The following books are strongly recommended for individuals pursuing a first, second or third adoption! Reading will help you prepare for your adoption. You may purchase the books  for your home library(and may find yourself keeping them as a handy reference for years), or they are all available through your local library.

Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility.  Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay.

Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent. Lois Ruskai Melina

Adopting the Hurt Child : Keck & Kupecky

Attaching In Adoption : Deborah Gray  

Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss, Revised Edition :  Claudia Jewett  

Parenting From the Inside Out : Daniel Siegel  

Parenting the Hurt Child : Keck & Kupecky   

Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development : T. Berry Brazelton

Toddler Adoption, The Weaver's Craft : Mary Hopkins-Best  

With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over Age One :
Margi Miller and Nancy Ward (Available at www.childrenshomeadopt.org)