China Books

(ISBN:0807561622) (For this item please quote stock ID 18461) ISBN: 0807561622

An invaluable resource for any family who has adopted or is planning to adopt from China, A Passage to the Heart gathers together more than one hundred articles published over the past few years in the regional newsletters of the leading Chinese-adoption support group, Families with Children from China, and similar organisations across the United States, Canada, and Britain. Writing from personal experience as adoptive parents or professionals working with adoptive families, the authors discuss such topics as: >the waiting period >the adoption journey >settling in as a new or expanded family >specific issues of health & development for children adopted from China >the special challenges & rewards of adopting children over age one >single parenting through adoption >perspectives on China & international adoption >culture, language, identity, & race >going back to our children's birth country >thinking about birth parents >other adoption issues. By turns funny, moving, practical, informative, and deeply personal, this collection is a treasure trove for all families who have adopted children from China, as well as anyone who would like to learn more about international adoption. Proceeds from the book benefit the Amity Foundation and the Foundation for Chinese Orphanages-two charitable organizations providing medical care, foster care, and other services to improve the lives of children living in China's orphanages. (ISBN:0963847228) (For this item please quote stock ID 21082) ISBN: 0963847228

'The baby is screaming again. My baby. I hoist her off the narrow hotel bed - again - and try to cradle her as I rock my torso back and forth in an uncomfortable straight-backed chair. 'This baby does not cradle. She doesn't know how to cuddle, to be soothed in anyone's arms. She howls and arches away, squirms and flops, a sixteen-pound fish out of water. I'm not used to holding babies, and she's not used to be being held, but when I try to put her down, she wails. My arms feel chafed, raw, and my wrists ache from the hours of straining to hang on to her. 'Huge tears pool in her eyes. These tears could break my heart. These screams could break my eardrums.' After years as a temporary college instructor with no real home - her family and longtime friends scattered - Nancy McCabe yearned to settle down, establish a place she could call home, and rear a child there. A tough academic job market led her to accept a position at a church-connected college in the deep South, a move that felt like an uneasy return to the conservative environment of her childhood that she thought she had left behind. McCabe had many reservations about rearing a child alone in this climate, but the desire to become a mother would not go away. Meeting Sophie tells the story of McCabe adopting a Chinese daughter and the many obstacles she faced during the adoption and adjustment process as she renegotiated her role within her family and fought difficulties in her job. Especially poignant is her struggle to bond with a sick, grieving baby while in a foreign country during political unrest - followed, upon her return to the U.S., by a devastating loss and a career crisis. Nancy McCabe's creative nonfiction has won a Pushcart Prize and been listed in Best American Essays twice. She is the author of After the Flashlight Man: A Memoir of Awakening and the Assistant Professor of Writing and Director of Writing Programs at the University of Pittsburgh in Bradford. (ISBN:0826214959) (For this item please quote stock ID 21134) ISBN: 0826214959

A moving photo-essay that provides a child's eye look at Chinese adoptions, helping to explain some of the whys and hows that have brought these children to their new families. With sensitive text and touching photography, When You Were Born in China brings the whole process of Chinese International Adoption to a personal scale. The book speaks directly to the adopted child, assuring her that hers is a special story, one that started in an ancient and amazing country. The text then suggests that maybe the reader has a few questions about her story, how she was born in China, who might have known her then, and how she came to be adopted. It then provides a brief overview of some of the factors that may have contributed to her story, such as China's population control policies, and the cultural desire to have a son. It goes on to tell the story of what might have happened to the reader: life in an orphanage or a foster home, perhaps, and then the formal adoption process leading up to meeting her new mother and father for the first time, and finally the flight home. This book will be invaluable to adoptive parents who are looking for just the right words to help their child understand some of the factors that brought them together. It sensitively addresses the difficult issue of why birthparents felt they could not care for their child, and it provides some context for the whole process. The book will be enjoyed by school-agers and adults, and can be read or paraphrased to younger children as an excellent way to integrate these topics into their daily lives. Chinese adoptions are by far the most active International Adoption Programs, currently surpassing Korea and South America is numbers of children placed. Thousands of Chinese children needing families have been matched with families needing children, and predictions are that the number of placements will continue to increase over the coming years. (ISBN:096384721X) (For this item please quote stock ID 21083) ISBN: 096384721X

