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ASIA's Lending Library

Welcome to ASIA’s lending library! Stop by the ASIA office to check out the books in which you have interest. If you'd like to donate some books of your own (relating to China, Taiwan or adoption) you can send them or drop them off at the ASIA office.

For further information, please contact ASIA.

ADOPTION
Adopting after Infertility - Patricia Irwin Johnston
Adoption in Oregon - Laurence H. Spiegel
Adoption in Oregon - N.A.F.A.
Adoption Is A Family Affair - Patricia Irwin Johnston
Adoption Resource Book (3rd edition) - Lois Gilman
An Empty Lap - Jill Smolowe
Are Those Kids Yours? - Cheri Register
Attaching in Adoption - Deborah D. Gray
Best of Adopted Child: For Parents Adopting Internationally - edited by Lois Melina
Best of Adopted Child: For Parents of Teenagers - edited by Lois Melina
Best of Adopted Child: For Waiting or New Adoptive Parents - edited by Lois Melina
Best of Adopted Child: The Growing Years - edited by Lois Melina
Building the Bonds of Attachment - Daniel A. Hughes
Cline/Helding Adopted & Foster Child Assessment - W.Cline and Cathy Helding
Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, The - edited by Hope Marindin
Handbook of International Adoption Medicine, The - Laurie Miller
Help for the Hopeless Child by Ronald S. Federici
Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss - Claudia Jewett
How to Make Adoption and Affordable Option - The National Endowment for Financial Education
Inside Transracial Adoption - Gail Steinberg
Lesbian and Gay Families- Jill S. Pollack
Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook, The- April Martin PhD.
Lifebook Example - Beth O'Malley
Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child - Beth O'Malley
Making Sense of Adoption - A Parent’s Guide By Lois Ruskai Melina
Primal Wound, The - Nancy Newton Verrier
Raising Adopted Children - Lois Ruskai Melina
Real Parents, Real Children - Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Roller Coaster Ride to a Family by Adoption, The - Adoptive Parents Committee, Inc.
Talking with Young Children about Adoption - Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
Unlit Path, An - Deborah L. Hannah
When Friends Ask about Adoption: Question and Asnwer Guide for Non-Adoptive Parents
and other Caring Adults-Linda Bothun
Whole Life Adoption Book, The - Jayne E. Schooler

WAITING CHILDREN
… And Then You Get Home with Your Older Child - Susan Ward
After the Tears: Parents Talk about Raising a Child with a Disability - Robin Simons
Best of Adopted Child: For Parents Adopting Older Children - edited by Lois Melina
Can This Child Be Saved - Foster W. Cline and Cathy Helding
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child - Trish Maskew
Waiting Child, The - Cindy Champnella
You Can Adopt: A Guide for Military Families with Emphasis on Waiting Children - Steve Humerickhouse

ADOPTING FROM CHINA
China Center of Adoption Affairs - published by China Center of Adoption Affairs
China Doll - Barbara Jean Hicks (fiction)
China Ghosts - Jeff Gammage
China's Lost Girls (DVD)
Death By Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages - Human Rights
Finding Happiness: Single Mothers Share their China Adoption Stories - edited by Jean Macleod and Joyce Melton Ma
Lost Daughters of China, The - Karin Evans
Love's Journey: A Collage of the China Adoption Experience - published by Love Without Boundaries
Picture Collection of Intercountry Adoption in China - published by China Center of Adoption Affairs
Yunnan Treasury 2003 - Hanni Beyer Lee and Pietra Z.A. Brady

CHINESE CULTURE
Always Getting Ready - James H. Barker
China From the Inside (DVD) - produced by PBS
China in Oregon - Northwest Regional China Council
China: The Culture - Bobbie Kalman
China: The Land - Bobbie Kalman
China: The People - Bobbie Kalman
Chinese Horoscopes - Lori Reid
Chinese Idioms and Their Stories - Zhang Ciyun
Chinese Massage - Dr. Y Manaka and Dr. I.A. Urquhart
Food in China - Jennifer Tan
Good Luck Life - Rosemary Gong
Great Wall, The
Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes Third Edition - Theodora Lau
I Can Read That: A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese Characters - Julie Mazel Sussman
Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China - Carol Stepanchuk and Charles Wong
Name Your Baby in Chinese - Lin Shan
Selected China Stories of Elder-Respecting - published by China Center of Adoption Affairs
Step into China - Neil Johnson
Storied History of China, A - Lu Qianfei
Tales of a Chinese Grandmother - Frances Carpenter
That's China Magazine - February 2005
Waiting - Ha Jin (fiction)
Women in Modern China - Marjorie Wall Bingham and Susan Hill Gross
World of Chinese Myths, The - Chen Jianing and Yang Yang

TRAVEL
Atlas of China - China Cartographic Publishing House
Citypack Beijing Travel Guide - Fodor's
Beautiful Scenery in Guangxi (DVD)
Beautiful Scenery in Guangxi (CD)
Bravo! Event and Party Resource Guide 2003 for Oregon and SW Washington - Mary Lou Burton
Bravo! Family Resource Guide 2003 for Oregon and SW Washington - Mary Lou Burton
Hangzhou - China Travel and Tourism Press
Nanning - Nanning Tourism Bureau
Nihao Magazine - February 2005

