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A tiny itsy bitsy gift of life, an egg donor story

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As a surrogate mom, I am always intrigued with the creative ideas authors have come up with to explain infertility to children at a young age. This book explains in simple terms, the concept of egg donation.

It begins simple enough with the desire to have a child and that two parts are needed, one from a male and one from a female. (You will not find graphic sperms and eggs here. This is an introduction book.) The idea is illustrated through comparison to a cookie, in the sense that one needs two cookie halves to make a whole. Later in the story two seeds connect together much like puzzle pieces making it very simple for children to understand.

We learn one has to wait to see if a baby will grow and of the sadness when the attempt fails. It is appropriate the lady rabbit knocking on the door with the "gift of life" is one they have never seen before. Often in egg donation or surrogacy, the helping female is a stranger. Nicely done!

There is no mention of the doctor. We move quickly to how the "gift of life" is connected with "the other tiny itsy bitsy half we need" from Comet (Daddy rabbit) and children are reminded of the two cookie halves again, nicely tying the story together.

After some time, the rabbits have a new baby, thus creating a family. The illustrations are fantastically bright through out which children will thoroughly enjoy. I see both parents and single moms and dads using this book to explain egg donation to their child at a young age.

As I sit here pregnant with my 2nd child conceived via egg-donation, I wondered how I was going to someday explain to my children how they came to be. My mother found this book and sent it to me...what a blessing. Now I have a great teaching tool to lovingly explain to my sons how their father and I tried to conceive, but ultimately ended up using another woman's generous "gift of life" to bring 2 wonderful boys into this world.

This little book with it's whimsical illustrations and simple dialog will be very helpful for our daughter and her husband when they decide their children are ready to find out about their heritage. It addresses the new aspect of inheritance becoming more common these days, that of birth mother not being the hereditary mother.

This is a cute little story for children to help them learn about how they came into the family through egg donation.

I bought this book over a year ago. My five year old twins LOVE it and ask for it most every night. It's a great book for getting the conversation going! My three year old twins are just learning to love it as well!

I expected a hardback that I could share with our 3+ year olds for years. Too expensive for a paperback, especially since they haven't graduated to soft paper books/magazines. Sending right back since there are a variety of other hardbacks (for less price) that express the same information. Better for 5+ year olds that already respect books, but still it's a crazy price for less-than magazine quality product.