About this item
Highlights
- Mallory Mouse may be tiny, but she captures hearts in a big way during her journey through foster care.
- 4-8 Years
- 8.5" x 8.5" Paperback
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Family
Description
About the Book
While it may seem that Mallory begins her journey alone, she is never truly alone, as God is by her side the entire time. Mallory experiences love from her birth mother, her foster mom and her forever mommy, each in a unique way.
Book Synopsis
Mallory Mouse may be tiny, but she captures hearts in a big way during her journey through foster care.While it may seem that Mallory begins her journey alone, she is never truly alone, as God is by her side the entire time. Mallory experiences love from her birth mother, her foster mom, and her forever mommy, each in a unique way.
This charming tale is bursting with love!
Review Quotes
"...a charming and important story for children that gets to the heart of the adoption journey...a wonderful book to share time and again with a child who will always need the story of "how did I come into this family?"-Rita Soronen - President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
"Explaining their origination story to an adopted child is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks of many that adoptive parents face. This is an adorable tale to help the whole family understand through love."-Danny Roberts - Adoptive parent and media personality
"... takes a very complicated topic and makes it manageable for kids to understand, As a foster parent myself... it would have been great to have a resource like this to help them understand." -Becky Cummings - Children's Book Author
"...a great way to introduce fostering and adoption to your child early and gently. The story is great and it's told in such a way that it can be a jumping-off point for sharing your child's own story as and when appropriate."-Simon Benn - Founder and Podcaster, Thriving Adoptees
"... a beautiful story of a young mouse finding her forever home... While geared towards children, the tale made this former foster youth cry... the spirit of love flows through this short story. -Rita Meccubbz, former foster youth
"With a sense of love and a goal of making the complicated less so...demonstrates that even through confusion and uncertainty, a child is loved and wanted." -Clarissa Johnson - LPC Therapist
"a great description of adoption from foster care...written in an age-appropriate way for younger children to understand their story and help start the conversation between adoptive parent and child."-Lindsay Collins, Adoption Supervisor, Clinical Therapist, Orchards Children's Services
"...written in a way that is relatable to children who have experienced foster care, and who are adopted. I love that it honors and respects the adoption triad-the child, the birth mother, and the adoptive or foster mom." -Tami Hedrick, Adoption Associates
"The Tale of Mallory Mouse is the tale that all foster children wish to tell. Mrs. Laura Khoury offers an intricate subject with an applied genuine touch." -Kandice Harmon, Former Foster Youth
"...allows kids to have the complexities of birth parents, length of time in foster care and adoption simplified in a way that they can understand, which will help many families express to their child their forever family story." -Shaune Marks, BA - Orchards Children's Services