| View Larger Image | A tiny itsy bitsy gift of life, an egg donor story | Paperbackby Carmen Martinez Jover (Author), none (Editor), Rosemary Martinez (Editor)
| List Price: | $17.00 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | none | | Edition: | 2ndnd Edition | | Page Count: | 16 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 27, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 214,015th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
A touching children s egg donor story about a happy couple of rabbits, Pally and Comet who have everything in life except a baby bunny, you accompany them in their longing for this child, the waiting and the moment the mother is informed she has no eggs to conceive. One day a good lady rabbit brings her a tiny itsy bitsy gift of life, which is the egg, the half, she needs to conceive. The rabbit s tummy then begins to grow and finally her baby bunny is born and the happiness of how this family is formed is shared. The book is very colourful and ideal for children even before they can read, because the pictures are so full of details it easily captures the child s attention. It is my intention that the book should be easy for parents to read to their child so that gradually, as the child grows they will begin to understand their origins, in an easy and amusing manner. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)
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Well done, very relevant by Retired Nurse (Minnesota)  5 Stars
December 06, 2008
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.
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a great teaching tool by B. J. Rivera (Minnesota) 5 Stars
November 15, 2008
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.
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Cute story by A. Stegne (Ontario, Canada)  4 Stars
August 28, 2008
This is a cute little story for children to help them learn about how they came into the family through egg donation.
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Simple explanation of a complex issue... by Tracy Foote (New York City) 5 Stars
July 12, 2008
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.
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