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Baby Science: How Babies Really Work!

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This book is perfect to explain what a new baby will be like to a sibling-to-be. It shows (in large pictures and fairly simple text) how babies eat (shows breast feeding and bottle feeding), how much they sleep, what they see and hear, how they learn to crawl, walk, and begin to talk...pretty much covers it all!

My nine year old son liked this book very much, even though this is geared for a slightly younger set. He did some of the experiments and read this numerous times (by choice). The short articles, fun facts and cute illustrations hold kid's attention well. It explains baby's behavior well and give them some idea of what to expect.

Baby Science is a wonderful book, not only for children who have a new baby in their lives, but for adults as well. This book will help to explain some of the wonderful, fascinating, and intriguing things everyone with a baby in their life will be interested in knowing.

Though written for children, this book has wonderful adult appeal as well, with lots of great facts and interesting comments from the author.Included throughout the book are things for children to do to see the world from baby's perspective, including, rather than excluding, sibs and others in the process of learning how babies really work.In addition, colourful photographs of babies and accompanying illustrations add a nice visual appeal. I highly recommend this book.

Baby Science is a fun, informative book appropriate for any child, especially those who are welcoming a new sibling or cousin into the family. The photographs are bright and cheerful, and the text is written in just the right voice. Many children don't know what to expect from a baby. What does a baby eat? What does a baby do all day? Baby Science explains it all, and even offers little experiments for the big brothers and sisters to try out on the newest member of the family!

I bought this book based on the reviews here, but I was fairly disappointed. The pictures and the layout leave much to be desired, and the text is not bad, but not great either. I could not hold my two-year-old's attention with this one, although he will sit still for most books. Frankly, I had purchased this book partially because of the photographs, but I think I would rather just show my son "A Child is Born" or "Your Amazing Newborn" and explain the text to him. There just wasn't as much information here as I had hoped for. This is certainly not a bad book, especially for slightly older children, but it is not a great book either.