It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families

Bibliographic Citation

Harris, R. H., & Emberley, M. (1999). It’s So Amazing! : A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library) (Illustrated ed.). Candlewick.

About the Book

This book is a great tool to inform school age children about topics such as love, sex, gender, families, heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and the internet. All of those concerns are addressed in a comic way by a bird and a bee while still giving children a good understanding of questions as complex as “So how do babies really begin?”

Author Robie H. Harris and illustrator Michael Emberley collaborate in this book to address a world wide audience about what some find to be uncomfortable topics to discuss with children. The information and illustrations found in the book are age appropriate, honest, and accurate. They explain complicated facts about science and the human body without being condescending to children.

Connections

Books with similar themes:

• Amazing You! : Getting Smart About Your Private Parts by Gail Saltz

• Where Do Babies Come From? : Our First Talk About Birth by Jillian Roberts; illustrated by Cindy Revell

Other books by author:

• It's Not the Stork! : A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends

• Who We Are! : All About Being the Same and Being Different

Teaching ideas:

• This could be a great recommendation for a parent who asks about how to address this complex information with their children.

Requirement the Book Meets

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