It's Not the Stork!: A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends

From the expert team behind It's Perfectly Normal and It's So Amazing comes a book for younger children about their bodies -- a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence.

Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys' bodies the same and why are some parts different? How was I made? Where do babies come from? Is it true that a stork brings babies to mommies and daddies?

It's Not the Stork helps answer these endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school children ask about how they began. Through lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork, Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley address readers in a reassuring way, mindful of a child's healthy desire for straightforward information. Two irresistible cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, provide comic relief and give voice to the full range of emotions and reactions children may experience while learning about their amazing bodies. Vetted and approved by science, health, and child development experts, the information is up-to-date, age-appropriate, and scientifically accurate, and always aimed at helping kids feel proud, knowledgeable, and comfortable about their own bodies, about how they were born, and about the family they are part of. Back matter includes an index.

Author: Robie H. Harris
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 07/25/2006
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 11.50h x 10.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780763600471
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 110892 / It's Not the Stork! a Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2006 pg. 722
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 193
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 605
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2006 pg. 73 - Recommended
PW Notes and Reprints 10/23/2006 pg. 54
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2006 pg. 8
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 111 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2007 pg. 494

About the Author
Robie H. Harris began her career as a teacher at the Bank Street College of Education's School for Children. She started writing books for children in the 1970s and has numerous titles to her credit. She is also the well-known author of Happy Birth Day!, Hi New Baby!, and three picture books in the Growing Up series, all illustrated by Michael Emberley, as well as Goodbye Mousie, illustrated by Jan Ormerod, and Don't Forget to Come Back!, illustrated by Harry Bliss.

Michael Emberley is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the illustrator of many books for children, including several collaborations with Robie H. Harris: It's So Amazing, It's Perfectly Normal, Happy Birth Day!, Hi New Baby!, and three picture books in the Growing Up series, books that tell stories and facts about the first five years of life.