National Adoption Awareness Month In Winchester

Press release from the Winchester Public Library:

November 17, 2020

November is National Adoption Awareness Month. We celebrate the commitment and courage of adoptive parents and the resilience and strength of adopted children. There are 1200 children in Massachusetts who are waiting for adoptive homes. Most of those children are over the age of six. The titles below cover many of the issues facing adoptive parents and adopted children. The search for birth parents and siblings; the process of attachment; the realities of open adoption; transracial and international adoption and the adventures of becoming a family – you can become aware of all these topics and gain a better understanding of multi-faceted aspects of adoption by checking out these books, audiobooks and ebooks.

Adults

The Kid

Lion

Adopting the Hurt Child

Little Fires Everywhere (Movie Tie-In)

What to Expect When You’re Adop...

In Their Voices

The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption

Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Per...

Honestly Adoption

The Family of Adoption

Philomena

YA

The First Part Last

The How & the Why

The Problem with Forever

Far from the Tree

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Children

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

The Day of Your Arrival

Wolfie the Bunny

I Can Make This Promise

Just Right Family

Questions and Feelings About Adoption

This press release was produced by the Winchester Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.