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

"An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It's Perfectly Normal." --Booklist (starred review)

 

How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies--and about sex and sexuality, too. It's So Amazing provides the answers--with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects the interests of children aged seven and up in how things work, while giving them a healthy understanding of their bodies. Created by the author and illustrator of It's Perfectly Normal, this forthright and funny book has been newly updated for its fifteenth anniversary.

Reason: Banned, Sex education, sexual content

Author: Robie H. Harris
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/08/2014
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.70h x 9.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763668747

About the Author
Robie H. Harris says, "My challenge in writing IT'S SO AMAZING! was to weave the fascinating and complicated science facts about reproduction and birth into the story of the egg and the sperm, and to communicate to children in an honest and simple way how amazing this story really is!"

 Michael Emberley says that while creating the illustrations for IT'S SO AMAZING!, he "tried to delicately balance age-appropriateness, absolute accuracy, honesty, and just plain fun."