Monday, June 9, 2014

It's so amazing

Harris, R.H. (1999). It's so amazing!: a book about eggs, sperm,birth, babies, and families. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
  As children grow they begin to question the changes to their bodies as well as where they and other children come from.  It's so amazing  fully explains the many cycles of life as well as the different varieties of families in a way that is funny, factual, and relate-able to older children and young tweens. Whether it is how a baby is made or the difference between heterosexual and homosexual, almost any question a reader could have about the facts of reproduction is addressed in this book.
  The information is this book is delivered in a clear and concise manner.  It has its humor and cartoons to illustrate processes, allowing a reader to begin at the beginning and read this as a novel, or use it to answer a direct question.  The processes discussed in It's so amazing  follow the same timeline as in real life.  The table of contents makes the information easily accessible for young readers.  Rather than listing each chapter by a title it lists them by questions that children may ask (Ex: "What's Sex?" can be found on pages 26-29).
  An obvious choice for older children who are or are about to experience puberty, It's so amazing  would also be a good introduction into babies for couples who are expecting with older children. 

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