Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born

Join a family of three who spend nine whole months waiting, from a frosty winter through a sun-dappled summer, until finally . . . a baby is here.

A Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient
An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title

A soon-to-be big sister and her parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby in the family. Alternating panels depict what the family is experiencing in tandem with how the baby is growing, spanning everything from receiving the news about the new baby to the excitement of its arrival.

In this pregnancy book unlike any other one out there, watch what's actually happening through meticulously detailed, actual size illustrations, perfectly paired with a lyrical yet informative text, and culminating in a warm, joyful birth scene.

Complete with backmatter that includes an elaboration on pregnancy, a list of amazing things babies can do before they're born, and more, Miranda Paul and Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin deliver another spectacular nonfiction picture book.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit

Author: Miranda Paul
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 04/23/2019
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780823441617
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 508577 / Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born


Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2019 pg. 97
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 82
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2019 pg. 146
Booklist 02/01/2019 pg. 65
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2019
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2019 pg. 164
Shelf Awareness 05/03/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Miranda Paul is an award-winning author of children's books whose work includes Water Is Water (also illustrated by Jason Chin), Are We Pears Yet (illustrated by Carin Berger), and One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. She lives in Wisconsin.

Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books. His book Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. His other acclaimed nonfiction titles--Coral Reefs, Redwoods, Gravity, and Island: A Story of the Galapagos--have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard's debut title Pie Is for Sharing, which has received four starred reviews. He lives in Vermont.