Books for
Parents
---- go to Medical/Developmental
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(Skip to Children's books, below.)
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Medical/
Developmental
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The Baby Book --Everything
You Need to Know About Your Baby--From Birth to Age Two,
William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N. (Boston: Little, Brown
& Co., 1993). |
v1, #1 |
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Touchpoints, T. Berry Brazelton,
M.D. (Reading, Pa.: Addison-Welsey Pub. Co., 1992). |
v1, #1 |
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Your Child's Health, Barton D.
Schmitt, M.D., F.A.A.P. (N.Y.: Bantam Books, revised ed., 1991)
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v1, #1 |
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Parenting
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How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen
so Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (N.Y.:
Avon books, 1980). |
v3, #1 |
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1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children
2-12, Thomas D. Phelan, Ph.D. (Ill.: Child Management,
Inc., 2nd. edition, 1995.) (See companion video by the same name.) |
v4, #6 |
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Real Parents, Real Children -- Parenting
the adopted child, Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
(N.Y.: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1993). |
v2, #3 |
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Raising Adopted Children, Lois
Ruskai Melina (N.Y.: Harper Perennial, 1986). |
v2, #3 |
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How to Raise an Adopted Child,
Judith Schaffer and Christina Lindstrom (N.Y.: Crown Publishers,
1989). |
v2, #3 |
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Inside Transracial Adoption (See
citation in Adoption Story/Issues below.) |
v7, #3 |
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Attaching in Adoption, Deborah
D. Gray (Indianapolis, Ind.: Perspectives Press, Inc., 2002). |
v8, #2 |
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The Preschool Years, Ellen Galinsky
and Judy David (N.Y.: Ballentine Books, 1988). |
v2, #5 |
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The Difficult Child, Stanley Turecki,
M.D., and Leslie Tonner (N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1985). |
v4, #5 |
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Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary
Sheedy Kurchinka (N.Y.: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991). |
v3, #5 |
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Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide,
Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley,
1997).
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v4, #2 |
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Adoption Story/Issues
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When You Were Born in China, a
memory book for children adopted from China, Sara Dorow with
photographs by Stephen Wunrow (Minneapolis: Yeong & Yeong,
1996). |
v2, #6 |
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Talking with Young Children About Adoption,
Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher (New Haven: Yale University Press,
1993). |
v2, #6 |
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Making Sense of Adoption, Lois
R. Melina (N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1989). |
v2, #6 |
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Shared Fate: A Theory and Method of Adoptive
Relationships, H. David Kirk (N.Y.: The Free Press, Macmillan
Publishing Co., Second edition, 1984). |
v2, #3 |
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Are Those Kids Yours?, Cheri Register
(N.Y.: The Free Press, Simon & Schuster,
1991). |
v7, #2 |
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Beyond Good Intentions, Cheri Register
(St. Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong, 2005). |
v11, #6 |
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Inside Transracial Adoption, Gail
Steinberg & Beth Hall (Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press,
2000). |
v7, #3 |
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Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment,
Adoption and Orphanage Care in China, Kay Ann Johnson
(St. Paul, Minn.: Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2004). |
v10, #1 |
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Being Adopted - the Lifelong Search for
Self, David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall D. Schechter,
M.D., and Robin Marantz Henig (N.Y.: Anchor Books, Doubleday,
1992). |
v1, #4 |
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The Children Can't Wait: China's Emerging
Model for Intercountry Adoption, Laura A. Cecere, MSW,
JD, LLM (Cambridge, MA: Self-published, 1998). (See ordering
details at http://www.chinaseasadopt.org/bookorder.html).
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v5, #4 |
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Chinese Culture/History/
Language
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Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts; Festivals
of China, Carol Stepanchuck and Charles Wong (San Francisco:
China Books & Periodicals, 1991). Illustrated |
v1, #6 |
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China Wakes, Nicholas Kristof and
Sheryl WuDunn (N.Y.: Times Books of Random House, 1994). |
v2, #2 |
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Legacies; A Chinese Mosaic, Bette
Bao Lord (N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, 1990). |
v2, #2 |
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The Search for Modern China, Johnathan
D. Spence (N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Co., 1990). |
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China: A New History (Enlarged
Edition), John King Fairbank and Merle Goodman (Ma.: Harvard
University Press, 1998). |
v7, #5 |
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China, a Macro History, Ray Huang
(N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1988). (ISBN 0-87332452-8). |
v7, #4 |
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China in Our Time, Ross Terrill
(N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1992). |
v8, #1 |
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River Town: Two years on the Yangtze,
Peter Hessler (N.Y.: HarperCollins Pub., Inc., 2001). |
v7, #6 |
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Chinese Lessons, John Pomfret (N.Y.:
Henry Holt and Co., 2006). |
v12, #5 |
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Wild Swans; Three Daughters of China,
Jung Chang (N.Y.: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1991). |
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The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native
Speaker, Eric Liu (N.Y.: Random House, 1998). |
v4, #5 |
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Confucius Lives Next Door, T. R.
