In an Instagram page in blog-like format, this resource offers a personal look at an adoptee’s thoughts and experiences about her identity and reunion experience. Hoogland is the CEO and founder of Adoptiepedia and plays a big role in the Asian adoptee community.
An archive of a podcast that discusses the (birth family) searching journey in multiple perspectives (adoptees, birth parents, & searchers). This is a great resource for adoptees interested in learning about the birth family search process.
This blog shares an adoptee’s experience about reunion with her birth family. It offers insight about how the experience has impacted her identity and how some adoptees integrate their lives with both their adoptive and birth families.
This is a short, narrative story about an adoptee’s experience meeting her birth mother. This story will benefit adoptees who are considering conducting a birth family search. The author cites that her narrative is not meant to be discouraging, but realistic.
This is a children’s book about a young bird (Choco) who journeys to find a mother who looks just like himself. Eventually, he is taken in by a family that he is not related to. This book is centered around the idea that family is about love — regardless of biological relationship. It emphasizes that families can be, and often are, very diverse.
This is a children’s book about a lost young bat who finds her way safely home to her mother and friends. It explores themes of friendship, celebrating differences, and belonging.
This book is about a Korean-American adoptee who returned to Korea at 20 to search for her birth mother. The author cites feeling conflicted, shattered, exhilarated, and moved in ways she never imagined. It also explores the concepts of belonging, identity, and courage.
This is the true story of Mei-Ling Hopgood, one of the first wave of Asian adoptees to arrive in America. She never identified with her Asian ancestry, but was quickly involved in Asian culture when her birth family contacted her. Lucky Girl is a tale of joy, regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery.
This is an annotated bibliography that covers adoption literature published from 1990 to 1991 suitable for children and young adults. There are 503 titles in this volume and are divided into fiction and nonfiction by reading level. The bibliography. It encompasses topics including sibling adoption, single-parent adoption, foster parent adoption, transracial and intercountry adoption, racial identity, and much more.
This is an illustrated memoir by a Swedish-Korean adoptee about her life as an adoptee. The author (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom) explores her feelings related to identity, abandonment, truth, and family. This memoir also details Sjöblom’s journey back to her orphanage in Korea. There, she finds out more about the circumstances surrounding her adoption and realizes that the truth is far more complicated than what she grew up being told.