In this first view of China adoption from a child's perspective, eight-year-old Ying Ying Fry returns to her orphanage to remember what it is like and to write a story so that other adopted children will understand where they came from. Kids Like Me in China combines real-life photos with the forthright observations and complex feelings of an adopted child as she meets caregivers and befriends children in the city where her life began. This book will inspire all adopted children to take charge of their own life stories. Ying Ying Fry is in third grade at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco, where she studies all subjects in both English and Mandarin. She is a Junior Girl Scout and likes to play soccer, draw, read and write stories. She wrote this book with help from her mother, Amy Klatzkin, a contributing editor to Adoptive Families Magazine and the editor of A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China. 'Ms. Fry writes with such delight and keen observation, you feel like you are visiting the orphanage with her. Every adopted child will love to read this book again and again. It is their story too - Rose Lewis, author of I Love You Like Crazy Cakes. (ISBN:0963847260) (For this item please quote stock ID 21084) ISBN: 0963847260

In recent years the Chinese government has made it easier for foreigners to adopt Chinese children. It is estimated that there are up to four million Chinese baby girls in orphanages, and the number of those in the West adopting these orphans is growing steadily. This book is a resource guide for people interested in adopting in China - what to do, who to see and how much it will cost. It simplifies and explains important information about a sometimes mysterious subject. It is also a personal story of middle-aged couple's quest to become parents - why and how they made the decision and what went on before, during and after the trip to China. Written for a North American audience but very applicable to anyone interested in adoption. (ISBN:1884654002) (For this item please quote stock ID 14702) ISBN: 1884654002

A celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Nearly everyone knows someone who has adopted a child, and more and more of these adoptions happen internationally. In simple, heartfelt language, I Love You Like Crazy Cakes tells the story of how one mother found her baby daughter by travelling to China. The story of that journey, based on the author's own experience, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Infused with maternal love, I Love You Like Crazy Cakess features soft watercolours by bestselling artist Jane Dyer. The New York Times writes, 'Any children's book about adoption is apt to draw sticky questions from its young readers, especially a book about cross-cultural adoption. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, a richly illustrated picture book by Rose Lewis, a first-time author and adoptive mother, provides a lovely context in which to field some of those questions.' (ISBN:0316525383) (For this item please quote stock ID 18460) ISBN: 0316525383

A second, revised edition of the book which considers the issues faced by adoptive families after a child comes home. Topics ranging from the problems with children who have experienced prenatal drug exposure, to telling your child that they are adopted, are covered, as are the changes which have affected the adoption procedure. (ISBN:0060957174) (For this item please quote stock ID 21087) ISBN: 0060957174

Although Emily Buchanan had a highly successful career in broadcasting and a loving husband there was something missing from her life: she desperately wanted children. After the trauma of three miscarriages, Emily and her husband Gerald were forced to accept the knowledge that they would not be able to have children of their own and decided to look into adoption. Their desire to have a very young baby led them to consider an adoption from abroad. As a journalist Emily knew only too well the sad plight of many children in the world trafficked to desperate couples and determined that her child had to come from a country where adoption was properly regulated. In this touching story Emily describes their first meeting with Jade Lin, who had been left on the steps of an orphanage in a small town in Inner Mongolia just after she had been born. Unlike many of the thousands of less fortunate babies abandoned each year in China, Jade Lin had been placed with a foster family before being approved for adoption and allocated to a family. It was love at first sight for Emily and Gerald, but they still had obstacles of language and culture to cross, as well as dealing with the reaction of friends and family back at home. This diary tells in vivid detail the highs and lows of Emily's journey to motherhood. (ISBN:0470093439) (For this item please quote stock ID 25879) ISBN: 0470093439