Written by a couple who gave birth to their Snowflake Baby in 2018. A story of hopes dashed and hopes fulfilled, told in allegory and poetry. This charming story follows couples through their infertility journeys onto welcoming their babies into the world.
Explaining embryo donation and adoption to young children can be hard. But āMade With Loveā makes it easy by using an allegory every child can understand: baking cookies! A visual feast with the sweetest-ever rhyming story line, donating and adopting families alike will eat up this heartwarming tale.
Growing a family isnāt always easy and sometimes mommies and daddies need a little help. See how the generosity and love of others can grow into the most wonderful gift. You Were Made For Me is a look into the unique ways that some families are made and the journey of love that brings them together.
Follow an inquisitive little boy who learns of his parentsā quest to have children, and the success they ultimately achieve in creating a family. Told in a language a child can understand, these books recount the tale of how mom and dad met, fell in love, and ultimately built a family.
A parable about adoption, this charming story tells of an apple tree who is unable to bear fruitāno matter how hard she triesāuntil a wise farmer finds a way. He grafts a bud onto Little Treeās limb, and in time she becomes the most colorful tree in the orchard.
A story book written in age-appropriate, loving language and tells the story of how a child came to be via embryo donation or embryo adoption. The book is written for 3-5 year olds. Using bears as characters, the illustrations depict the typical day in the life of a child interacting with their parent.
āA Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question āWhere Do Babies Come From?ā: The new book What Makes a Baby offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like.ā
āThe Atlantic
The story is about five year old Miles and the new bike he gets for his birthday from his special friend, Mike in California. Milesā parents explain that Mikeās mom and dad generously donated their remaining embryos and he was born as a result of their loving gift.
āThe Atlantic
Treasure Babies: How two under-the-sea families came to be
By Whitney Williams
āTreasure Babies: How two under-the-sea families came to beā was written to help children understand the basic concepts of infertility, conception through IVF/fertility treatments, and the beauty that is embryo donation/adoption. Great for families who have donated their embryos and for recipient families!
āThe Atlantic
A great way to introduce children conceived through embryo donation to the idea that āsome very nice peopleā (a man and a woman) donated an extra āpeaā (or embryo) to help bring them into the loving arms of āmommy and daddyā. May be read to children as young as 3 years old, and has room at the end to fill in your own childās details.
āThe Atlantic