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This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones.

To make a baby you need one egg, one sperm, and one womb. But every family starts in its own special way. This book answers the Where did I come from? question no matter who the reader is and how their life began. From all different kinds of conception through pregnancy to the birth itself, this candid and cozy guide is just right for the first conversations that parents will have with their children about how babies are made.

Trade Review
A 2022 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books List Selection

"This babymaking primer takes a decidedly inclusive approach to the topic, steering clear of rigidly gendered language and featuring a wide range of family members and configurations. Using a muted color palette, Owen's cleanly rendered art has a retro aesthetic and includes people of different races, genders, shapes, and abilities—happy-looking families all . . . An authentic and honest celebration of babies, families, and diversity." —Horn Book

"A book that really tells it like it is, from the sex act to birth, without shying away from topics such as male, female, and intersex genders, egg and sperm donations, and C-sections, this should be available in all public and school libraries." —School Library Journal


Making a Baby

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    A Hardback by Rachel Greener, Clare Owen

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: 22/06/2021
      ISBN13: 9780593324851, 978-0593324851
      ISBN10: 0593324854

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones.

      To make a baby you need one egg, one sperm, and one womb. But every family starts in its own special way. This book answers the Where did I come from? question no matter who the reader is and how their life began. From all different kinds of conception through pregnancy to the birth itself, this candid and cozy guide is just right for the first conversations that parents will have with their children about how babies are made.

      Trade Review
      A 2022 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books List Selection

      "This babymaking primer takes a decidedly inclusive approach to the topic, steering clear of rigidly gendered language and featuring a wide range of family members and configurations. Using a muted color palette, Owen's cleanly rendered art has a retro aesthetic and includes people of different races, genders, shapes, and abilities—happy-looking families all . . . An authentic and honest celebration of babies, families, and diversity." —Horn Book

      "A book that really tells it like it is, from the sex act to birth, without shying away from topics such as male, female, and intersex genders, egg and sperm donations, and C-sections, this should be available in all public and school libraries." —School Library Journal


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