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<p>Start a loving conversation about adoption, egg & embryo donation, step-parents, same sex couples, fostering, single parents. With your child explore the wonderful diversity of family and love.</p>

1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

The Umbilical Family / Cate Sawyer & Adriana Avellis.

32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

We wished for you / written by Jamie Diestelhorst ; illustrated by Hannah Ziemke.

8 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

Daddy and Daddy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

42 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

The chicken who couldn't lay eggs! / by Sabine de Brus & Taylor Brandon.

26 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm

Treasure babies : how two under-the-sea families came to be / written by Whitney Williams ; illustrated by Danielle Escamilla.

1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm

My Mummy made me / Jodie Grieve ; illustrated by Cat Dean.

26 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm

Mum and dad dream about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.

<p>A delightfully simple story about ivf, an egg donor and the arrival of a baby girl. Fabulous pictures make it ideal for very young children and a simple story makes it perfect for older children to read. Without forgetting "the Very Special Lady" that made it possible. There is also an identical story about the arrival of a baby boy.</p>

A very special lady : a story about IVF, an egg donor and a little girl / written by Nell Carswell ; illustrated by Sarah Merrigan.

Mummy and Mummy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

31 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm

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The Umbilical Family / Cate Sawyer & Adriana Avellis.

We wished for you / written by Jamie Diestelhorst ; illustrated by Hannah Ziemke.

Daddy and Daddy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

The chicken who couldn't lay eggs! / by Sabine de Brus & Taylor Brandon.

Treasure babies : how two under-the-sea families came to be / written by Whitney Williams ; illustrated by Danielle Escamilla.

My Mummy made me / Jodie Grieve ; illustrated by Cat Dean.

Mum and dad dream about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.

A very special lady : a story about IVF, an egg donor and a little girl / written by Nell Carswell ; illustrated by Sarah Merrigan.

Mummy and Mummy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

Recettes pour faire des bébés / de Carmen Martinez Jover ; illustré par Rosemary Martinez.

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The Umbilical Family / Cate Sawyer & Adriana Avellis.

We wished for you / written by Jamie Diestelhorst ; illustrated by Hannah Ziemke.

Daddy and Daddy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

The chicken who couldn't lay eggs! / by Sabine de Brus & Taylor Brandon.

Treasure babies : how two under-the-sea families came to be / written by Whitney Williams ; illustrated by Danielle Escamilla.

My Mummy made me / Jodie Grieve ; illustrated by Cat Dean.

Mum and dad dream about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.

A very special lady : a story about IVF, an egg donor and a little girl / written by Nell Carswell ; illustrated by Sarah Merrigan.

Mummy and Mummy want a family / written by Sandra Bateman ; illustrated by Toni Sian Williams.

Recettes pour faire des bébés / de Carmen Martinez Jover ; illustré par Rosemary Martinez.

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