The Chosen and Loved Series
A Foster Care Story
For a long time, everything in Riley the raccoon's life felt like a maybe. Maybe this home. Maybe this family. Maybe for now. This gentle story follows the moment a foster child learns that some things get to be forever, and that being wanted for good is a feeling worth waiting for.
A little of the story, before you read it together.
From families who have read it.
“Moving Riley from maybe to a certain yes, through the patience of a new family.”
“Gentle and honest, it helps children understand hope, fear, and finding a place to belong.”
“Beautiful and heartwarming, for families going through fostering to adopt.”
For a child in foster care, uncertainty can be the loudest feeling of all. Not Maybe Anymore sits gently with that, following Riley from not knowing to being wanted for good. It gives foster and adoptive families a soft, honest way to talk about waiting, trust, and the moment a maybe becomes a yes.
Lara Balint · Picture books for the moments parenting doesn't come with instructions for