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Ancient China - Brian Williams
At Home in this World - Jean MacLeod
Behind the Wall of China - published by Young Discovery Library
Blue's Big Surprise - Deborah Reber
Children of China, The - Matti A. Pitkanen
Children of China, The - Song Nan Zhang
China Adoption Story: Mommy, Why Do We Look Different? - Frances M. Koh
China for Younger Readers - edited by Ye Yonglie and Wei Wen
China Then and Now - Susan Finney and Patricia Kindle
Chinese Cultural Resource Book - Irene Kwok
Chinese Eyes - Marjorie Ann Waybill
Chinese for Children Volume 1 - Liu Xun, Zhang Yajun, and Ding Yongshou
Chinese for Children Volume 2 - Liu Xun, Zhang Yajun, and Ding Yongshou
Chinese for Children Volume 3 - Liu Xun, Zhang Yajun, and Ding Yongshou
Chinese New Year - Shiah Mann
Chinese Proverbs - collected by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Coffee Can Kid, The - Jan M. Czech
Combate contra el Demonio de Nueve Cabezas - adapted by Zhen Ping
Costumes of Spledid China - published by Getherease Inc.
Count Your Way through China - Jim Haskins
David's Father - Robert Munsch
Destruir el Falso Oeste - adapted by Qing Ya
Growing Up in Anciet China - Ken Teague
Gung Hay Fat Choy: Happy New Year - Jun Behrens
Happy Adoption Day - John McCutcheon
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes - Rose Lewis
Immortal Fruit - Mei Ying
Journey Through China - Philip Steele
Kids Like Me in China - Ying Ying Fry
La Cueva de las Aranas - adapted by Wen Chengde
La Montana Qijue - adapted by Wu Tingjie
Language Littles - published by Language Littles
Legends of Ten Chinese Traditional Festivals - edited by Li Shufen
Lenda's Story - Marianne Frantz
Little Heroes from Across the Seas - Dafna Lender, LCSW
Long is a Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children - Peggy Goldstein
Long Ride, The - Don Regier
Look Who's Adopted - Michael S. Taheri and James F. Orr
Lucy's Family Tree - Karen Halvorsen Schreck
Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy? - Elaine R. Gordon, Ph.D
Mother for Choco, A - Keiko Kasza
My Mei Mei - Ed Young
New English-Chinese Dictionary for Children, A
Our Baby From China - Nancy D'Antonio
Over Land and Sea: A Story of International Adoption - Steven L. Layne
Peacock Princess - adapted by Ting Ting
Science Stories of Ancient China: Architecture of Ancient China - adapted by Zhu Kang
Science Stories of Ancient China: Distinguished Doctors of Ancient China - Zhu Kang
Science Stories of Ancient China: Four Inventions in Ancient China - Zhu Kang
Science Stories of Ancient China: Stories of Scientists in Ancient China - compiled by Zhu Kang
Se domina al demonio del Rio Arenoso - adapted by Fang Yuan
Selection of Chinese Classical Poems with Illustrations, A - edited by Wang Yanbo and Ren Guang
Sing Chinese! Popular Children's Songs and Lullabies - compiled by Cindy Mao and Ma Baolin
Sister for Matthew, A - Pamela Kennedy
Teach Me…Chinese - Judy Mahoney
Three Man-Eaters on Lion-Camel Mountain - adapted by Liu Zhigui and Zhang Jing
Tintin's Travel Diaries: China - Maximilien Dauber and Martine Noblet
W.I.S.E. Up Powerbook - Marilyn Schoettle, M.A.
We See the Moon - Carrie A. Kitze
White Swan Express, The - Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki
Whoever You Are - Mem Fox
Why Snails Have Shells: Minority and Han Folktales of China - retold by Carolyn Han

MAGAZINES
Adoption Guide 2006
Adoption Guide 2007
Adoption Today, May 2003
Adoption Today, September 2003
Adoption Today, November 2003
Adoption Today, December/January 2004
Adoption Today, February/March 2004
Adoption Today, April/May 2004
Adoptive Families, May/June 2000
Adoptive Families, March/April 2002
Adoptive Families, July/August 2002
Adoptive Families, November/December 2002
Adoptive Families, January/February 2003
Adoptive Families, March/April 2003
Adoptive Families, June 2003
Adoptive Families, August 2003
Adoptive Families, December 2003
Adoptive Families, April 2004
Adoptive Families, October 2004
Adoptive Families, December 2005
Adoptive Families, February 2006
Adoptive Families, August 2007
Adoptive Families, October 2007
Adoptive Families, December 2007
Metro Parent, 2006-2007
Metro Parent, 2007-2008
Mid Valley Moms, September 2007
Mid-Willamete Valley Your Kids Monthly, June 2007

MEDIA IN CHINESE
Bushwomen - Laura Flanders
Children's Lullabies (CD)
Children's Songs (set of 6 cassette tapes)
Chinese Poems with CD
Guangxi Tourism Guide
Yu Wen 6
Zodiac Pop Up Book 1
Zodiac Pop Up Book 2

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