From the author of award-winning foster care and adoption books Delly Duck , Room in the Nest and other adoption, fostering and kinship care children's stories, comes an adorably-illustrated story to help elder siblings to adjust to a new sibling joining their family by adoption. So You've Adopted a Sibling features charming illustrations from Marlow's daughter, a real 5 year old big sister. The engaging story is told in the voice of a young child who is enjoying being a big sister through adoption, and shares her top tips for other children who have a younger brother or sister who has joined their family through adoption. The story touches upon some of the emotions and changes to routine that children may experience in the early months as a big brother or sister. Marlow is a biological and adoptive mother, and understands the challenges faced by parents who adopt after having a biological child. Most children have an established routine by the time they move to their adoptive family, and one of the primary goals of the adoptive family is to try to minimise the changes to this routine during transitions, to help the adopted child to settle in. Marlow found that this meant that there were quite a lot of changes to her biological daughter's routines, so they worked together to write this story to help other parents to support their children through this. This story is suitable for birth/biological children, as well as elder siblings who were adopted/placed in an adoptive family themselves prior to their younger sibling joining the family. Praise for Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn't Stay With His Birth Mother "One of the best Adoption books of all time" - BookAuthority "...a beautifully illustrated children's story book, explaining big issues like adoption and fostering, in an age appropriate way." - We Made A Wish adoption magazine "...Delly Duck is a great choice for adopted and fostered children to explain adoption or support therapeutic life story work. The book can be used to help answer difficult and emotive questions..." - Maggie and Rose Book Adventurers "A fantastic book for Parents, Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Legal Guardians, Kinship Carers, Social Workers, Play Therapists or Teachers... I can thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who is adopting, fostering, or is a child's Legal Guardian... I love the way the book shows the love, and loss of the birth parent, and highlights the fact that sometimes a birth parent is simply not equipped with the necessary skills to keep their child safe consistently. This beautiful, sensitively written story explains why a child may need to be removed from their birth parent, and explores in a gentle way the emotions felt by parent and child, and the roles other people play in protecting the child, and offering the child a loving, safe environment..." - Icing on the Bake Please click on the author's name to see more titles by Holly Marlow. "One of the Best Adoption Books" - Best Reviews Guide "One of the best Childrens Siblings Books" - Best Reviews Guide "The tips start with making sure you eat your favourite food first so you're little brother or sister doesn't try and pinch it. This made me laugh because that's exactly what happens in our house! Our eldest always eats fruit / veg first and then leaves the good stuff til last. Our youngest does the exact opposite and then wants the good bits from her sister's plate. There's great tips about compromising, taking it in turns, how to keep favourite toys safe, coping with the noise a baby makes and so much more. All big lessons but because they're written from the perspective of a child, they won't feel like an adult telling a child what to do. Children will think of it as a friend talking to them about how it was for them. I'd definitely recommend "So You've Adopted a Sibling" to anyone who is adopting a younger sibling, to give their older child some tools to use to cope. Our eldest daughter thought the book was great and said she wished she'd been able to read it before her baby sister came home. She thought the tip about wearing goggles in the bath was spot on!" - We Made A Wish adoption magazine Holly Marlow is a British author and parent to both biological and adopted children. Holly strives for a gentle/therapeutic parenting style and this has led her to create stories to help children to understand some of the emotional and practical complexities of adoption. Holly enjoys travelling (especially searching for chameleons, geckos and snakes in the wild parts of Africa) and learning foreign languages. Holly has fibromyalgia and has spent a lot of time trying to raise awareness of the chronic pain condition, giving presentations in schools and universities. Holly also enjoys baking and gardening, and is terrible at both. This story is illustrated by Holly's talented daughter, Zoe, who at age 5 enjoys soft play, parks and creating her own illustrated stories and plays. Zoe was eager