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AACASA Newsletters
AACASA Newsletters
are free to all financial AACASA
members.
Each edition of the Newsletter is
packed with stories, articles, photos, information, updates, and
more.
The inside cover of
the Newsletter has all the up-to-date names, numbers and email addresses for the
AACASA
contacts - including the General Committee Members, Executive Officers and
the State/Regional
Representatives.
The Newsletters are
issued in March, June, September and December of each
year.
AACASA
Calendar
Each year financial
AACASA member receives a free copy of the AACASA Calendar.
Extra copies of the
Calendar for family and friends can be ordered, see your latest edition of the
Newsletter for more details OR see information on ordering merchandise.
AACASA
e-group
Membership to the
AACASA e-group is free to all financial AACASA members.
Once you have joined
this e-group you can contribute to discussions or just sit back and
read.
The e-group is not
open to anyone and it is a moderated e-group.
If you wish to join
the e-group see information on the 'Notices' page of your latest edition of the
AACASA Newsletter.
AACASA Library
Donations to the library are always greatly appreciated... so if you have finished that book and wish to share it contact our librarian.
Current financial AACASA members are able to borrow from the AACASA library.
Many of these books are available in book stores in Australia especially the travel books
To borrow a book ...
- Simply email our librarian stating which books you'd like and she will send those to you.
- When you send the books back you'll need to post them together with a prepaid bag to cover the cost of the mailout. This bag is then used for the next mailout etc.
Note: some books may be unavailable at the time of the request, due to being out already.
Books currently in the AACASA library are:
TRAVEL
- SPECTRUM GUIDE TO ETHIOPIA
- GUIDE TO ETHIOPIA - PHILLIP BIGGS
- ETHIOPIA A TOURIST PARADISE (ETHIO TOURIST COMMISSION)
- LONELY PLANET - AFRICA ON A SHOE STRING
ETHIOPIAN SPECIFIC
- COLLOQUIAL AMHARIC. A COMPLETE LANGUAGE COURSE
- CONFLICT IN SOMALIA AND ETHIOPIA
- ETHIOPIA - WORLD FOCUS by ANGELA GRUNSELL
- ETHIOPIA THE ROOF OF AFRICA by JANE KURTZ
- AFRICAN ARK by CAROL BECKWITH & NORMA SIMON - THE ULTIMATE COFFEE TABLE BOOK ON ETHIOPIA (AVAILABLE IN AUS & FOR A REASONABLE PRICE IN ETHIOPIA)
- ETHIOPIA - BREAKING NEW GROUND (OXFAM COUNTRY PROFILE)
- WORLD FOCUS - ETHIOPIA
- AFRICA ADORNED - PHOTOGRAPHS AND STORIES OF AFRICAN JEWELRY AND ADORNMENT
- THE BEAUTY OF HISTORIC ETHIOPIA
- ETHIOPIANS AND THE HOUSES THEY LIVE IN
- ETHIOPIA PHOTOGRAPHED - HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE TAKEN BETWEEN 1867 AND 1935
- SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN ( A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY OF ETHIOPIAN LITERATURE)
- IN SEARCH OF COOL GROUND - WAR, FLIGHT AND HOMECOMING IN NORTHEAST AFRICA
- ETHIOPIA ENGRAVED - AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVINGS BY FOREIGN TRAVELLERS 1681-1900
- AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY
GENERAL ADOPTION
- ADOPTION by KAREN BRYANT-MOLE
- ADOPTION IS FOR ALWAYS by LINDA GIRARD
- BE MY FAMILY A GUIDE TO ADOPTION IN AUSTRALIA by SUSAN POWELL
- COPING WITH BEING ADOPTED by SHARI COHEN
- ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES by NORMA SIMON
- ADOPTING AFTER INFERTILITY by PATRICIA IRWIN JOHNSTON
- HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED by JILL KREMENTZ
- A CHILDS JOURNEY THROUGH PLACEMENT by VERA I FAHLBERG
- SWEET GRAPES - HOW TO STOP BEING INFERTILE AND START LIVING AGAIN by JEAN W CARTER and MICHAEL CARTER
- WHEN YOU CAN'T HAVE A CHILD by SUSAN POWEL and HELEN STAGOLL
- DON'T TOUCH MY HEART - HEALING THE PAIN OF THE UNATTACHED CHILD
- SEARCHING FOR A PAST - THE ADOPTED ADULTS UNIQUE PROCESS OF FINDING IDENTITY by JANE SCHOOLER
- ADOPTION AND THE FAMILY SYSTEM by MIRIAM REITZ
- REAL PARENTS - REAL CHILDREN
- THE WHOLE LIFE ADOPTION BOOK by JANE SCHOOLER
- BEING ADOPTED - THE LIFELONG SEARCH FOR SELF
- ADOPTING THE HURT CHILD - HOPE FOR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS
- THE OPEN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE
- IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD
- HOW DO WE TELL THE KIDS
- RACHEL WEEPING
- FLIGHT OF THE STORK - WHAT CHILDREN THINK (and when) ABOUT SEX AND FAMILY BUILDING
- FILLING IN THE BLANKS - A GUIDED LOOK AT GROWING UP ADOPTED
- CULTURE, IDENTITY AND TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION
- TROUBLED TRANSPLANTS - UNCONVENTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR HELPING DISTURBED FOSTER AND ADOPTED CHILDREN
- RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN by LOIS RUSKAI MELINA
- SO YOU’RE ADOPTED by JAMES STANFORD
- WHAT'S HAPPENING - ADOPTION
- MAKING SENSE OF ADOPTION by LOIS RUSKAI MELINA
STORIES FOR READING TO AND WITH CHILDREN
- AN ENCHANTED HAIR TALE
- SUSAN AND GORDON ADOPT A BABY - SESAME STREET
- EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT
- WHERE THE SUN KISSES THE SEA
- LETS TALK ABOUT IT : ADOPTION
- ADOPTION IS FOR ALWAYS
- WILLIAM IS MY BROTHER
- THROUGH MOON AND STARS AND NIGHT SKIES
- ALL THE COLOURS WE ARE - THE STORY OF HOW WE GET OUR SKIN COLOUR
- WHY WAS I ADOPTED
- TWO BIRTHDAYS FOR BETH
- A MOTHER FOR CHOCO
- TELL ME MY STORY
- WAYNE IS ADOPTED
- CLEVERSTICKS
- THE KISKADEE QUEEN - A COLLECTION OF BLACK NURSERY VERSE
- OUR BABY - A BIRTH AND ADOPTION STORY
- MAMO ON THE MOUNTAIN (AN ETHIOPIAN TALE)
- IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD BRIAN WAS ADOPTED
- ZACHARY'S NEW HOME
- REAL FOR SURE SISTER
- THE RABBITS WEDDING
- SING TO THE SUN (POEMS AND PICTURES)
- BRAT CAT (AUSTRALIAN MULTICULTURAL CHILDRENS BOOK SHORT LIST)
- DO I HAVE A DADDY
- TOO MUCH TALK
- WHAT I LIKE
- BRIAN WAS ADOPTED
- YOUR SKIN AND MINE
- THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
- COUNT YOUR WAY THROUGH AFRICA
- COME AND RIDE WITH US
- COME AND PLAY WITH US
- COME HOME WITH US
- COME AND EAT WITH US
- WHY AM I DIFFERENT
- FAMILIES ARE DIFFERENT
- DID MY FIRST MOTHER LOVE ME
- WELCOMING BABIES
- AMAN - A STORY OF A SOMALI GIRL