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A House with Many Doors is a gentle, heartfelt picture book that explores the healing journey of four siblings-Willa, Jem, Pip, and Tiny-after experiencing the loss of their first home and the challenges of early life shaped by uncertainty and sorrow. When Talla and Bear open their home to the children, they do more than provide shelter-they offer a place of safety, belonging, and slow, steady love. With warmth and quiet persistence, the new carers help the children learn that healing takes time, and that every emotion-from joy to grief-is welcome. Set in a treehouse with many doors, each page unfolds like one of those doors, revealing the unique journeys of not only the siblings but also Zeke and Lumi, the carers' own children, who must learn to share their home and hearts. The book tenderly explores the complexities of blended family life, trauma, trust, and the courage it takes to rebuild. Told in lyrical prose and illustrated in soft, pastel-toned images, this book offers comfort and hope to children who've experienced loss or change, as well as to the adults who walk beside them. It's a story about connection, resilience, and the simple but profound truth that family is something we build, together-one open door at a time. A House with Many Doors was written and illustrated by Gregory Nicolau, a psychologist and trauma specialist, to support children in out-of-home care and those navigating foster, kinship, or therapeutic placements.