So You've Adopted a Sibling by Holly Marlow

To support National Adoption Week in England, here’s our pick of 4 brilliant picture books, that explore the process and provide some of the answers to the ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions that children will ask. 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 reality is that it’s older children who make up the largest number of children in need of adoption and around half of those children will be part of a sibling group which makes placing them with a family even more challenging.īut, despite the complicated and often painful process for those going through it, adoption is a transformative and a hugely life-affirming journey to a ‘forever’ family for grown ups and children alike. So You've Adopted a Sibling: A big sister's survival guide for big brothers and sisters through adoption of a younger child or baby Adoption shower. So You've Adopted a Sibling features charming illustrations from a real 5 year old big sister. So you’re adopting a little brother or sister, huh Find out what to expect, with this big sister’s guide to adopting a younger sibling Written from the perspective of a big sister who has adopted a baby brother, this book covers the adoption process, up to the point of the sibling moving in. Often mainstream adoption stories tend to start with a slightly uncomfortable ‘happy ever after’ when a baby is placed with a ‘loving family’. The organisers will be using real life stories shared from the children themselves as well as adoptive parents, birth parents and social workers. So Youve Adopted a Sibling is an excellent tool for families that have added a sibling to their ranks, whether by adoption or birth. This week is National Adoption Week in England, and this year the aim is promoting a better understanding of the process by busting some of the myths surrounding this unusual route to parenthood and family. “Adoption (for) one child won’t change the world, but for that child, the world will change.”-Unknown So You’ve Adopted a Sibling There weren’t any books around at that time to help our eldest understand what was happening.

So You've Adopted a Sibling by Holly Marlow