MY
STORY (1991) Published by the Infertility Research Trust
A delightfully illustrated book, written for 3-5 year
olds which explains DI in a straightforward and sensitive
way. |
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Also
available to buy from PO Box address, priced £6.50
including postage and packing.
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OUR STORY (2002) Published by Donor Conception Network
There are three versions of this book for young children.
All are delightfully illustrated by the children
themselves.
1.
Children of single parent mothers
2. Children of lesbian couples
3. Children conceived by egg donation.
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Available
to buy from PO Box address, priced £6.50
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LET
ME EXPLAIN: A STORY ABOUT DONOR INSEMINATION (1995)
By Jane Schnitter. Published by Perspectives
Press ISBN: 0944934129
Written for children aged between six and ten this book
takes a child's matter of fact view about her conception
by DI, and her tight and loving connection to her one
and only Dad. |
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Available
to buy, priced at £10.00 including postage and
packing.
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MY
BEGINNINGS: A VERY SPECIAL STORY (1999)
By Tim Appleton. Published by the IFC Resource Centre
ISBN:1-873663-23-4
A story about a couple who badly wants a child and must
use fertility treatment to conceive.
It can be assembled to include donor insemination as well
as IVF with donor sperm, eggs or embryos. It is well illustrated
with cartoons and pictures of cells and developing embryos.
Written in a simple way, which makes it suitable for children
from about four years old.
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An
order form for purchase directly from the author is
available from me [email]
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I'M
A LITTLE FROSTIE (1999)
By Tim Appleton. Published by the IFC Resource Centre.
ISBN: 1-873663-29-3
An easy to read book which is full of colour pictures.
It is about a child conceived from a frozen embryo that
was thawed, transferred and successfully resulted in
a birth. It is suitable for children who were created
from donated embryos.
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A
CD-Rom presentation of this book and "My Beginnings"
is also available.
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MOMMY,
DID I GROW IN YOUR TUMMY? WHERE SOME BABIES COME FROM
(1992)
By Elaine R. Gordon. Published by EM Green
Press ISBN: 0963456105
This book is simply and sensitively written to help parents
explain to young children about the different ways babies
may be conceived, including IVF, egg and sperm donation
and surrogacy. It is well illustrated, and also describes
adoption in an easy to understand way.
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Some
people have found it confusing because it attempts to
explain so much.
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MAKING
MIRACLES (2001)
By Mal Leicester. Published by Acebabes.
ISBN: 0-9541861-0-9
A storybook for young children for those who want to
be open about their use of assisted conception. Based
on a friendship between a young boy and a frog, it touches
on the subject but does not contain any technical detail.
This leaves parents to give explanations as appropriate
to their children.
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order form for purchase is available from me (£3.95
plus postage and packing). [email]
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HOW
BABIES AND FAMILIES ARE MADE (THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY!)
(1988)
By Patricia Schaffer. Published by Tabor
Sarah Books, Berkeley, California. ISBN: 0-935079-17-3
This excellent book covers a multitude of related topics
with startling simplicity and sensitivity. It starts by
explaining a family as people who care about each other.
Clear, straightforward language and pen/ink drawings are
then used to explain the differences between male and
female bodies and reproductive organs. Sexual intercourse
is described as taking place "because it feels good"
( a rare reference to feelings in a book for children
about sex) rather than just to make a baby. Donor insemination
and IVF are referred to as alternative ways of creating
families for those people who cannot make babies together.
It goes on to cover fertilisation, pregnancy, miscarriage,
home/hospital birth, vaginal/ caesarian delivery, premature
babies, disability, mixed origin families and adoption.
Only downside- no colour, so does not draw a child in
in the same way as many modern children's stories. |
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ALL
KINDS OF FAMILIES (1976)
By Norma Simon Published by Albert Whitman and Company,
Morton Grove, Illinois. ISBN: 0-8075-0282-0
This book is about the sameness and differences in how
families are, rather than how they came into being. It
covers good and bad times in the life cycle of families,
and would be a good vehicle for starting a conversation
with a child about how your family came into being, and
the links between different family members, genetically
related or not. |
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WHO'S
IN A FAMILY? (1995)
By Robert Skutch. Published by Tricycle Press, Berkeley
California. ISBN: 1-883672-66-X
This picture book shows how families can be made up of
different groupings of people. It includes single parents,
lesbian and gay parents and people without children, as
well as heterosexual couples. By comparing human families
to animal families it demonstrates difference and sameness
both within and between families. Has empty frames at
the end for a child's own family pictures.
This and the previous two books from the USA are available
on www.Amazon.com rather than Amazon.co.uk. |
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