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It's Not the Stork: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robie H. Harris
Creator: Michael Emberley
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
List Price: $11.99
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 37333
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 10.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0763633313
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.65
EAN: 9780763633318
ASIN: 0763633313
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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| • | Hardcover - It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library) | | • | Library Binding - It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (Robie Sex Books) | | • | Unknown Binding - It's NOT the Stork: A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (Family Library) |
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Led to an Easy and Relaxed Conversation December 3, 2008
I gave this book to my 6-year-old to read. She is an excellent reader, so it was an easy read for her. She loved it! She found the whole thing very interesting, the book was fun to read, and she went through it cover to cover. She didn't read every word, but she definitely collected a lot more information than I would have guessed that she could absorb in that first reading.
I sat next to her as she read so that I could answer any questions and correct her pronounciation of new words, and the book allowed us to approach the topic of how babies are made in a very relaxed way. She found nothing intimidating or even particularly surprising. She was not at all troubled by the page on "okay touches" and "not okay touches" and I was glad to have it in there so that we had a neutral way of discussing the matter and I could reinforce with her the things I have already told her about her safety.
 too much information... November 6, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I liked this book when I began reading it, even though it had a little more info than I expected. But then I got to the end and it goes on to explain good touches and bad touches. I was disappointed to find out that the author expects us to teach our 4 year olds that touching themselves is a "good touch." That is not something I want to teach my young kids, if they figure it out on their own, so be it, but I don't want to introduce that concept to my 4 year old. Also, it goes on to say that some kids have 2 moms and some kids have 2 dads. How are we supposed to explain that one to our young kids after just explaining to them that it takes a mom and a dad to make a baby?
I did give the book 3 stars because I was impressed at first about the way the subject was introduced. There were just a few subjects that I thought were inappropriate. I will be returning this and the search is still on for a good one.
Fantastic Resource September 22, 2008
This book is perfect for our seven-year-old daughter. I highly recommend it as a resource for any family. It is detailed, but not too graphic. Entertaining, but straight-forward.
I have lent it to many coworkers and friends!
surprised me April 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
with detail. But it has fascinated my kids from 5-9, yes I've bought the older books as well - the oldest one I think is still a bit much for my 9yo, but she likes the middle one . . . but they all enjoy this one - it seems to hit just the right notes for interesting information without too much yuck factor for them - and the cute illustrations confirm their ideas that some of this is just a little bit weird when you hear it!!
Great introduction January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My not-quite-four (but very verbal) daughter got this book for Christmas, and it immediately became one of her favorites. I am pregnant again now, so she is very interested in all the discussion of pregnancy and birth, and it opened up discussions about what her birth was like and what it will be like when I have this baby. The first few times we read it she just listened wide-eyed and didn't talk much, but now we chat while we read it, and she will periodically come up to me and inform me that the food I am eating will go to the baby through the umbilical cord. I recommend this one highly for any preschooler who is curious and likes to understand how things work.
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