Lisa’s Amazon Recommendation List
Below are a few of my favorite books and products, click on the titles to order. Please feel free to contact us for updates.
Lifebook
Schuman, Lisa (2017) My Lifebook: A Pre-Baby book (In Green)
Schuman, Lisa (2017) My Lifebook: A Pre-Baby book (In Grey)
For families built with donor eggs, donor sperm, surrogacy or through adoption
Product Recommendations
Baby-Bump Headphones Premium Baby Bump Speaker System Including bebon Tunes APP
Pearhead Triple Sonogram Keepsake Frame, The Perfect Gift for Expecting Parents
Very Early Childhood/ Diversity Training (baby+)
Parr, Todd (2001) THE FAMILY BOOK
Parr, Todd (2009) IT'S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT
Early Childhood(18 months +)
Silverberg, Cory (2013) WHAT MAKES A BABY
Gordon, Elaine (1992) MOMMY, DID I GROW IN YOUR TUMMY? WHERE SOME BABIES COME FROM
Includes information about the gifts of egg donation, sperm donation, and adoption
Celcer, Irene (2007) HOPE AND WILL HAVE A BABY
Includes the gifts of egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy
Margolis, Amy (2006) BUTTERFLIES AND MAGICAL WINGS
Includes the gift of egg donation
Kluger-Bell (2012) THE PEA THAT WAS ME
This book is available in donor egg, donor sperm, two mom, IVF versions
Phillips, Sarah (2007) THE KANGAROO POUCH: A STORY ABOUT SURROGACY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Kluger-Bell, Kimberly (2013) THE VERY KIND KOALA: A SURROGACY STORY FOR CHILDREN
Nadel, Carolina (2007) DADDY, WAS MOMMY’S TUMMY BIG?
Explains the donor insemination process
Eichberg, Carrie (2017) BUILDING MY FAMILY: A STORY OF EGG DONATION AND SURROGACY
Early to pre-teen
Bergman, Kim YOU BEGAN AS A WISH
Beer, Sophie LOVE MAKES A FAMILY
Specific to Gay Couples or Single Men
Richardson, Justin (2015) AND TANGO MAKES THREE
De Haan, Linda (2003) KING AND KING
(early)
Greenberg, Keith (1996) ZACK’S STORY: GROWING UP WITH SAME-SEX PARENTS
(pre-teen)
Valentine, Johnny (2004) ONE DAD, TWO DADS, BROWN DAD, BLUE DADS
(early)
Parr, Todd (2015) THE DADDY BOOK
(very early-early)
Pinkas, Shosh (2013) GAL AND NOA’S DADDIES
(early)
Specific to Lesbian Couples or Single Women
Garden, Nancy (2000) HOLLY'S SECRET
(pre-teen)
Newman, Leslea & Souza, Diane (2000) HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES
(early)
Newman, Leslea (2009) MOMMY, MAMA AND ME
(very early)
Clay, George Anne (2008) WHY DON’T I HAVE A DADDY: A STORY ABOUT DONOR CONCEPTION
(early)
Erin DeVore (2017) MAKING VIOLET: A SPERM DONOR STORY
(early)
For Parents and Parents To Be
Bergman, Kim YOUR FUTURE FAMILY: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Kelton, Jaimie and Hopkins, Robin IF THESE OVARIES COULD TALK: THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT MAKING AN LGBTQ FAMILY
Fischer, Lindsay THE TWO WEEK WAIT CHALLENGE: A SASSY GIRL'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE TWW
Morrissette, Mikki CHOOSING SINGLE MOTHERHOOD: THE THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE
Moalem, Sharon INHERITANCE: HOW OUR GENES CHANGE OUR LIVES AND OUR LIVES CHANGE OUR GENES
Cooper, S. and Glazer, E. (1999) CHOOSING ASSISTED REPRODUCTION: SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Ehrensaft, Diane (2005) MOMMIES, DADDIES, DONORS, SURROGATES: ANSWERING TOUGH QUESTIONS AND BUILDING STRONG FAMILIES
Glazer, Ellen (1998) THE LONG-AWAITED STORK: A GUIDE TO PARENTING AFTER INFERTILITY
Mattes, J (1997) SINGLE MOTHERS BY CHOICE: A GUIDE FOR SINGLE WOMEN WHO ARE CONSIDERING OR HAVE CHOSEN MOTHERHOOD
Melina, Lois Ruskai (1998) RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN: PRACTICAL REASSURING ADVICE FOR EVERY ADOPTIVE PARENT
Adoption
Kotb, Hoda (2018) I'VE LOVED YOU SINCE FOREVER
(early)
Curtis, Jamie Lee (2000) TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE NIGHT I WAS BORN
(early)
Parr, Todd (2007) WE BELONG TOGETHER: A BOOK ABOUT ADOPTION AND FAMILIES
(early)
Kasza, Keiko (1996) A MOTHER FOR CHOCO
(very early-early)
Parnell, Peter (2015) AND TANGO MAKES THREE
(early-two dads)
Katz, Karen (2001) OVER THE MOON: AN ADOPTION TALE
(early)