It's so amazing! : a book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies, gender, and families
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
KIDS NEW J/612.6/HARRIS,R

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' New & Popular Books KIDS NEW J/612.6/HARRIS,R Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024
©2024
EDITION
Third edition
DESCRIPTION

89 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781536207231, 1536207233 :, 1536207233, 9781536207231
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Fully revised and updated" -- Cover

Meet the bird and the bee: Do you know what I read? -- Curious? Embarrassed? Confused? : So how do babies really begin? -- Egg + sperm = baby: Reproduction -- Same and different: our bodies -- Growing up: Babies, kids, teenagers, grownups -- What's inside? What's outside? : Female body parts, male body parts -- The amazing egg trip: What do eggs do? -- The amazing sperm trip: What do sperm do? -- What's sex?: Loving, making love, making a baby -- What's gender?: Who we are -- What's love?: Lots of kinds of love -- The big race: Sperm and egg meet -- A warm and cozy womb: Pregnancy -- Fresh food! Fresh air! : Growing and staying healthy -- Stretch! Punch! Kick! Hiccup! Burp! : The growing fetus -- Twins and more! : Twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets -- Come out, come out, wherever you are! : Birth -- What makes you- you!: Chromosomes and genes- and other things, too! -- Becoming a family: By birth- by adoption -- Keeping safe : "Okay touches"- "Not okay touches" -- Talking about it : HPV, HIV and AIDS -- Gurgles and drools : Feelings about babies, fun with babies -- Let's celebrate! : Happy birth day! Happy adoption day! -- It's so amazing! : Still talking! -- Thank you so much! -- Index

Uses bird and bee cartoon characters to present straightforward explanations of topics related to sexual development, love, reproduction, adoption, sexually transmitted diseases, and more

Includes index

Age 7 and up

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