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Browse the newest additions to our library.

  • Wonderfully You: An Ode to Adoption

  • Sullivan Goes To See Mama

  • When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

  • I have Two Families: A Children’s Book About Adoption

  • See No Color

  • We’re All Not the Same, But We’re Still Family: An Adoption and Birth Family Story

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KinKonnect in partnership with the New Jersey Adoption Clearing House (NJ ARCH) maintains an extensive library of books and videos. Borrowing from the library is simple, convenient and offered at no cost to NJ residents. 

Here’s how it works: Browse the collection and select the items you wish to borrow. Place the items in your cart, and fill out the required shipping information. The items will be shipped to you by USPS with a return shipping label provided for your convenience. Lending period is 4 weeks.
For best search results, we recommend selecting the “Advanced Search” to view the “audience” and “topic” selections. 
For more details or information, call us at 1.877.427.2465

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Parenting the Hurt Child

"When a child is adopted, he can arrive with hurts from the past---pain that stunts his emotional growth, and your family's life, too. At some point your parent... more

Keck, Gregory C., Ph.D.
Kupecky, Regina M., L.S.W.

Parenting the Hurt Child: Revised and Updated

"Sadly, the world is full of children who have been hurt by someone they should have been able to trust. If you've chosen to bring one of these children into yo... more

Keck, Gregory C., Ph.D.
Kupecky, Regina M., LSW

Parenting with Love and Logic

"As parents, you have only a few years to prepare your children for a world that requires responsibility and maturity for survival. That thought alone can send ... more

Cline, Foster, M.D.
Fay, Jim

Parenting with Stories

"This manual is designed to teach parents how to use stories to help their child. Most of the examples are from adopted and foster children. These story examp... more

Nichols, Melissa, M.A.
Lacher, Denise, M.A.

Parenting your Adopted Child

Parents of adopted children face unique challenges in addition to all the "regular" problems other families must face. This book provides helpful tools that ena... more

Adesman, Andrew M.D.

Parenting Your Adopted Older Child

This is a practical, no-nonsense guide for parents on how to deal with the issues older children face when joining a new adoptive family. The author, a mother ... more

McCreight, Brenda, Ph.D.

Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child

"Your internationally adopted child has different needs. So demonstrates Patty Cogen, who for the past decade has studied the adjustment and development of int... more

Cogen, Patty, M.A., Ed.D.

Parents Teens and Boundaries

Testing their limits is how teenagers grow and learn, yet most parents don't know how to draw the line. Here are 20 relationship-building techniques that will w... more

Bluestein, Jane, Ph.D.

Parents Wanted

Andy Fleck doesn't have much of a family. His dad has been in jail since Andy was ten and his mother gave him up to the state as "too hard to handle." A kid wi... more

Harrar, George

Parents, Pregnant Teens, & the Adoption Option

A practical, easy to read book for parents of pregnant teens (or for the teen herself). Covers the emotional shock, the importance of positive family support,& ... more

Lindsay, Jeanne Warren
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