All About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About It

Using simple language, describes the stages of the adoption process and discusses complex feelings commonly felt by adopted children.

Marc Nemiroff is a psychologist in Maryland. ?He earned his doctorate at Catholic University and is a graduate from a three-year writing program offered by New Directions in Writing from the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. ?He has held faculty positions at the Washington School of Psychiatry, George Washington University Doctor of Psychology Program, and he was a long-time adviser to the Children's Book Division of American Psychological Association.? He served as Consultant to The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children. He is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs?and Sometimes I'm Scared.??Visit Dr. Nemiroff at www.marcnemiroff.com.

Jane Annunziata, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with a private practice specializing in children and families in McLean, Virginia. Dr. Annunziata taught and supervised at multiple universities. As a writer, she has contributed parent guidance sections to many children’s books on such varied topics as shyness, parental depression, ambivalence, and a new baby in the family.?She is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs?and Sometimes I'm Scared.?

Carol Koeller is the illustrator of?Mom, Dad, Come Back Soon, as well as several educational books. Her expressive characters also appear in children's magazines and on greeting cards. She grew up on the East Coast, spent ten years in California, and then settled in Chicago, where she now lives with her husband, two daughters, and various pets. All About Adoption is her second picture book for Magination Press. Visit her at www.carolkoeller.com.