Delly Duck frequently gets distracted and goes off chasing butterflies, forgetting to look after her egg, then her duckling when it hatches. No two adoption stories are the same, so I included a lot of symbolism that the adult reading this story can interpret appropriately when reading it to a child. I usually use stories to help explain difficult and emotive topics, but I couldn’t find any books that answered Zoe’s questions, so I decided to write my own! I wanted to support her empathy toward birth families, while also gently helping her understand when children have been taken into foster care, the decision to remove a child from their parents would not have been taken lightly. Zoe asked a TON of questions and was horrified to hear some children can’t stay with their birth families.
When we were going through the adoption process, we spoke to Zoe a lot about adoption. “Hello! I’m Holly Marlow, parent to both biological and adopted children, and author of various children’s books about foster care and adoption, including ‘ Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn’t Stay With His Birth Mother.’ My husband and I have two amazing children – a 6-year-old biological daughter and a 3-year-old adopted son, who has been part of our family for about 2 years. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links, at no additional cost to you. This site contains affiliate links to products.
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