Aspiranet REACH Fresno County
Lending Library
REACH offers an extensive collection of adoption-related materials including books on adoptive parenting, talking with children and others about adoption, helping children adjust, and relative adoption. Additionally there are books for adopted youth and children, and various DVDs, videos, and other materials. Please call our office at 559.222.4969 and make an appointment to check out items.
Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections by Jean MacLeod
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents by Deborah D. Gray
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by D. Riley and J. Meeks
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by K. B. Purvis and D. R. Cross
Parenting Adopted Adolescents: Understanding and Appreciating Their Journeys by Gregory C. Keck
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by G. C. Keck and R. M. Kupecky
Raising Adopted Children: Practical, Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent by Lois R. Melina
Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child by H. Van Gulden and L. M. Bartels-Rabb
Reclaiming Hope: Overcoming the Challenges of Parent Foster and Adopted Children by Marcy Pusey
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments by Caroline Archer
Talking with Young Children About Adoption by M. Watkins and S. Fisher
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by B. Keefer and J. E. Schooler
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Bes
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
Understanding Infertility: Insights for Family and Friends by Patricia I. Johnston
Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families by J. E. Schooler, B. K. Smalley and T. J. Callahan
Choco encuentra una mamá by Keiko Kasza
Disciplina sin Lágrimas: Una guía imprescindible para orientar y alimentar el desarrollo mental de tu hijo
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
El Conejito Andarín by Margaret Wise Brown
Hijito Pollito by Marta Zafrilla and Nora Hilb
Mi Familia es de Otro Mundo! by Cecilia Blanco
Mi maravillosa historia de adopción by Amelia Rodriguez Gutierrez
Nacido del Corazón by Berta Serrano
Somos adoptados by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Stelaluna by Janell Cannon
The 5 Love Languages of Children by G. Chapman and D. R. Campbell
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents by Deborah D. Gray
Attaching through Love, Hugs, and Play: Simple Strategies to Help Build Connections with your Child by Deborah Gray
Becoming Attached by Robert Karen
Fostering Changes by Richard J. Delaney
I Love You Rituals by Becky A Bailey
Infants, Toddlers, and Families: A Framework for Support and Intervention by Karen Kurz-Riemer
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments by Caroline Archer
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behaviors by Heather T. Forbes and B. Bryan Post
Boundaries by H. Cloud and J. Townsend
Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom by Heather T. Forbes
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina P. Bryson
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected by Susan Stiffelman
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting by L. Markham
ScreamFree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by H. E. Runkel
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by E. Notbohm
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
Adoption is for Always by L. W. Girard and J. Friedman
All About Adoption: How Families are Made & How Kids Feel About It by Jane Annunziata and Marc A Nemiroff
An American Face by Jan M. Czech
And That’s Why She’s My Mama by Tiarra Nazario
Borya and the Burps: An Eastern European Adoption Story by J. McNamara and D. Majewski
Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
Charli’s Super Big Family Tree – An Open Adoption Story by Toni Serena
Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
Discovering Me: A Journey Book About Adoption by Betsy Trainor
Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini
Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights by Julie Nelson
A Family for Leanne by S. Griffin-Timberlake and J. Timberlake
Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can’t Live with Their Parets by J. Levy and W. Martin
Forever Family by Kelly & Lindsey Bullard
Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children by Sherrie Eldridge
Happy Adoption Day! by J. McCutcheon and J. Paschkis
How I Was Adopted by Joanna Cole
I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze
I Love You Rituals by Becky A. Bailey
Mommy and Me Don’t Match by K Monsma
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
Sam’s Sister by Juliet C. Bond
Skin Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
Some Babies Are Adopted by Cindy Walker
Sometimes It’s Grandmas and Grandpas: Not Mommies and Daddies by Gayle Byrne and Mary Haverfield
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie L. Curtis
The Day We Met You by Phoebe Koehler
The Family Book by Todd Parr
The Long Journey Home by Richard DeLaney
The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story by Anne Braff Braff Brodzinsky
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
The Tummy Mummy by Michelle Madrid-Branch
The Twelve Gifts of Birth by Charlene Costanzo
Two Birthdays for Beth by Gay Lynn Cronin
We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr
Yes, I’m Adopted! by Sharlie Zinniger
Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices, and recognizing bullying behaviors by Jayneen Sanders