Reid (N.Y.: Random House, Vintage Books, 1999). |
v7, #1 |
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Katherine, Anchee Min (N.Y.: Riverhead
Books, 1995). (a novel) |
v3, #3 |
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Red Azalea, Anchee Min (N.Y.: Pantheon
Books, 1994). (a novel) |
v3, #3 |
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The Genius of China, Robert Temple
(N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1986). |
v7, #4 |
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Emperor of China; Self-portrait of K'ang
Hsi, Johnathan D. Spence (N.Y.: Random House, Vintage
Books, 1975). |
v11, #4 |
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Speaking of Chinese, Raymond &
Margaret S. Chang (N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Co., 1978). |
v6, #1 |
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Read and Write Chinese; [using
Pinyin romanization] Rita Mei-Wah Choy (San Francisco: China
West Books, 1990). |
v6, #1 |
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Reading and Writing Chinese; A Guide to
the Chinese Writing System, [using Yale romanization]
William McNaughton (Rutland, VT & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E.
Tuttle Co., 1979). (Note: now available
in an edition using pinyin romanization.) |
v2, #4 |
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Concise English-Chinese, Chinese-English
Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Oxford; NY.: Oxford University
Press, 1999). |
v5, #6 |
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Features of dictionaries
and how to select English-Chinese and Chinese-English
dictionaries (An article with graphics showing samples of page
entries). |
from v3, #5 |
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Books for Children
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Listed books for children
are either China-related, adoption-related, or multicultural
in text or illustration. Ages are suggested. |
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Infant & toddler
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Say Goodnight, Helen Oxenbury (N.Y.:
Aladdin Books, Macmillan, 1987). |
v1, #2 |
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Corduroy's Party, and Corduroy's
Day, Lydia Freeman (N.Y.: Viking, 1985). |
v1, #2 |
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Peek-A-Boo, I See You, Joan Phillips
(N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1992). |
v1, #3 |
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Toddler & preschool
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If I Could Be a Circus Clown, J.
Ellen Dolce (N.Y.: Modern Publishing, 1988). |
v1, #2 |
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Lon Po Po, translated and illustrated
by Ed Young (N.Y.: Philomel Books, 1989). |
v1, #2 |
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The Postman, Rosalinda Kightley
(N.Y.: Macmillan, 1988). |
v1, #3 |
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Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies,
Ann Turner (N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1990). |
v4, #2 |
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Emma's Dragon Hunt, written and
illustrated by Catherine Stock (N.Y.: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Books, 1984). |
v4, #5 |
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Someone Says, by Carole Schaefer,
illustrated by Pierr Morgan (N.Y.: Viking, 2003). |
v11, #4 |
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Preschool & older
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The Mouse Bride: A Chinese Folktale,
retold by Monica Chang and illustrated by Leslie Liu (Taiwan:
Yuan-Lioy Publishing Co., 1994). |
v1, #3 |
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Dragon Kites and Dragonflies, adapted
and illustrated by Demi, from Tze-Si Huang (N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace
& Co., 1986). |
v1, #3 |
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Red Eggs & Dragon Boats; Celebrating
Chinese Festivals, Carol Stepanchuck (Berkeley: Pacific
View Press, 1994). Illustrated |
v1, #2 |
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A Sky Full of Dragons, Mildred
Watley Wright (Austin, Texas, Steck Vaughn Co., 1969). Illustrated |
v3, #5 |
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Roses Sing on New Snow, Paul Yee
(N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991). Illustrated |
v3, #5 |
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Long is a Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children,
Peggy Goldstein (N.Y.: Scholastic, Inc., 1991). Illustrated |
v2, #1 |
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Hu is a Tiger: An Introduction to Chinese
Writing, Peggy Goldstein (N.Y.: Scholastic, Inc., 1995).
Illustrated |
v3, #6 |
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Weighing the Elephant, retold by
Jin Honggang (Beijing: Dolphin Books, 1996. ISBN 7-80051-391-2). |
v4, #5 |
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The Empty Pot, Demi (N.Y.: Henry
Holt & Co., Inc., 1990). Illustrated by the author |
v5, #1 |
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The Dragon Prince, retold by Laurence
Yep (N.Y.: Harpercollins Publishers, 1997). Illustrated by Kam
Mak |
v5, #2 |
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Nina, Nina, Ballerina, Jane O'Connor,
illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap,
Inc., 1993). |
v5, #3 |
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The Stonecutter, retold and illustrated
by Demi (N.Y.: Crown Publishers, 1995). |
v5, #4 |
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Lord Bao Interrogates the Stone,
retold by Yan Chun (Beijing: Dolphin Books, 1996. ISBN 7-80051-328-9). |
v6, #4 |
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Tye May's Magic Brush, retold by
Molly Bang (N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, Wm. Morrow & Co., 1981). |
v8, #6 |
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Young Elem. & older
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When You Were Born in China (See
listing at Adoption Story/Issues above.) |
v2, #6 |
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The Moon Lady, Amy Tan (Macmillan,
1992). |
v1, #5 |
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Red Thread, Ed Young (N.Y.: Philomel
Books, 1993). |
v3, #2 |
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Count Your Way Through China, Jim
Haskins (MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1987). Illustrated by Dennis Hockerman |
v8, #6 |
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The Seven Chinese Sisters, Cathy
Tucker (IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 2003). Illustrated by Grace
Lin |
v9, #6 |
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At Home in this World: a China adoption
story, Jean MacLeod (NJ: EMK Press, 2003). Illustrated
by Qin Su |
v10, #4 |