that unites a family with two hearts linking the figure together.

Size .5” x .75” Includes a 0.9 mm sterling silver chain.

NDD92704 Our Price: $14.95

Cherished Wish Pendant (with Necklace)

The Cherished Wish pendant is an original design based on the heartfelt poem. It is sterling silver, and comes on an 18” sterling silver beaded chain. It measures 5/8” wide x 7/16” high. This pendant includes a poem.

CHE00001 Price $24.95

Memory & Celebration—Jewelry

“In My Heart” Pendant

Inspired by the “In My Heart” poem this pendant features a dual heart design symbolizing adoption. Superb craftsmanship with striking 14k yellow or white gold and diamonds. Comes with its own 18” 14k gold chain and measures 5/8” wide by 7/8” long.

AAI00001 Our Price: $219.00

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Baby Girl Fabric StickerSure to add emotion and sentiment to any craft project, these unique, handcrafted embellishments are made with ribbon and fabric to enhance the touching quotes.

They are self-adhesive and can be easily attached to most surfaces.

MAM00001 Our Price: $4.00

Adoption Printables—New! (Downloadable)

View 30+ downloadable adoption scrapbook products. Download & print immediately after ordering!

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Adopted In Love Border Sticker 12” (Baby Pink)

SCR00002 $1.20

Adoption Printed Vellum

Printed sayings, titles, & phrases on sheer vellum used to enhance your scrapbook pages quickly & easily. Embellish vellum on the back with markers, chalk, or paint. Attach vellum to your scrapbook page with ribbon, stitching, photo corners or eyelets and brads.

CRS00031 Our Price: $ .75

Adoption Stickers

Fun images and adoption-related sayings make these stickers a real find for the “adoption scrapbooker”. They’re also great for lifebooks/babybooks.

Size 6 x 9

TLT00001 Our Price: $ .75

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Our Adoption Story

These heavy duty, cardstock stickers feature fun themes & adoption phrases. Sticker shapes include frames, buttons, and tags. Acid and lignin free, they’re great for scrapbooking.Includes 13 stickers per sheet.

SCS00004 Our Price: $2.50

Gotcha Day Border Sticker 12”

SCR00004 $1.20

Adoption Poem (Clear sticker)

Acid/lignin free sticker poem about adoption. This beautiful sentiment printed on clear stickers is great for scrapbooks and lifebooks. Clear sticker allows background colors to show through.

SCR00007 Our Price: $ .75

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This Is Me! (Lifebook)

White padded cover and gold embossing give this lifebook a timeless look.

Includes pages to record family information at the time of the placement, the first time you met your new child, an adoptive and birth family tree, baby and child firsts, your child’s adoption story and blank pages for photographs.

Appropriate for an infant or older child. 9” x 12”

ADO00001 Our Price: $29.95

This Is Me! INTERNATIONAL (Lifebook)

The international version has 5 extra pages pertaining to international adoption, including a map of your country of choice with a short history of the country.

Available for Guatemala and Russia.

Appropriate for an infant or older child. 9” x 12”

ADO00002 Our Price: $33.95

Your Story: All About You (Lifebook)

This charmingly illustrated lifebook features:

• Pocketed inserts to save documents, mementos and photographs,

• Three-ring binder to easily remove or insert pages,

• Acid-free pages with titles like, Arrival Day Celebrations, Finalization, How We Became A Family, & more.

RMW00001 Our Price: $19.95

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My First Five Years (Lifebook)

For a parent, a baby book is near the top of the list of “must haves” for a new baby. All the special moments—the first smiles, the first words, the first steps-are lovingly recorded in its pages for posterity.

A hardbound journal to record special moments from birth to age five. My First Five Years includes special details, like a tiny envelope to keep a lock of hair, height and weight charts to track growth through the years, and plenty of room to add your child’s own photos and mementos.

ADP00049 Price $19.95

Our Chosen Child (Lifebook)

Parents record every milestone-from the first smile to the first day at school-in a child’s baby book for posterity. Thanks to best-selling author Judith Levy, adoptive parents can now express their joy and love for a child in a baby book created especially for them.

Our Chosen Child omits the traditional space for recording details about the pregnancy, labor, and delivery, highlighting instead the special preparations adoptive parents make and the excitement and anticipation they feel.

