The Very Kind Koala: A Surrogacy Story for Children

By Kimberley Luger-Bell

The Very Kind Koala is a charming picture book for young children. It provides an introduction to surrogacy through the simple story of a koala bear and her husband who needed the help of a very kind koala to carry their baby in her pouch. For Children 3 and up.

The Kangaroo Pouch

By Sarah A. Philips

Oliver, a young kangaroo whose mother becomes a surrogate for the Bouncing-Hopalots. She delivers their baby to them, narrates this heartwarming tale and shows what the gestational surrogacy process is all about from start to finish.

The Kangaroo Pouch, written by a gestational surrogate, is 28-pages, fully illustrated, and supo by various doctors and childhood professionals.

My Mom is a Surrogate

By Abigail Glass

This book was written to help children of surrogates understand the process of the surrogacy journey. It provides the reader with a surrogacy language guide. A sweet story of surrogacy experience. This story follows a brother and sister as they watch their mother become a surrogate.

Sophia’s Broken Crayons: A Story of Surrogacy from a Young Child’s Perspective

By Crystal Falk

Sophia’s Broken Crayons is a book for young children, recommended for children ages 2 to 6 years old. It is a story of surrogacy from a young child’s perspective in a practical way that children can understand. A little girl by the name of Sophia is heartbroken after she discovers all of her crayons are broken. Sophia’s friend’s share their crayons with her. While she experiences seeing her parents choose to give the gift of surrogacy to their friends.

Penny’s Pocket: A Tale of a Sibling Brought Home Through a Gestational Carrier

By Elizabeth Hebl MD

A tale of a family of o’possums who use a gestational surrogate to bring home their second child. This is a children’s book to help understand infertility and gestational surrogacy. It is intended for children under the age of 8.

Why I’m So Special: A Book About Surrogacy with Two Daddies

By Carla Lewis-Long

This story talks about the subject of two dads using surrogacy in a sweet, whimsical way. It is a lighthearted picture book on surrogacy with two daddies. The book is a story that all parents who used a surrogate may share with their young children to let them know just how special they are. This story is ultimately about hope, perseverance, and lots of love.

Daddy Dog and Papi Panda’s Rainbow Family: It Takes Love to Make a Family

 By Anthony Hale

“It only takes love to make a family.” This children’s book is about the formation of a non-traditional family. The characters are same sex parents who created their family through a combination of adoption and surrogacy. The book presents the topic of a modern family in a simple fun way geared towards children.

You Began as a Wish

By Kim Bergman PhD

Children conceived using third-party assisted reproduction often have questions and want to know where they came from. This wonderful children’s book, answers those questions in simple, easy to understand language. Use this book to help your children understand all the parts that came together to make them who they are.

Wanted: A Journey to Surrogacy / Un Viaje Hacia la Subrogación

By Carolina Robbiano

A bilingual English/ Spanish book about two parents that are doing everything they can to have a child. The couple dreams about their baby, learn that love has no boundaries, and make the amazing discovery: there are many ways to have a baby. As they learn to see with new eyes, they begin the biggest adventure of their lives into the world of surrogacy -where they must rely on perseverance, courage, and hope to rise above the challenges.