Born Abel Books

 I am Abel! - As the debut book from Born Abel, this story tells the story of children with disabilities and medical complexities and all the things they can do!  Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community. As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families!  

 The Case of the Missing Belly Button -  Created especially for children born with the condition of an omphalocele, Abel is on the case for his missing bellybutton, only to find out that he is just fine without one! Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 The Mystery of the Patchwork Heart – Once again, Abel is trying to solve a mystery! This time, he needs to figure out how to fix the hole in his heart.  Serving as an imaginative and thoughtful story for children with an array of heart conditions, dozens of real children are illustrated into these stories.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 NICU Neighbors – Little Abel shares the buzz around the hospital and introduces you to his friends he meets along the way.  This story was created to highlight babies who endured NICU stays for various reasons. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

Twas the Night Before Discharge – Originally written as a gift for Abel’s eventual homecoming from his long NICU stay, this story was finished after he passed away.  A sweet story that shows a family’s excitement of their NICU baby finally coming home, this story celebrates that treasured experience. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 How Angels Are Made – Written for families who have experienced the heartache of pregnancy, infant and child loss, Born Abel shares a story of how Heaven gains the littlest angels. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 The BIG Deal Birthday – Every birthday is special, but as a child with special needs, every birthday is a BIG deal.  Abel doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about – but his family does!  Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 Leary the Leprechaun – Celebrate Trisomy Awareness Month every March with this cute story about a Leprechaun named Leary who has a niche for things that comes in threes! Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

The SOFT Landing – Another Trisomy Awareness tale from Born Abel! Created for S.O.F.T., this story gently shares the experience of so many rare trisomy families who are not given hope when their baby is diagnosed, only to learn that their baby is one of the best blessings their family has received! Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 The Colorful Egg – Celebrating and amplifying our neurodivergent friends in the Autism community, this colorful story tells of a group of kids on an egg hunt! They use the some of the tools that help make them “different” to navigate the hunt and find all the eggs! Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

Babies Born Brave – As the first story in the series created especially for NICU families, Born Abel tells you all about the mighty & brave babies navigating their many firsts during their stay. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 The Great Baby Wait – A great resource for families navigating a prenatal diagnosis who need a little help teaching siblings & family members that baby won’t be coming home from the hospital right away. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

 What is a Mother? – Celebrating medical moms! Perfect any time of year to help recognize the medical mom in your life,  this story is paired with creative illustrations of moms in the animal kingdom. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

Where is Heaven – Another sweet story from Born Abel helping put to words the emotions of losing a child either during pregnancy or after.  This story helps navigate the questions of explaining this tremendous loss to young children. Illustrations feature real children who get to see themselves included as characters in the story and serve as a thoughtful piece of inclusion for the special needs community.  As a grassroots non-profit, your support of this book contributes directly to Born Abel’s mission of hope for medical families! 

This book celebrates our Super Hero Medical dads!  Over 80 children are illustrated in this sweet book about how our amazing dads navigate the extra responsibility of advocating for their medically complex children.

Over 50 NICU moms helped write this amazing book filled with tips and tricks for NICU parents!  There is also note pages, resources, writing prompts and color pages FULL of real NICU babies!

This limb difference awareness story and activity book is packed with activities as well as an adorable story about children with limb differences.  

The Elf by Himself is an adorable story of an elf who saves Christmas.  It also features over 100 medically complex children in coloring and activity pages!

The Extra Gift is a wonderful book for all medically complex children, angels and NICU babies.  It features over 80 children with many diagnoses and this super sweet story helps all children feel extremely special no mater if they have a medical diagnosis or are a typical child.  They are the “Extra Gift” their family was waiting for!

This book is adorable for NICU families.  It is illustrated with over 80 NICU children, but it also explains all the caregivers and providers in the NICU in a fun and childlike way!  This is a definite MUST HAVE for any NICU family.

Our second Omphalocele book contains 90 children, and the ten “cover kids” also have their real-life story in the back of the book!  It is a sweet story of parents finding out about the Omphalocele diagnosis on the ultrasound and waiting patiently for their baby to arrive.  This is a wonderful teaching tool but also a child friendly story!

This book contains all the color sheets from “This is… an Omphalocele” in addition to note pages and fun activity pages for children to learn about omphaloceles and see over 100 real children with Omphaloceles on the color sheets!

“More than a Pair” is an adorable Trisomy 21 workbook!  Filled with a cute story and multiple color sheets and activity pages, this book is wonderful for all children to feel included and accepted. 

This book is for siblings with a sister in heaven.  It contains a beautiful story, and many color sheets with over 90 children.  It is meant for siblings to feel connected and comforted through the loss of a sister.

This book was written for Abel’s first birthday.  He has 6 siblings, and they had a very hard time losing their youngest brother.  From a mother who has gone through loss, this is a perfect gift for any child that has lost a sibling.

This is a wonderful school book for all children! It showcases all types of learning and helps promote inclusivity, and inclusion. We are honored to feature over 80 medically complex children in this adorable book.

This is an adorable workbook that accompanies a nature class, but can be used as a standalone activity book.  It has over 50 pages of nature activities as well as real medically complex children illustrated throughout the book.  It is designed to showcase inclusion through nature activities.

This book accompanies a nature class on seedlings to harvest, but it is an easy book to follow for standalone study.  It has over 50 pages of nature activities as well as real medically complex children illustrated throughout the book.  It is designed to showcase inclusion through nature activities.

With over 50 pages of coloring an activity pages on animal habitats and showcasing children with medical complexities and NICU children, this is a great book for all children!  This accompanies a class, but can easily be used as a standalone teaching tool.

This book is an adorable workbook that accompanies a class through our Born Friends program but can easily be used as a standalone teaching tool.  It has over 50 pages of workbook style and coloring book pages.

This is a great activity book for all children who would like to learn about limb differences.  It has over 40 activity pages and color sheets with real children with limb differences from around the world!

This fun Hydrocephalus Awareness Activity Book teaches about this unique condition where there is excess cerebral spinal fluid accumulated in the brain with fun activities.

This book features over 80 children with Trisomy 18. For any parent facing this diagnosis, this book is meant to serve as a hopeful reminder that all children deserve non-biased medical care so they can reach their full potential.