Cultural Resources

DISCOVER CHINA: This Web site features several topics (religion, history, education, etc.) that will teach you about China and its culture.

PEOPLE'S DAILY: A newspaper in China with a circulation of three million, People's Daily brings the latest news of dispatches of policy information and resolutions of the Chinese Government.

KID'S CHINA CULTURE CENTER: Containing a compilation of many links of interest to families of international adoption, this Web site keeps people informed of regional cultural events of interest.

CHINESE SUPER WEB SITE: Here you will find many many sites or links that will assist you in learning more about China and the Chinese language and culture.

CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL: This site offers information of the Chinese cultural heritage. The site also features an open forum for readers of China the Beautiful. There you are invited to visit and/or post comments.

CHINA PROVINCIAL MAPS: Collecting, scanning and publishing all kinds of China maps and China travel guides is what this site is all about. It can help you plan your next trip to China; or, just learn more about China.

MY HOME TOWN IN CHINA: According to this Web site, it's purpose is to help children adopted in China learn more about their home towns and home provinces.

ADOPTION FROM CHINA: ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: Adoptive Families, the award-winning national adoption magazine, is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.

FAQs FOR INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTING PARENTS: Responses for frequently asked questions about your internationally adopted child.

CHINESE WORDS AND PHRASES FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS

RESEARCH-CHINA

Adoption Related Products

PROJECT LIFEBOOK: Materials and ideas to help you make a meaningful lifebook for your adopted child.

ADOPTION LIFEBOOK SUPPLIES: A great resource for adoption scrapbook/lifebook supplies and information.

CHINASPROUT: A site for Chinese cultural educational products including books, apparel, accessories, home decor, toys, music, and much more.

PLUM BLOSSOM: This is a nice store in Geneva, IL that specializes in Asian gifts and home furnishings.

Bibliography

This list includes books and audiovisual materials for children, young adults, and adults concerning the topics of adoption, international adoption, Chinese culture, and family life. Most of these materials can be found at your local library, bookstores, or via online vendors.

Picture Books for Children: Adoption

• NEW! Blackington, Debbie. Mama's Wish/Daughter's Wish. Pebbleton Press, 2004.
• Bunting, Eve Jin Woo. Clarion, 2001.
• Busby, Rich. Carson's Book: A Story About Adoption. AuthorHouse, 2005.
• Carlson, Nancy. My Family is Forever. Viking, 2004.
• Caseley, Judith. Sisters. Greenwillow, 2004.
• Chapman, Steven Curtis. Shaoey and Dot. Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2004.
• NEW! Coste, Marion. Finding Joy. Boyds Mills Press, 2006
• NEW! Cummings, Mary. Three Names of Me. Albert Whitman and Company, 2006.
• D'Antonio, Nancy. Our Baby from China: An Adoption Story. Albert Whitman, 1997.
• Dorow, Sara. When You Were Born in China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 1997.
• Friedrich, Molly. You're Not My Real Mother! Little, Brown and Company, 2004.
• Fry, Ying Ying. Kids Like Me in China. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2001.
• Girard, Linda Walvoord. We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo. Albert Whitman, 1989.
• Hodge, Deborah. Emma's Story. Tundra Books, 2003.
• Kasza, Keiko. A Mother for Choco. Putnam, 1992.
• Katz, Karen. Over the Moon. Henry Holt and Company, 2001.
• Keller, Holly. Horace. Greenwillow, 1991.
• Kennedy, Pamela. A Sister for Matthew. Ideals Publications, 2006.
• Kitze, Carrie. I Don't Have Your Eyes. EMK Press, 2003.
  We See the Moon. EMK Press, 2003.
• Kroll, Virginia. Beginnings - How Families Came to Be. Albert Whitman, 1994.
• Layne, Steven. Over Land and Sea: A Story of International Adoption. Pelican Publishing, 2005.
• Lewis, Rose. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes. Little, Brown and Company, 2002.
• MacLeod, Jean. At Home in this World…A China Adoption Story. EMK Press, 2003.
• McCutcheon, John. Happy Adoption Day! Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
• McMahon, Patricia. Just Add One Chinese Sister. Boyds Mills Press, 2005.
• Okimoto, Jean Davies. The White Swan Express : A Story about Adoption. Clarion Press, 2002.
• Peacock, Carol. Mommy Far, Mommy Near - An Adoption Story. Albert Whitman, 2000.
• Pellegrini, Nina. Families are Different. Holiday House, 1991.
• Petertyl, Mary. Seeds of Love: For Brothers and Sisters of International Adoption. Folio One, 1997.
• Powell, Jillian. Adoption. Raintree, Steck-Vaughn, 1999.
• Rosenberg, Liz. We Wanted You. Roaring Book Press, 2002.
• Say, Allen. Allison. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
• Shemin, Craig. Families are Forever. As Simple as That, 2003.
• NEW! So, Sungwan. Shanyi Goes to China. Frances Lincoln, 2006
• Stoeke, Janet. Waiting for May. Dutton, 2005.
• Thomas, Eliza. The Red Blanket. Scholastic, Inc., 2004.
• Young, Ed. My Mei Mei. Philomel Books, 2006.
• Zisk, Mary. The Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted. Albert Whitman, 2001.
  

