{"product_id":"its-not-the-stork-isbn-9780763600471","title":"It's Not the Stork!","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the expert team behind \u003ci\u003eIt's Perfectly Normal\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e It's So Amazing! \u003c\/i\u003ecomes 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Not the Stork! \u003c\/i\u003ehelps 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.\u003cb\u003eStraightforward, informative, and personable\u003c\/b\u003e…This book will be accessible to its intended audience, comforting in its clarity and directness, and useful to a wide range of readers.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarris’ respectful writing \u003cb\u003etargets children’s natural curiosity\u003c\/b\u003e without cloaking matters in obfuscating language.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their previous landmark volumes . . . Harris and Emberley established themselves as the purveyors of reader-friendly, straightforward information on human sexuality for readers as young as seven. Here \u003cb\u003ethey successfully tackle the big questions \u003c\/b\u003e. . . for even younger kids.\u003cbr\u003e—The Horn Book (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eexcellent \u003c\/b\u003eintroduction to babies’ origins for youngest curious minds.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (featured in Children’s Notes: True Companions)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmberley's cartoon cast, \u003cb\u003ea celebration of demographic diversity\u003c\/b\u003e, do double duty as helpful diagrams of body parts and fetal development, and as \u003cb\u003eexamples of loving families in action\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA happy addition to the Harris-Emberley family.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany parents will like this book’s \u003cb\u003edirect approach\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e—Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003einformative \u003c\/b\u003ebook covers everything from why boys and girls have different body parts to how a baby is born.\u003cbr\u003e—Parents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is written in \u003cb\u003eclear, straightforward language\u003c\/b\u003e and accompanied by cartoon illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e—Columbus Dispatch (included in a list of the top children’s books of the year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdults will gratefully draw on the book's frank language and friendly tone when talking things over with their kids in the car or at the zoo… This \u003cb\u003emust-have family resource\u003c\/b\u003e addresses all kinds of such funny misconceptions, supplying instead the real facts of life.\u003cbr\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTackles the sensitive subject of human reproduction with \u003cb\u003edelicacy and honesty\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e—Baltimore’s Child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe recommend these books for parents, teachers, librarians, health professionals and clergy as \u003cb\u003etrusted and accessible resources\u003c\/b\u003e to get answers and information about how to talk to youth about sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e—The Parent Buzz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's a direct correlation between fear of naming body parts and kids' interest in finding out about them…The lucky ones discover the Robie Harris\/Michael Emberley\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebooks…\u003cbr\u003e—Newbery winner Susan Patron, quoted in PW Children's Bookshelf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell-laced with humorous illustrations and diagrams that convey information as well as maintain the \u003cb\u003echeerful, even exuberant\u003c\/b\u003e, ‘it’s perfectly natural’ tone of this book.\u003cbr\u003e—Toronto Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePure sterling\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . No family with young children (or naïve young adults?) should miss this one.\u003cbr\u003e—Sacramento Bee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eperfect starting point\u003c\/b\u003e for sex education.\u003cbr\u003e—Fort Worth Star-Telegram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimple language and colorful illustrations present straightforward and easily understood topics that are sometimes controversial.\u003cbr\u003e—Library Media Connection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003cb\u003ematter-of-fact coverage\u003c\/b\u003e of everything from a child’s first questions about where babies come from to a teenager looking to read about transgender issues, you can’t go wrong with “It’s Perfectly Normal,” from the author Robie H. Harris and the illustrator Michael Emberley (celebrating its 20th anniversary this year) or with “It’s So Amazing” and their book for even younger children, “It’s Not the Stork.” Leave them lying around the house (after reading them yourself) and you’re bound to start some good conversations with children under 10, and give yourself the opportunity to approach older children.\u003cbr\u003e—Motherlode (NYT blog)\u003cb\u003eRobie H. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2024) is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the acclaimed Family Library series—\u003ci\u003eIt’s Perfectly Normal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e It’s So Amazing!\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt’s Not the Stork!—\u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Michael Emberley; \u003ci\u003eCRASH! BOOM! A Math Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Chris Chatterton;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Armando Mariño. She is also the author of the Let’s Talk About You and Me series, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, and many other books for young children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Emberley\u003c\/b\u003e 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. 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