Let Me Explain: A Story about Donor Insemination

by Jane T. Schnitter

Book Overview

A little girl explains how she was conceived through artificial insemination and that although she has genes from her mother and a donor, her dad is her only father. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944934129
• ISBN13: 9780944934128
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Perspectives Press (IN)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Sets the stage for family conversation about DI

While I agree with others that this book is wordy (23 pages of story and pictures) and has a lot of feel-good text about Daddy (not necessarily a bad thing, though perhaps overkill), it did exactly what I wanted it to in our family. It does not have a lot of detail about DI, but it opened up the door to conversation. The story features a little girl conceived by DI telling about her daddy in loving terms. She talks about their relationship and how dad is always there for her: "When I was little, Dad always held my hand tightly while we crossed the street." She talks about genes "and I don't mean the blue jeans that people like to wear," and then about sperm and ova. She uses the analogy of her broken bike chain to describe how they tried to fix the chain and couldn't figure out what was wrong with it so they had to get a new one, just as mommy and daddy went to the doctor about why the sperm couldn't make a baby and had to get sperm from a donor. She explains that she doesn't know a lot about the donor and will probably never meet him. She ends with the message that the sperm came from someone else, but she has only one dad.

Great way to approach what could be a tough topic

A child's DI origins may be difficult for a parent to discuss. How do you bring it up? What do you tell them? Well, this book will definately help! It is written as a story that you can read to your child at a young age. A must for any parent of a DI child.