Every family has a story.
Every family deserves to feel seen, celebrated, and understood. The Hopeful Families Collection brings inclusive children’s books celebrating IVF, adoption, surrogacy, donor conception, and other paths to building a family to libraries, helping children see their own stories reflected while fostering empathy for others.
Explore how you can help bring more stories to more shelves.
For libraries
Bring stories to your shelves.
Libraries can help bring the Hopeful Families Collection to more children and families by partnering with us to provide meaningful books that inspire connection, conversation, and understanding within their communities.
For authors
Bring your story
to more families.
Authors can donate copies of their books or submit them for consideration, helping children see their own families represented in books while building understanding of families formed in different ways.
For supporters
Put more stories
within reach.
A $500 gift provides one library with a complete collection, helping children see their family experiences reflected in stories. Each collection includes personalized bookplates recognizing the donor.
Every story makes an impact.
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Libraries with the Collection
227
Books Placed in Communities
600+
Library Checkouts
Be part of the story.
Whether you’re interested in bringing the collection to your library, donating your book, or sponsoring a collection, we’d love to connect. Tell us a little about yourself and how you’d like to get involved.

