Familjeboken

Familjeboken
by Eddie Summanen
illus. by C. Kåberg
Language: Swedish
Stockholm : Vombat, 2008
[32] s. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9789197687034; 9197687030
Summary: Var kommer bebisar ifrån? Hur vet man vilka som är ens familj? Och hur blev jag själv till? Familjer kan se ut nästan hur som helst och barn kan bli till på många olika sätt. Familjeboken handlar om alla former av familjebildningar och vidgar begreppet familj. Boken tar bland annat upp hur ett barn blir till, insemination, sex, adoption, konstgjord befruktning samt heterosexuella, homosexuella och ensamstående föräldrar. En bok att läsa tillsammans med barn eller att låta lite större barn läsa själv. Boken öppnar upp för samtal och reflektion tillsammans med barn kring temat familj. 
My annotation: The Family Book is about the many ways that families can look and some of the many ways that babies can come into the world. It discusses both heterosexual and homosexual families as well as families with grandparents, single moms or dads, and even families with pets and no children. The book first discusses how sperm and egg are required to “mix” together to make a baby. It does not matter how the sperm and egg are mixed the book tells us, whether through sex or in a laboratory, and introduces children to the terms in vitro fertilization and insemination. The book also introduces children to the idea that “if two women who have eggs have sex with each other or if two men who have sperm have sex with each other there will be no babies,” in which case single women and lesbians can go to the hospital to get some sperm in order to help them get pregnant. Although the book aims to cover all bases, egg donation, surrogacy, and embryo donation are not discussed. The book takes both a child-conception and a family-building approach and employs the “families are made differently” script. Recommended for children ages 5-8 and available only in Swedish. 
Available: http://www.vombatforlag.se/butik/testboken/