| It's So Amazing! |
| A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families |
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author: Robie H. Harris
illustrator: Michael Emberley
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| The book to reach for when it's time for "The Talk"-- now in an updated fifth anniversary edition! |
| How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies -- and about sex and sexuality, too. IT'S SO AMAZING! provides the answers -- with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects elementary-school children's interest in how things work, while giving them a healthy understanding of their bodies. Created by the author and illustrator of IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, this forthright and funny book -- newly updated for its fifth anniversary -- covers similar territory but with an eye toward younger children's concerns. |
| "An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL." -- BOOKLIST (starred review) |
suggested retail price (U.S./CAN):
$12.99 / $15.50 |
isbn-10/isbn-13:
0763613215 / 9780763613211 |
on sale date:
07/2004 |
type/format:
Nonfiction-picture / Paperback |
age range:
7 yrs and up
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# of pages/size:
88 / 9 3/4" x 11 7/8" |
grade range:
Grade 2 and up
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subjects:
Origins; Feelings; Science; Patterns of Change; New Baby; |
author’s comments:
Robie H. Harris says, "My challenge in writing IT'S SO AMAZING! was to weave the fascinating and complicated science facts about reproduction and birth into the story of the egg and the sperm, and to communicate to children in an honest and simple way how amazing this story really is!"
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illustrator’s comments:
Michael Emberley says that while creating the illustrations for IT'S SO AMAZING!, he "tried to delicately balance age-appropriateness, absolute accuracy, honesty, and just plain fun." |