My Body! What I Say Goes!: A book to empower and teach children about personal body safety, feelings, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, secrets and surprises, consent, and respectful relationships by Jayneen Sanders
My Body’s Mine: A Book on Body Boundaries and Sexual Abuse Prevention by Kayla J. W. Marnach
No Means No!: Teaching children about personal boundaries, respect and consent; empowering kids by respecting their choices and their right to say, ‘No!’ by Jayneen Sanders
Baby Owl Lost her Whoo by Cindy R. Lee
Doggie Doesn’t Know “No”! by Cindy R. Lee
Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions by Barbara S. Cain
Giant Jack by Birte Muller
It’s Tough to be Gentle: A Dragon’s Tale by Cindy R. Lee
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael López
Kelly Bear: Feelings by L. Davies and J. Davies
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need by Gabi Garcia
Listening with my Heart by Gabi Garcia and Ying Hui Tan
The Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself by Ali Redford
The Elephant with Small Ears by Cindy R. Lee
The Invisible String by P. Karst and G. Stevenson
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Penguin and the Fine-Looking Fish by Cindy R. Lee
The Redo Roo by Cindy R. Lee
The Way I Act by Steve Metzger
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
What Color is Your Day? by Camryn Wells and Eleanor Loseby
When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry… by Molly Bang
You, Me and Empathy by Jayneen Sanders and Sofia Cardoso
Dear Wonderful You: Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth by Diane René Christian and Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman
The Face in the Mirror: Teenagers and Adoption by Marion Crook
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lois Lowry
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Orphan Train by C. B. Kline
Patty’s Journey: From Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion by D. S. Norling and P. F. Clement
Three More Words by Ashley Rhones-Courter
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Why Me? by Deborah Kent
Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure: Research, Policy, and Practice by P. B. Barth, M. Freundlich and D. M. Brodzinsky
The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects by Liz Kulp and Jodee Kulp
Adopting and Ethics: Adoption and Assisted Reproduction by Madelyn Freundlich
Adopting and Ethics: The Role of Race, Culture, and National Origin in Adoption by Madelyn Freundlich
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by D. M. Brodzinsky, M. D. Schechter and R. M. Henig
Don’t Bite Your Tongue by Ruth Nemzoff
Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini
Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption by Sara Holloway
Fostering and Adopting the Troubled Child by Janet Clayton Glatz
Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption by Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott
Let’s Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
Life Givers by James L. Gritter
Nobody’s Children by Elizabeth Bartholet
Nurturing Adoptions by Deborah Gray
Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched by Adoption by Patricia I. Johnston
Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets by Carissa Phelps
Safe Passage by Richard J. Delaney
Taking Charge of Infertility by Patricia I. Johnston
Talking with Young Children About Adoption by M. Watkins and S. Fisher
The Adoption Triangle by Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran, and Reuben Pannor
The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on Children of Incarcerated Parents by Arlene F. Lee, Philip M. Genty, and Mimi Laver
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
To the End of June by Cris Beam
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Bes
Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk by Marc Parent
Children and Loss by Elizabeth Pomeroy and Renee Bradford Garcia
Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption by A. Koenig and N. Berg
The Spirit of Open Adoption by James L. Gritter
Black Grandparents as Parents by Lenora Madison Poe
Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family by S. De Toledo and D. E. Brown
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family by Arleta James
We are Family: Sibling Relationships in Placement and Beyond by Audrey Mullender
Black Baby White Hands by Jaiya John
Inside Transracial Adoption by G. Steinberg and B. Hall
Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families by J. E. Schooler, B. K. Smalley and T. J. Callahan
A Sensory World: Making Sense of Sensory Disorders by TCU Institute of Child Development
Attachment: Why it Matters by TCU Institute of Child Development
Children from Hard Places and the Brain by TCU Institute of Child Development
Empowering, Connecting & Correcting Principles (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
Facilitating Behavioral Change (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
Healing Research (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
Healthy Touch by TCU Institute of Child Development
Playful Interaction: Unlocking the Mysteries of Nurturing Human Relationships by TCU Institute of Child Development
Sensory Integration (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
TBRI Overview by TCU Institute of Child Development
The Neurochemistry of Fear (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
The Attachment Dance (Lecture Series) by TCU Institute of Child Development
Trust Based Parenting SPANISH by TCU Institute of Child Development
Trust-Based Parenting by TCU Institute of Child Development