It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)
by Robie H. Harris
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Author: Robie H. HarrisBrand: Books
Illustrator: Michael Emberley
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-07-22
ISBN: 0763613215
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Candlewick
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- ISBN13: 9780763613211
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)
Book Review: This is a Great Place to Start
Summary: 5 Stars
It's So Amazing came recommended by another parent. It's hard to really get a feel for it until you read it but it is a very well done introduction to sex education for children.
It starts out with cartoons using the Bird and Bee characters. One wants to learn more in a factual way and the other is not so happy to talk about such "weird" things. They play off each other to let children know that it is good to be curious but also feel a little awkward.
There is a slow lead-in before any chapter actually talks about 'the act' of sex. It's So Amazing covers puberty, differences in male/female bodies and the differences in bodies from birth to old age. The drawings are well done, a little comical at times but accurate and professional.
The thing I really liked about reading this with my child is that the wording is not difficult to get through. In other words, I didn't mind reading this out loud with my child. It was not graphic but it was thorough. There was a lot of talk about feelings and love. There was really no part of that I wished was worded differently.
There are many chapters that cover so much more than sex. There is a lot of coverage on pregnancy and the development of a fetus/baby. It hits on different types of love: family, friends, and those that you might fall in love with.
After we spent time (not all at once!) going through the things in the book that I hadn't already discussed in the past, I left it with my child so that they could read it again on their own.
As they get older, I will need to talk more about relationships and give more actual detail but for now, this is a great way to give an overview in terms that we were both comfortable with (well, sort of!)
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Summary of It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)
"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 elementary-school children's interest 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 ? newly updated for its fifth anniversary ? covers similar territory but with an eye toward younger children's concerns.
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