This is kind of a strange idea for a book. As an adult it doesn't make sense, but I'm sure a child would love the idea of a machine being able to create a parent. ( )

From Amazon: Two children with lesbian mothers wonder what it would be like to have a father, so they make themselves a daddy machine, turn it on, and a dad pops out. Then comes another, and another, and another ...Alyson Wonderland reissues three picture books by Johnny Valentine centering on the lives of gay and lesbian parents and their children. When a pair of siblings with two Moms decide to build The Daddy Machine (1992), illus. by Lynette Schmidt, it won't stop popping out papas: " `I've got a bad feeling,' Sue whispered to me,/ `That our moms will be just a bit mad,/ when they walk in the door, and then can't take a step,/ without running smack into a dad!' " Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

"This second edition...contains extensively revised text and new artwork [in color this time], which is based on that from the first edition"--T.p. verso.

This copy is the original 1992 edition, with illustrations in black and white. This title was reissued in 2004 with color illustrations and somewhat modified story line.

From Amazon: Two children with lesbian mothers wonder what it would be like to have a father, so they make themselves a daddy machine, turn it on, and a dad pops out. Then comes another, and another, and another ...