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The book includes a helpful guide to how the metaphors can be used to support therapeutic life story work and answer questions about the challenges faced by a child's biological parents, such as memory or concentration problems, addiction and\/or poor or inconsistent role models during their own childhoods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelly Duck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e is available in English, French, German and Spanish. A sibling version is also available. 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I can thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who is adopting, fostering, or is a child's Legal Guardian... 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.\u003cbr\u003eThis 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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49668613767441,"sku":"GOR012614206","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50706185584913,"sku":"GOR012755764","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50989874413841,"sku":"NIN9781739916800","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51442965774609,"sku":"CIN1739916808VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51716598268177,"sku":"CIN1739916808G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52852394197265,"sku":"GOR012960843","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1739916808.jpg?v=1769507973"},{"product_id":"cousins-by-adoption-book-holly-marlow-9781739916831","title":"Cousins by Adoption","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49925789647121,"sku":"GOR013344046","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50751126077713,"sku":"GOR014058526","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1739916832.jpg?v=1750722925"},{"product_id":"delly-duck-sibling-group-edition-book-holly-marlow-9781739916855","title":"Delly Duck SIBLING GROUP EDITION","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49948068544785,"sku":"CIN1739916859G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50654246469905,"sku":"GOR014025071","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51829794439441,"sku":"GOR013542344","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1739916859.jpg?v=1750994046"},{"product_id":"so-you-ve-adopted-a-sibling-book-holly-marlow-9781739916824","title":"So You've Adopted a Sibling","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - 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Whether they are growing up in kinship care, relative care, a grandfamily, or kinship foster care, this story helps children understand that even when they can't live with their parents, they are still loved and part of their family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding a sense of hope and belonging, this beautifully-illustrated picture book may support therapeutic life story work to help children in kinship families to process their experiences, and to encourage acceptance of different family structures by friends and classmates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRoom in the Nest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...This magnificent story shows sensitivity to the topic and complicated feelings surrounding foster care. She explains how the Caring Goose always tries to help the parents out first and give them guidance and that she is not trying to rip families apart but instead shows compassion and works to try and keep families together. Still, sometimes that is not always best for the children. \u003ci\u003eRoom in the Nest\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartwarming picture book that teaches children about foster care, foster placements, long-term fostering, kinship care, reunification, adoption, and a broad look at family court. This is a beautiful story to share with children that have to go through this process to help ease their fears and for other children to understand what happens if someone they know goes into foster care. This honest and beautiful look at the system is a much-needed resource for families, teachers, social workers, and anyone working with troubled families.\" - Literary Titan \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...Holly has taken a complex and emotionally charged concept and presented it in a way that children will appreciate and understand...\" - Readers' Favorite \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...Room in the Nest\" is a great tool to use for life story work to start discussions about foster carers. It's also a great book for all children to read, to help them understand why some children need to stay with foster carers sometimes for a short period of time, sometimes for much longer.\" - We Made A Wish adoption magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDelly Duck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the best adoption books of all time\" - BookAuthority \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...Delly Duck is a great choice for adopted and fostered children to explain adoption or support therapeutic life story work. 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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.\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlease click on the series name to see more by this author about fostering, adoption, kinship care and special guardianship.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52777377202449,"sku":"NIN9781068523014","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781068523014.jpg?v=1763915130"},{"product_id":"adoption-ceremony-book-holly-marlow-9781739916886","title":"The Adoption Ceremony","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52969858760977,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52969859416337,"sku":"CIN1739916883G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781739916886.jpg?v=1766582335"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-holly-marlow.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}