It's Not the Stork!: A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763600471)

From the expert team behind It's Perfectly Normal and It's So Amazing comes a book for younger children about their bodies -- a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence.

Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys' bodies the same and why are some parts different? How was I made? Where do babies come from? Is it true that a stork brings babies to mommies and daddies?

It's Not the Stork helps answer these endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school children ask about how they began. Through lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork, Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley address readers in a reassuring way, mindful of a child's healthy desire for straightforward information. Two irresistible cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, provide comic relief and give voice to the full range of emotions and reactions children may experience while learning about their amazing bodies. Vetted and approved by science, health, and child development experts, the information is up-to-date, age-appropriate, and scientifically accurate, and always aimed at helping kids feel proud, knowledgeable, and comfortable about their own bodies, about how they were born, and about the family they are part of. Back matter includes an index.

Author: Robie H. Harris
ISBN-10: 0763600474
ISBN-13: 9780763600471
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2006
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 11.50h x 10.50w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 110892 / It's Not the Stork! a Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2006 pg. 722
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 193
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 605
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2006 pg. 73 - Recommended
PW Notes and Reprints 10/23/2006 pg. 54
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2006 pg. 8
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 111 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2007 pg. 494