Picture Books for Children: China and Chinese Culture

• Berkeley, Jon. Chopsticks. Random House, 2006.
• Brett, Jan. Daisy Comes Home. 2002.
• Bridges, Shirin Yim. Ruby's Wish. Chronicle Books, 2002.
• Chinn, Karen. Sam and the Lucky Money. Lee & Low, 1995.
• Cole, Joanna. Mrs. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China. Scholastic, Inc., 2005.
• Compestine, Ying Chang. D is for Dragon Dance. Holiday House, 2006.
• Compestine, Ying Chang. The Story of Chopsticks. Holiday House, 2001.
  The Story of Noodles. Holiday House, 2002.
  The Story of Paper. Holiday House, 2003.
  The Story of Kites. Holiday House, 2003.
• Compestine, Ying Chang. The Runaway Rice Cake. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
• Czernecki, Stefan. Paper Lanterns. Talewinds, 2001.
• Davol, Marguerite. The Paper Dragon. Atheneum,1997.
• Gower, Catherine. Long-Long's New Year: A Story about the Chinese Spring Festival. Tuttle Publishing, 2005.
• Katz, Karen. My First Chinese New Year. Henry Holt and Company, 2004.
• Lewin, Ted. Big Jimmy's Kum Kau Chinese Take Out. HarperCollins, 2002.
• Lin, Grace. Fortune Cookie Fortunes. Knopf, 2004.
  Dim Sum for Everyone! Knopf, 2001.
• Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Harper & Row, 1984.
• Mahy, Margaret. Seven Chinese Brothers. Scholastic, Inc., 1990.
• Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo. Henry Holt and Company, 1968.
• Partridge, Elizabeth. Oranges on Golden Mountain. Dutton, 2001.
• Pilegard, Virginia. The Warlord's Kites. Pelican Publishing Company, 2004.
• Provensen, Alice. The Master Swordsman & The Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
• Sanger, Amy Wilson. Yum Yum Dim Sum. Tricycle Press, 2003.
• Schaefer, Carole Lexa. The Squiggle. Knopf, 1996.
  Someone Says. Viking, 2003.
• Simonds, Nina. Moonbeams, Dumplings, & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes. Gulliver Books, 2002.
• Sing, Rachel. Chinese New Year's Dragon. Half Moon Books, 1994.
• Thong, Roseanne. Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes. Chronicle Books, 2000.
  Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors. Chronicle Books, 2001.
  One Is a Drummer: A Boof of Numbers. Chronicle Books, 2004.
• Tucker, Kathy. Seven Chinese Sisters. Albert Whitman, 2003.
• Tsubakiyama, Margaret. Mei-Mei Loves the Morning. Albert Whitman, 1998.
• Wong, Janet. Apple Pie 4th of July. Voyager, 2002.
• Wong, Janet. This Next New Year. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
• Yang, Belle. Hannah is My Name. Candlewick, 2004.
• Young, Ed. Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China. Chronicle Books, 2005.

Audiovisual Materials for Children

• Bejing Angelic Choir. Chinese Lullabies. CD Recording. Wind Records, 1996.
• Big Bird in China. DVD/Videorecording. (Originally produced in 1983). Sony Wonder, 2004.
• "I Have Roots & Branches"... Personal Reflections on Adoption. DVD/Videorecording. Adoptvideo.Com, 2004.
• I Love You Like Crazy Cakes and More Stories about Families. Videorecording. New Video Group, 2006.

