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

<b>From the trusted team of Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, this classic resource for younger children receives its most ambitious update yet.</b> <p><i>How does a baby begin and how is it born? How did I begin? Why are some parts of kids' bodies different from some parts of other kids' bodies?</i> Most younger kids have questions about reproduction, babies, love, sex, and gender too. Some also have concerns. For over twenty years, <i>It's So Amazing!</i> has provided children age seven and up with the honest answers they're looking for through age-appropriate, reassuring words and accurate, up-to-date, inclusive art. Throughout the book, two cartoon characters, Bird and Bee, are the voices of kids. They talk together to help children feel that they are not the only ones wondering how we all began. Rigorously vetted by experts and featuring updated and new facts on pregnancy, birth, adoption, bodies, sexuality, gender identity, OK touches, not-OK touches, straight and LGBTQ+ families and people, and many other topics, this<b> </b>comprehensive resource for kids, parents, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and healthcare providers is <i>the</i> book that can help younger kids and their families talk together and find answers to their many questions.</p>

Publishers Weekly,The creators of It's Perfectly Normal, targeted to middle-schoolers, here reach out to a slightly younger audience with candor and humor, neatly distilling various aspects of sex, reproduction and love. An inquisitive, loquacious bird and an embarrassed bee act as comic and straight man and serve as diverting foils to Harris's conversational narrative; kids will both identify with and chuckle at the two characters' reactions and asides. The duo's cheerful banter also clarifies some potentially confusing issues ("So the fetus doesn't grow where the pizza goes!" proclaims the newly enlightened bee). Specific topics covered include changes in boys' and girls' bodies during puberty, intercourse, birth control, chromosomes and genes, adoption and adjusting to a newborn sibling. The roster of experts in the closing acknowledgments speaks to the sensitivity and intelligence with which Harris and Emberley handle their treatment of masturbation, sexual abuse, HIV and AIDS and homosexuality. Emberley's artwork ranges from lighthearted cartoon panels of a talking sperm meeting up with an egg in the fallopian tube to straightforward drawings of reproductive organs and a developing fetus. With its informal yet informed perspective, this volume renders much "amazing" phenomena reassuringly comprehensible. Ages 7-up. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Children's Books
Publication date	August, 2014
Pages	88
Reading level	Ages 8-9
Age range	7 - 10 Years
Subgenre	Health Conditions|Family
Series title	"Family Library"
Edition	New; Anniversary
Publisher	Candlewick Books
Original languages	English
Language	English
Edu focus	Health & Sexuality
Educational level	Elementary School
Is collectible	N
Character	Bird and Bee
Illustrator	Michael Emberley
Binding type	Perfect Binding
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	11.88 x 9.88 x 0.33 Inches
Assembled product weight	1.228 lb
Bisac subject heading	Juvenile Nonfiction