Making a Baby
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Rachel Greener
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Reagan Kapasi
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Inclusive way of telling kids about how to make & birth a baby （includes sex， medical procedures and miscarriages）。 A great introduction with diverse folks illustrated。
Sian David
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A very educational and LGBT+ inclusive picture book aimed at children that explains different ways a baby can be made。 The book discusses a multitude of ideas and scenarios， like sex， gender， IVF， miscarriage， cesareans， and premature births。 It was informative， and is the best （simplified） explanation of conception and birth I have ever read！
Barbara
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With illustrations set against a white background， this picture book offers parents and caregivers a great resource for conversations about conception， pregnancy， and birth。 Often， adults don't know how to respond to a child's curiosity about these matters。 The questions of where do babies come from and how is a baby made are answered in a forthright manner， and the author has taken great pains to be inclusive about these processes。 After all， not all babies are conceived through sexual activity With illustrations set against a white background， this picture book offers parents and caregivers a great resource for conversations about conception， pregnancy， and birth。 Often， adults don't know how to respond to a child's curiosity about these matters。 The questions of where do babies come from and how is a baby made are answered in a forthright manner， and the author has taken great pains to be inclusive about these processes。 After all， not all babies are conceived through sexual activity， and these other methods of conception are covered as well as the gestation period and birth。 I especially appreciated the reminder that it takes a sperm， an egg， and a womb to result in a baby but that there are many different types and compositions of families and many different ways families form。 Additional questions about biological sex， miscarriages， and premature births are also answered in simple， easy-to-understand language。 I wish I'd had a book like this one when I was growing up so that I wouldn't have been so ignorant about so many of these topics。 。。。more
Brandy
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Just the right amount of detail and wonderfully inclusive。 Love this book。
Meghan
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This book was received as an ARC from Dial Books in exchange for an honest review。 Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own。This is a sensitive topic for discussion since it is something that is very personal and uncensored that young children might be afraid to learn but， Making a Baby was not only family friendly but informative to the point where children could have fun while learning。 I appreciated the layout and format of the book being kid-friendly and the choic This book was received as an ARC from Dial Books in exchange for an honest review。 Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own。This is a sensitive topic for discussion since it is something that is very personal and uncensored that young children might be afraid to learn but， Making a Baby was not only family friendly but informative to the point where children could have fun while learning。 I appreciated the layout and format of the book being kid-friendly and the choice and use of language was very inviting。 I know this is a sensitive topic for our elementary school teachers and this book is just the aid they need to be confident in passing this information to their students or for parents to teach their own children of this topic。We will consider adding this title to our J Non-Fiction collection at our library。 That is why we give this book 5 stars。 。。。more
itsawonkyfaintthing
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My partner bought this for me and I can’t wait to read this with our child one day。 Super inclusive， really informative and accessible。 The illustrations were beautiful， the realities of child birth weren’t smoothed over but presented in a reassuringly matter of fact way。 The language was extremely gender inclusive。 As a gay woman， reading this book， I felt seen， comforted and less uncomfortable/ anxious about my future position I will take on in parenthood。
Nourishedbybooks
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Making a baby by Rachel Greener and Clare Owen published by @nosycrow 。 It’s just incredibly perfect in every way！ 👶This is a diverse， inclusive and richly informative， gem of a book。 It details the biological logistics of how a baby is made while outlining the various social and personal situations a baby may be brought into。 This is all done in a sensitive and inclusive way while maintaining appropriate terminology without using too much jargon。 👶I love that IVF， adoption and same sex families Making a baby by Rachel Greener and Clare Owen published by @nosycrow 。 It’s just incredibly perfect in every way！ 👶This is a diverse， inclusive and richly informative， gem of a book。 It details the biological logistics of how a baby is made while outlining the various social and personal situations a baby may be brought into。 This is all done in a sensitive and inclusive way while maintaining appropriate terminology without using too much jargon。 👶I love that IVF， adoption and same sex families are included， it equips children with the knowledge to have open and accepting minds， thus encouraging kindness and empathy。 👶A basic introduction to sex is provided and， most importantly， it’s discussed as a way to show love and that having sex doesn’t always mean a couple wish to make a baby。 👶A touching detail in this book is the gentle and compassionate information about miscarriage and prematurity。 I really don’t think this book could be any more inclusive or considerate。 👶A sensitive account of gender is given towards the end of the book and it even informs the reader that some people have operations to make the outside of their body better fit the way they feel on the inside。👶 The message that every type of family is equal and loving is reinforced through out and is the reoccurring and reinforced message in this perfect introduction to reproduction。 。。。more
Theodore
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I know i'm not the target audience， but i was excited to see this in the shelves and had a read with it。 There was some attempt at inclusion and it was all around body positive and was clear。 However I felt really uncomfortable as a trans person when i saw what was written in the book; that 'males are （people） with penises' and 'females are （people） with vulvas'。 I wish there was more inclusive language with regards to trans people as not all males have penises and not all females have vulvas。 I know i'm not the target audience， but i was excited to see this in the shelves and had a read with it。 There was some attempt at inclusion and it was all around body positive and was clear。 However I felt really uncomfortable as a trans person when i saw what was written in the book; that 'males are （people） with penises' and 'females are （people） with vulvas'。 I wish there was more inclusive language with regards to trans people as not all males have penises and not all females have vulvas。 。。。more
Andréa
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Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss。
I _teach_muggles
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What can be somewhat of an embarrassing topic is handled sensitively and expertly in this superb non-fiction book。There comes a time when children start asking those awkward questions…Where do babies come from？ How are babies made？ Where did I come from？ The latter question often receiving a response in the hope of curbing curious minds until they are just a little bit older…you were delivered by a stork， you hatched from an egg， we picked you off the supermarket shelf （which is what I remember What can be somewhat of an embarrassing topic is handled sensitively and expertly in this superb non-fiction book。There comes a time when children start asking those awkward questions…Where do babies come from？ How are babies made？ Where did I come from？ The latter question often receiving a response in the hope of curbing curious minds until they are just a little bit older…you were delivered by a stork， you hatched from an egg， we picked you off the supermarket shelf （which is what I remember my sister being told）。Having the talk to explain about ‘the birds and the bees’ is an important conversation and this accessible book is a brilliant text to introduce and support a discussion。 Making a Baby explains to children exactly how a baby is made - including the role of the male and the female parts and the different ways women can use to get pregnant。 It details the growth of the foetus inside the womb from the initial joining of egg and sperm right the way through to child birth and the different ways that women may give birth。 What is needed to make a baby is the same for all of us， one egg and one sperm。 But there is more than one way for the two to meet。 Sex， IVF treatment and IUI treatment are all discussed openly and supported with relevant illustrations and references to adoption and surrogacy are great as not all babies are raised by their birth mother。The information is simple， clear and concise and never feels too overwhelming。 It tells the reader what they need to know without ever becoming uncomfortable and the illustrations are perfectly pitched - they are accurate but not too graphic。 A glossary can be found at the back which provides short definitions for key terms。This inclusive book features people of all races and all family dynamics are represented including mixed race families， same sex parents， disabled parents and single parents。 Everyone will find themselves represented in the book。An informative and honest read that is perfect for sharing together or giving to older readers to explore by themselves。 Very difficult to give a recommenced age for this one as all children mature at different speeds and will be ready for this book at different times。 A judgement call from parents would be my best advice。 。。。more
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