Young Adult Nonfiction

• Chen, Da. China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. Delacorte Books, 2001.
• Jiang, Ji-li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. HarperCollins, 1997.
• Mah, Adeline Yen. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. Delacourte Books, 1999.
• Miner, Chalise. Rain Forest Girl: More Than an Adoption Story. Mitchell Lane Publishers, 1998.
• Verbrugge, Allen. Adoption. Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006.
• Yu, Chun. Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2005.

Young Adult Fiction

• Cheng, Andrea. Shanghai Messenger. Lee & Low Books, 2005.
• Kosolov, Jaqueline. Grace from China. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2004.
• Lee, Marie. Somebody's Daughter. Beacon Press, 2005.
• Lin, Grace. Year of the Dog. Little, Brown & Company, 2006.
• Namioka, Lensey. Mismatch. Delacourte Press, 2006.
• Wong, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily. Amulet, 2005.
• Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. Harper & Row, 1975.

Nonfiction for Adults: General Adoption/International Adoption

• Adesman, Andrew. Parenting Your Adopted Child: A Positive Approach to Building a Strong Family. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
• Alperson, Myra. Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001.
• Alpert, Barbara. Child of My Heart: A Celebration of Adoption. Penguin Putnam, 1999.
• Bowen, Richard. Mei Mei Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage. Chronicle Books, 2005.
• Coughlin, Amy. Cross Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions from Family, Friends, and Community. LifeLine Press, 2004.
• Dorow, Sara. Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, And Kinship. New York University Press, 2006.
• Evans, Karin. The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past. J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000.
• Gray, Deborah. Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents. Perspectives Press, 2002.
• Hopkins-Best, Mary. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft. Perspectives Press, 1998.
• Johnson, Kay Ann. Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2004.
• Klatzkin, Amy. A Passage to the Heart: Writing from Families with Children from China. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 1999.
• O'Malley, Beth. Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child. Adoption-Works, 2000.
• Register, Cheri. Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries. Free Press, 1991.
  Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children. Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2005.
• Siegel, Joan. Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter. Grayson Books, 2001.

Nonfiction for Adults: Memoirs/Biographies

• Buchanan, Emily. From China with Love: A Long Road to Motherhood. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005.
• Chai, May-Lee. The Girl from Purple Mountain: Love, Honor, War and One Family's Journey from China to America. Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
• Champnella, Cindy. The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another. Thorndike Press, 2003.
• Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Globalfair, Ltd., 1991.
• Conroy, Maggie. A World of Love. Kensington Books, 1997.
• Dann, Patty. The Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption. Hyperion, 1998.
• Demers, David. China Girl: One Man's Adoption Story. Marquette Books, 2004.
• Klose, Robert. Adopting Alyosha: A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia. University Press of Mississippi, 1999.
• McCabe, Nancy. Meeting Sophie: A Memoir of Adoption. University of Missouri Press, 2003.
• Newman, Janis Cooke. The Russian Word for Snow: A True Story of Adoption. St. Martin's Press, 2001.
• Prager, Emily. Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Daughter Back to her Hometown in China. Random House, 2001.
• Smolowe, Jill. An Empty Lap: One Couple's Journey to Parenthood. Pocket Books, 1997.
• Turner, Shannon. Miracles for Marlee. AuthorHouse, 2002.
• Tucker, Neely. Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir. Crown Publishers, 2004.
• Wheeler, Kathleen. Adopting in China: A Practical Guide, An Emotional Journey. Tracks Publishing, 1999.
• Woodard, Sarah Lynn. Daughter from Afar: A Family's International Adoption Story. Writers Club Press, 2002.

Fiction for Adults

• Ball, David. China Run. Simon & Schuster, 2002.
• McCunn, Ruthanne. Moon Pearl. Beacon Press, 2000.
• Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Knopf, 2001.
• Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Putnam's, 1989.
  The Kitchen God's Wife. Ballantine, 1991.
  The Hundred Secret Senses. Putnam's, 1995.
  The Bonesetter's Daughter. Ballantine, 2001.
• Tyler, Anne. Digging to America. Knopf, 2006.

Audiovisual Materials for Adults

• Nee, Rebecca Coates. Adopting from China: A Video Survival Guide. DVD/Videorecording. 2002.
• National Geographic - China's Lost Girls. DVD/Videorecording. National Geographic Video, 2004.
• Pearson, Elizabeth. The Red String. DVD/Videorecording. CustomFlix, 2004.