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  • A Mom for Umande by Maria Faulconer

    A Mom for Umande

    Maria Faulconer

    Because his own mother is too young to take care of him, Umande, a newborn gorilla, is fed and cuddled by human zookeepers until a surrogate mother is found.

  • And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

    And Then There Were Four

    Nancy Werlin

    When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all.

  • Daddy and Pop by Tina Rella

    Daddy and Pop

    Tina Rella

    Daddy and Pop is the heartwarming story of Jessie, a little girl with two fathers. Jessie doesn't realize that her family isn't 'typical' until a girl in her class asks about her mom. Jessie's Daddy and Pop tell her about the amazing journey they took to have her, by using an egg donor and a surrogate, in this fun-filled musical book!

  • Gal and Noa's Daddies by Shosh Pinkas

    Gal and Noa's Daddies

    Shosh Pinkas

    Noa and Gal have two fathers, Itai and Yoav. They call them by their nicknames, Daddy-Yo and Daddy-I. Noa and Gal were born to gay parents in a process called surrogacy, with the help of two special women that enabled the arrival of the twins into the world. In this unique book, the writer, Shosh Pinkas, shares the story of many same-sex families around the world.

  • Hope and Will Have a Baby: The Gift of Embryo Donation by Irene Celcer

    Hope and Will Have a Baby: The Gift of Embryo Donation

    Irene Celcer

    Hope and Will fall in love, get married, and try very hard to have a baby before their doctor tells them that they need a special loving couple to donate an embryo which the doctor would place in Hope's uterus.

  • Hope and Will Have a Baby: The Gift of Surrogacy by Irene Celcer

    Hope and Will Have a Baby: The Gift of Surrogacy

    Irene Celcer

    Hope and Will fall in love, get married, and try very hard to have a baby before their doctor tells them that they need a surrogate mother to carry their baby in her uterus.

  • It Takes Love (and Some Other Stuff) to Make a Baby by L. L. Bird

    It Takes Love (and Some Other Stuff) to Make a Baby

    L. L. Bird

    "Mommy, how are babies made?" Any parent who's fielded this question knows how essential a good book can be to help guide a tricky conversation. But what if your family doesn't fit the standard mold? How do you explain pregnancy and birth if your child has two moms? It Takes Love is for little kids in lesbian families born via donor insemination. Using simple, matter-of-fact language and bright, fun illustrations, it introduces the basics of reproduction and the concept of the donor. Both known donors and sperm banks are presented, but with a light touch. Because each family is unique, the book leaves space for parents to control the most sensitive part of their child's story.

  • Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L. C. Rosen

    Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

    L. C. Rosen

    An unapologetically sexually active queer character works to uncover a blackmailer threatening him back into the closet--

  • Little Treasures by Anat Georgy

    Little Treasures

    Anat Georgy

    Little Treasure celebrates love, life, and choice: Natalie sets off on a journey to find a special treasure, with the help of nice people, she finds this treasure inside of her; a little baby, born with the help of a donor. This book will help single parents by choice tell their children how they came into the world in this special way. Sweet illustrations peppered with a healthy dose of humor and lots of love.

  • Mommy, Was Your Tummy Big? by Carolina Nadel

    Mommy, Was Your Tummy Big?

    Carolina Nadel

    With charming illustrations and simple words, the story helps explain the donor egg process to children.

  • One More Giraffe by Kim Noble

    One More Giraffe

    Kim Noble

    Reading this book to your child will help you begin to introduce the key concepts about babies and egg donation. It is very simple and touches the subject of how some people (in this case giraffes) need help to be able to be a Mommy or a Daddy. The key idea is that the baby is wanted very badly and will be loved and cherished. If you have been searching for a way to introduce your toddler to the concepts of being a baby that was born via egg donation...look no more.

  • Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki

    Saving Montgomery Sole

    Mariko Tamaki

    Montgomery Sole is a square peg in a small town, forced to go to a school full of jocks and girls who don't even know what irony is. It would all be impossible if it weren't for her best friends, Thomas and Naoki. The three are also the only members of Jefferson High's Mystery Club, dedicated to exploring the weird and unexplained, from ESP and astrology to super powers and mysterious objects. Then there's the Eye of Know, the possibly powerful crystal amulet Monty bought online. Will it help her predict the future or fight back against the ignorant jerks who make fun of Thomas for being gay or Monty for having lesbian moms? Maybe the Eye is here just in time, because the newest resident of their small town is scarier than mothmen, poltergeists, or, you know, gym. Thoughtful, funny, and painfully honest, Montgomery Sole is someone you'll want to laugh and cry with over a big cup of frozen yogurt with extra toppings.

  • Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards

    Sister's Choice

    Emilie Richards

    Childless Kendra and husband Isaac accept an offer from Kendra's younger sister- single mom Jamie- to conceive and carry a child for them. But when a medical crisis threatens Jamie's health she learns that the most difficult choice in her life is yet to come.

