For Love of the Shell is a story of the unconditional love of parents for their children, the importance of learning and longing to grow up, and a parent's pain of letting his or her grown child leave home to become an independent adult.
Mimi and Pops are mama and daddy blue birds who are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their two babies to hatch from their eggs. One baby arrives on time, while the other baby may or may not hatch because of birth difficulties or for love of the shell.
Farah is the strong, independent blue bird who is her daddy's girl, but Luka, her younger sister, is her Mama's baby and does not want to grow up to leave her mama or the safety shell of the nest.