In Our Chosen Child, adoptive parents can record family history and all the milestones of childhood through high school graduation. Additionally, Our Chosen Child includes the milestones that an adoptive family achieves. A page entitled “Waiting for You” acknowledges the many steps along the journey to becoming an adoptive family, such as completing a home study and getting references. Each page features original poetry by Judith Levy, such as this loving dedication: “You had a journey to make, A trip to come through, To parents who were praying and waiting for you.” Judy Pelikan’s tender illustrations grace every page, making this book a beautiful keepsake.

All adoptive parents will want to complete this treasury of memories for their own chosen child.

ADP00054 $18.95

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Our New Arrival

Announce your new arrival with this beautiful announcement. Only available at Adoption Shop!

Inside, the announcement reads:

Adopted On_________________Arrived Home________________Date of Birth_________________Proud Parents________________

Order whatever quantity you like, 1 or 100! Ships with matching envelopes. Size - 4.25” x 5.5”

AAA00002 $2.25

Dreams Announcement

“One last road to travelOne last way to go.One more day to foreverJust to let you know.The wait is finally overThe journey now is through.And now this comes to let you knowDreams really do come true.”

Inside – fill in Name, Arrival Date, Welcomed home by, & Other important info. Includes 10 cards & envelopes. MOA00993 Our Price: $12.50

When I Look In The Mirror…. (Reunion)

Includes this simple poem:

“When I look in the mirrorI see a reflection that includes you.”

Each card includes an envelope.

PAT00030 Our Price: $3.00

Proudly Announcing The Adoption of…

10 charmingly illustrated adoption announcements & 10 lavender envelopes.

Includes a line to write child’s name, birth date, place of birth, arrived home on, and parents names.

RMW00007 Our Price: $4.50

Ladybug Announcement

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break.”

Ancient Chinese belief

Accompanying this Chinese belief is Ladybug, which according to Chinese tradition is a symbol of good luck.

Includes 10 cards & envelopes measuring 5.5” x 4.25”.


Today I Kissed An Angel Announcement

Today I kissed an angelMy heart is dancing wildA family, by a miracleBlessed by this angel child.

Inside - Fill in the blank lines for: Announcing with greatest pleasure the adoption of, Date arrived home, At age, Welcomed home by, Other important information. Includes 10 cards & envelopes.


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Featured Book – Borya and the Burps

This delightful book gently illustrates some of the confusion children feel when they are removed from the multiple caretakers and groups of children whom they know within their (often deprived) orphanages and are moved into a loving but unfamiliar new family with a sensory-enriched (but possibly overwhelming) home environment. With their whole world turned upside down, children are still able to struggle to make sense of these changes and ultimately blossom within a new family having a parent or parents who will be theirs forever.

Although Borya and the Burps! is one of the very first books on international adoption from Eastern Europe to be widely available to families, families who have adopted from other regions of the world may find this story valuable as well. Simple comments from parents while reading about what was the same and what was different for their child can personalize this story. Adoption of children from orphanage care does share some common themes and situations in all parts of the world and, thus, parents can share this story with their children regardless of where their child’s orphanage was located.

A good introduction for young, recently arrived children, this unique book will also become an often-used conversation starter for slightly older children ready to talk about their prior lives, their prior caretakers and companions, and what adoption has meant in their young lives.

PER00002 Our Price: $18.00

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My Special Someone (Book)

A beautiful full-color book for ages 2-7 This is the only adoption book written and illustrated by a 6-year-old. Brittany tells how her family adopted a baby sister into their family and describes the process from a child’s point of view.

Each book comes with a bookmark with suggestions for bonding moments with your child and in the back of the book there are questions you can ask to help your child talk about the adoption as well as how the child feels about having a new sibling. There are also 10 suggestions for a smooth transition of a child into your home.

LEN00002 Our Price: $11.95

Shaoey and Dot (Book)

Shaoey and Dot: Bug Meets Bundle is an endearing tale told from the point of view of one little ladybug, Dot, who happens upon a mysterious bundle one sunny day. Dot stays with the little bundle as she is carried to the place “where babies come to be found” and promises to stay with the little one throughout her journeys toward getting a family. Written by Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, this heartwarming tale is inspired by the true story of their adoption of three little girls from China and is a story of hope and faith for all families who have been blessed by a “lost little bundle of love.”

