The Beautiful Kind

OK this is one of the strangest kid’s books I have. It’s called Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies, it’s from Sweden, and too bad for you it’s out-of-print in America (but you can look at my copy). It’s about a little girl who has seven little daddies instead of one big one like most other kids. One review I found online pointed out that it’s a great book that cleverly addresses alternative families (polyamory/GLBT.) This other review did a marvelous job “getting it” - the concept, the illustrations, the humor. Quirky Cute I’m telling you.

I can handle a kid having seven little daddies, but the thing I keep struggling with is the Mom and her relationship with the seven little daddies. How did she meet them? Is she a total kinkpot to be down with an 8some? What’s their sex life like? Do they take turns (one for every day of the week!) or is it orgy-style? And where can I get ME seven little daddies? Ha ha. Also, it’d be totally cool if there was a sequel: Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Brothers, cuz if you’re doing it with seven little daddies, surely there’s an increased chance of having a litter, like that McCaughey family did. (But they used fertility drugs. Then claimed it was God’s will. If it was God’s will, why did they feel the need to stack the deck?)