Pippin the Pug: Pippin's New Name

When Pippin notices that his surname is different from the rest of his family’s, he begins to wonder what it really means to belong.

As questions and worries begin to grow inside his tummy, Mum Pewter, Dad Pewter, and Ruby gently help Pippin understand something very important:

A new name does not erase the parts of him that came before.

Through warm conversations, cosy moments, treasured memories, and reassurance from the people who love him, Pippin learns that families are built through safety, connection, love, and care — and that every part of his story still matters.

Written in a gentle, emotionally safe way, Pippin the Pug: Pippin’s New Name explores themes of:

• identity
• belonging
• permanence
• adoption
• family connection
• life story work
• and emotional safety

This beautifully illustrated therapeutic story has been created to support adopted children, kinship families, foster carers, Special Guardianship families, and the professionals who support them.

Alongside the story, children will also find interactive reflection and feelings pages designed to encourage conversations about emotions, identity, safety, and belonging in a calm and child-friendly way.

Perfect for:

• bedtime reading
• therapeutic conversations
• schools and nurture settings
• social workers and therapists
• adoption and kinship support
• life story work
• and families navigating early permanence journeys

Created by Therapeutic Social Worker Hayley Jones, founder of HJ Trauma Support, this heartfelt story helps children understand that:
their beginnings matter,
their feelings matter,
and their story belongs to all of them.