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Two Kinds of Love (Book)

Two Kinds of Love will give both children and adults a heartfelt look at what it’s like to be adopted. It’s a great tool to reach young readers on a level they can understand and helps answer the often-asked questions of older adopted and biological children.

Two Kinds of Love also addresses the questions and concerns of the younger child who is not yet able to express them.


My Very Wanted Child (Book)

Every new parent experiences the flood of emotion that comes with the realization that his or her eagerly awaited child is home at last. This may be particularly true for parents who have waited, for any reason, to start a family.

This gentle book expresses those emotions in a simple rhyme that tugs at the heartstrings of adults and amuses the youngest of children. The accompanying photographs are bright and colorful pictures of babies and children ... always a favorite among infants and toddlers!

ADP11504 List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $13.95

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Adoptions Are Made In Heaven (Book)

Adoptions Are Made In Heaven is a fairy-tale story of how God planned out adoption and how He makes it possible. Through an entertaining story matched with colorful illustrations, the book tells the story of adoption.


Over The Moon (Book)

Based on Katz’s experience adopting a Central American infant the book is brightened with mixed-media illustrations suggestive of folk art. Perfect for children adopted in similar circumstances. The message is reassuring: Forever and always we will be your mommy and daddy. The birthmother is described with respect & love.

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The Day We Met You(Book)

This beautifully illustrated book, using just a few simple words, describes events on the day that parents meet their adoptive child for the first time.


Did My First Mother Love Me? (Book)

Adoptees - A wonderful story for every adopted child who wonders about his/her birthparents.Birthparents - Lovely placement gift for her child demonstrates her love and explains her reasons for permitting another family to raise her child.Adoptive Parents - Guidelines for talking about adoption


Adoption Is For Always(Book)

A five-year-old girl, Celia, knows she is adopted. But she is confused and angry, and her parents must deal with her many questions in an honest and loving way. Adoption information a young child can understand is integrated into the text.


Sam’s Sister (Book)

Many women are parenting a child at the time of placement. Sam’s Sister helps older siblings deal with the grief & loss of a sibling placements. In Sam’s Sister 6-year-old Rosa comes to understand her mother’s dilemma, learns about adoption, and experiences her brother’s birth and placement with Sarah and Joe. Illustrations by Dawn Majewski bring this story to life.

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A is for Adopted (Book)

You were chosen from the startTo be loved, nurtured and cherished from the bottom of our hearts.We’re proud to be your parents.We’re very proud of you.We hope that this adoption makes you as proud too!

A multi-cultural collection of adorable kids illustrates this book with bold colors and endearing antics


Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (Book)

In asking her mother and father to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young girl shows that it is a cherished tale she knows by heart.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell come together to create a unique celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the world. A heartwarming story, not just of how one child is born, but also of how a family is born. ADP40298 Our Price: $14.95

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The Mulberry Bird (Book)

The central adoption-related question for children 5 to 10 is “Why did my birthmother ‘give me away’.” This story of a mother bird that loved her baby but could not care for him and chose adoptive parents as an expression of her love has been revised to reflect the empowerment of birthparents and the opening of adoption since its 1986 publication.


Happy Adoption Day (Book)

Noted folksinger John McCutcheon has written a joyful song commemorating the wonderful day when a child joins an adoptive family. Read or sung, the excitement and love of new parents rings through in these heartwarming verses that reassure adopted children that they are wanted, loved and very special. Includes musical notation.

ADP81110 (Hardcover) List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $14.95ADP81111 (Softcover) Our Price: $6.95

A Koala for Katie (Book)

Katie thinks about babies a lot. When she and her parents visit the zoo, she worries about the baby koala. After getting a stuffed koala, Katie pretends that she has adopted the bear just like her Mom and Dad adopted her.

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We’re Different, We’re the Same (Book)

Who better to teach young children about racial harmony than the colorful crew from Sesame Street? Rhyming text celebrates the racial rainbow, without which the world would be so much less interesting and wonderful.