  • Some People Have Two Dads by Luca Panzini and Fabri Kramer

    Some People Have Two Dads

    Luca Panzini and Fabri Kramer

    This first book from the Some Families series is about Daisy, a happy little girl with two dads. We follow her through the story of her birthday and learn how fathers were helped by a surrogate to bring Daisy into their lives. An increasing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples are having children through surrogacy, co-parenting, donor, and adoption.

  • Some People Have Two Mums by Fabri Framer and Luca Panzini

    Some People Have Two Mums

    Fabri Framer and Luca Panzini

    This second book from the Some Families series is about Milo, a happy little boy with two mums. We follow him through his bedtime routine and learn how his mothers were helped by a donor to bring Milo into their lives. An increasing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples are having children through surrogacy, co-parenting, donor, and adoption.

  • The Baby Kangaroo Treasure Hunt by Carmen Martinez Jover

    The Baby Kangaroo Treasure Hunt

    Carmen Martinez Jover

    Two kangaroos: Jack and Sam, a gay couple, have their own baby by means of an egg donor and surrogacy. This story enables children to easily understand how they were conceived and it helps gay parents explain in an easy and loving how how their family was formed.

  • The Choices We Make by Karma Brown

    The Choices We Make

    Karma Brown

    Hannah and Kate became friends in the fifth grade, when Hannah hit a boy for looking up Kate's skirt with a mirror. While they've been close as sisters ever since, Hannah can't help but feel envious of the little family Kate and her husband, David, have created, complete with two perfect little girls. She and Ben have been trying for years to have a baby, so when they receive the news that she will likely never get pregnant, Hannah's heartbreak is overwhelming. But just as they begin to tentatively explore the other options, it's Kate's turn to do the rescuing. Not only does she offer to be Hannah's surrogate, but Kate is willing to use her own eggs to do so. Full of renewed hope, excitement and gratitude, these two families embark on an incredible journey toward parenthood, until a devastating tragedy puts everything these women have worked toward at risk of falling apart.

  • The Not-So-Only Child by Heather Jopling

    The Not-So-Only Child

    Heather Jopling

    Larissa is an only child, but she is not alone! See how big this only child's family is! This book shows that an only child can still have a very full family with different lifestyles and ethnicities represented in her world.

  • The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend

    The Other F-Word

    Natasha Friend

    Milo has two great moms, but he's never known what it's like to have a dad. When Milo's doctor suggests asking his biological father to undergo genetic testing to shed some light on Milo's extreme allergies, he realizes this is a golden opportunity to find the man he's always wondered about. Hollis's mom Leigh hasn't been the same since her other mom, Pam, passed away seven years ago. But suddenly, Leigh seems happy—giddy, even—by the thought of reconnecting with Hollis's half-brother Milo. Hollis and Milo were conceived using the same sperm donor. They met once, years ago, before Pam died.

  • The Pea That was Me: An Egg Donation Story by Kimberly Kluger-Bell

    The Pea That was Me: An Egg Donation Story

    Kimberly Kluger-Bell

    Explains egg donation through pictures and simple words.

  • The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

    The Upside of Unrequited

    Becky Albertalli

    Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can't stomach the idea of rejection. So she's careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness -- except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back. There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?

  • The Very Kind Koala: A Surrogacy Story for Children by Kimberly Kluger-Bell

    The Very Kind Koala: A Surrogacy Story for Children

    Kimberly Kluger-Bell

    The Very Kind Koala is a charming picture book for young children which provides an introduction to surrogacy through the simple story of a koala bear and her husband who needed the help of a very kind koala to carry their baby in her pouch. Parents can begin reading this story to children as young as 3 years of age to begin the dialog about their own helpful surrogate.

  • Why Don't I Have a Daddy? A Story of Donor Conception by George Anne Clay

    Why Don't I Have a Daddy? A Story of Donor Conception

    George Anne Clay

    As the little lion cub notices all different types of families, he starts to question his own family. His family consists of his mother and him. The little cub learns that while there is no "daddy" in his family, there is a donor lion who made his life possible. Through his mother's love and nurturing, the lion cub understands how special he and his family are.

  • You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner

    You're Welcome, Universe

    Whitney Gardner

    When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a "mainstream" school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off--and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.

  • Zak's Safari: A Story About Donor-Conceived Kids of Two-Mom Families by Christy Tyner

    Zak's Safari: A Story About Donor-Conceived Kids of Two-Mom Families

    Christy Tyner

    Zak's Safari is a book about donor-conceived kids of two-mom families. When the rain spoils Zak's plan for a safari adventure, he invites the reader on a very special tour of his family instead. Zak shows us how his parents met, fell in love, and wanted more than anything to have a baby--so they decided to make one.

 
 
 

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