So You've Adopted a Sibling by Holly Marlow

Her story really helped to reassure us, as we sometimes worry about if the children would have difficulties creating a bond. Again a full list can be found on the links below.One of our adopters Zoe said, “We really enjoyed the talk last night that Holly gave, what we found great was that she also had a birth child who was exactly the same age as our daughter and we are about to enter stage 2.

A full list of book recommendations from Holly can be found on the links below.Some TV shows that feature adoption that Holly also discussed which have been useful include: Chip and Potato (Season 3 has a zebra Dad couple), The Ice Princess (a dinosaur is adopted by a bird), Hey Duggee (the crocodile has an elephant Mum). Some books that Holly recommends include “My Adoption Diary” by Joseph Young who adopted with his husband and “Reuben’s Story: From Birth to Adoption” by Joseph Clifton. “I really enjoyed chatting with adopters and social workers from the Western Bay Adoption community about all kinds of adoption-related topics, including attachment, life story work, contact, and preparing birth children for a sibling joining the family.” Holly’s book ‘Delly Duck – Why a little chick couldn’t stay with his birth mother’ is the winner of the Book Authority ‘Best Adoption Books of All Time’ award her other titles include ‘Room in the nest’ and various other adoption and fostering stories. 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 is an author and a parent to biological and adopted children. We were thrilled to have an excellent response to the event with lots of adopters and people going through the process in attendance. We kicked off our ‘Let’s Talk Adoption’ series of talks and content during National Reading Week with a virtual talk by award winning adoption author Holly Marlow!

So You've Adopted a Sibling by Holly Marlow