ADP00986: Our Price: $3.25

Our Twitchy (Book)

Twitchy and his parents live in a burrow and munch on carrots, just like any bunny family. But when Twitchy wonders why he doesn’t look like his parents, the answer surprises him. How can the three of them truly be a family if they’re not really the same?

With lots of love (and plenty of carrots) Twitchy’s parents show him that they are indeed a family after all.


Adoption Stories for Young Children (Book)

They come from different walks of life, but they have one thing in common - their families were all created through adoption. Adoption Stories for Young Children explores common issues of interest to young children about adoption.


Finding The Right Spot (Book)

Finding the Right Spot is a story for all kids who can’t live with their parents, regardless of the circumstances. It’s a story about resilience and loyalty, hope and disappointment, love, sadness, and anger, too. And finally, it’s about what makes the spot you’re in feel right.

ADP31704:List Price: $14.95Our Price: $10.95

A Mother for Choco (Book)

Choco is looking for his mother. Mrs. Bear doesn’t look like Choco, but she does hug, kiss, sing and dance with him. Most importantly, though, she loves him dearly.

ADP00006 (Hardcover): Our Price: $14.95

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Adoptive Families (Magazine)

Adoptive Families magazine is the nation’s leading resource for families before, during, and after adoption.

Each issue offers information, and shared experiences for families touched by adoption.

ADF00002 1-Year Subscription: 6 issues for $24.95 (save 52%) Includes Raising Adopted Children PDF (32 pages selected from 10 years of Adoptive Families Archives)

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Adoption Today (Magazine)

Your guide to the issues and answers surrounding international and domestic adoption!

Written by: Adoptive parents, adoptees and professionals in the fields of medicine, education, law, social work, child development and international and domestic adoption.

Each subscription contains 6 issues, one every 2 months.

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Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery.

Adopting for Tomorrow(Magazine)

Adopting for Tomorrow Magazine is committed to serving adoptive and potential adoptive parents as an invaluable resource by providing the most current and relevant information on domestic and international adoption, journalism excellence and integrity, comprehensive child profiles, and a format for sharing experiences among adopting families.

We aim to facilitate each stage of the individual adoption process by providing essential information and supplemental assistance to adopting parents.

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Fostering Families Today (Magazine)

Fostering Families TODAY is the #1 magazine for foster parents! It is for all persons committed to services and permanency for children—including foster and adoptive parents and all professionals who work on their behalf. Topics covered include:

• Rights of children in foster care. • Issues facing children in care. • Advocating for a child placed in care • Foster-adoptive planning • Special needs of abused and neglected children • Therapeutic/medical foster care • Regular Columns Spotlight: A family A child

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Parenting With Love And Logic (Book)

This well-known child psychiatrist has written a book to help parents raise kids who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the world by teaching them responsibility and the logic of life by giving them the opportunity to solve their own problems from the earliest possible age.

Review:“Parents consistently tell us they wish they had known about love and logic earlier. This common sense approach gives parents a tangible hope that they can still influence their kids.” --Dave Funkg


Parenting Your Adopted Older Child (Book)

Parenting Your Adopted Older Child by Brenda McCreight is the only book to address all of the challenges faced by the increasing number of parents who adopt children older than two years from the U.S. or abroad; and provide them with proven ways to overcome common problems and develop healthy, loving relationships with their child.

In supportive, easy-to-understand language, parents learn step-by-step how to identify their child’s unique needs and wounds, create a supportive home environment, and develop the skills needed to ally with their child against each challenge.


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Parenting Your Adopted Child (Book)

Parents of adopted children face some unique challenges in addition to all the “regular” issues that come with being a parent. Parenting Your Adopted Child provides helpful tools that enable families to understand and counter common myths about adoption that may be harmful to their children. It also clearly demonstrates how parents can effectively tailor their parenting approach to suit their child’s distinct needs.

Parenting Your Adopted Child answers such common concerns as:

Why, when, and how do I explain adoption to my child? How can I help my child deal with adoption at different stages of life?


Parenting Today’s Adolescent (Book)

When and how should you begin to prepare your child and yourself for the turbulent teenage years? According to bestselling authors Dennis and Barbara Rainey, it’s never too early -- or too late -- to start. In Parenting Today’s Adolescent, the Raineys draw from their own experiences raising six children, teaching hundreds of preadolescents in Sunday school and speaking with parents throughout America to provide them a mapped-out plan for adolescence. Parenting Today’s Adolescent presents strategies you can put immediately into action to guide your child to a responsible and God-honoring adulthood.

ADP40192 Price $13.95

Parenting The Hurt Child (Book)

When a child is adopted, he can arrive with hurts from the past pain that stunts his emotional growth, and your family’s life, too. At some point your parenting dreams can shatter and raising a hurt child becomes more like a burden than a blessing.

With time, patience, informed parenting and appropriate therapy, your adopted child can heal, grow, and develop beyond what seems possible now. Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky share their insights gathered through years of working with adopted kids who have experienced early trauma. If you’ve adopted a child, whatever the circumstances, you’ll find hope and healing on these pages for you, your family, and especially your adopted child.


Simple Secrets of Parenting: Easy as ABC (Book)

Parenting is the toughest job you’ll ever love, be driven crazy by, and from which you receive the most rewards. Simple Secrets of Parenting: Easy as ABC is a witty, insightful how-to guide for anyone living with children. Whether you’re a parenting novice or veteran, have toddlers or teens, you’ll find terrific child-rearing ideas and supportive information on every page! Used extensively as a graduation gift for foster/adoptive parent training.


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She Who is a Foster Mother (Art Print)

Suzy Toronto/Wonderful Wacky Women

These whimsical, bright watercolor prints honoring women began over a decade ago when Suzy’s son asked her,


Wanting to answer but not knowing much about his birthmother, she drew an image of a woman patterned after her, but left out distinct facial details to allow her son to imagine what his birthmother looked like.

She’s been painting these images ever since.

Visit www.AdoptionShop.com for a complete list of “Wonderful Wacky Women” prints


Practical Tools for Foster Parents (Book)

More than half a million children today live in out-of-home care, and many have special problems. The need for well-trained, loving foster parents has never been greater.

In this book, Girls and Boys Town offers these committed foster parents the professional tools they need, not only to care for foster children, but also to actually help them get better. Our approach to foster care focuses on building relationships with children, teaching them skills, and empowering them by teaching self-discipline and self-control. Inside, foster parents will find effective, research-based solutions for the common concerns facing foster parents.


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My Foster Care Journey (Lifebook)

A “ready-made” lifebook suitable for any child who has spent time in foster care. This is also a good post-adoption Lifebook.

With space for personal information to be added, My Foster Care Journey reads like a child’s story. And it is! It captures essential information while helping the child to make sense of their life.

Adoptive parents, foster parents, social workers and therapists can use this simple but powerful tool with the foster or adopted child.

27 full color pages. Spiral bound. Ages 1- 8.


Why Me? Entering Foster Care (Book)

This book deals with the upheaval a child experiences when entering foster care. The book is designed to help children adjust to this change by answering questions and offering reassurances. The book helps children understand that they have every right to feel safe and secure, to be happy, and to feel good; to see that they can make new friends, get help from their teachers when needed, and learn to make the best of their new homes.

The book does not need to be read to a child at one sitting; it can be used to address specific concerns as they arise, a page at a time, at the child’s pace.


How Micah Helped Build a Family (Book)

Micah has many questions for such a young boy. As a child who has lived with his biological mother, foster parents and eventually adoptive parents, he needs a great deal of reassurance. How Micah Helped Build a Family gives simple yet necessary explanations for many of the events, which have occurred in the child’s journey to his permanent adoptive home. Most importantly, it helps the child to accept that all of the significant adults in his life loved him, and truly did want what was best for him.This book is geared toward young children (ages 2-8) and deals with the emotions and issues that surround foster care and adoption.


What’s A Foster Family, Anyway? (Book)

Many children experience emotional turmoil due to the lack of information regarding foster homes and the expectations in their new surroundings. What’s A Foster Family, Anyway? helps children gain a basic understanding of the foster care system, set realistic expectations, and answer many of their questions and concerns.


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Adoption Art (Print)

18 x 24 original adoption art prints for home or office. These high quality prints make great gifts.

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A Practical Guide to Adoption Subsidies (E-book)

Learn the ins and outs of adoption subsidies and find out what subsidies for which you qualify.

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