You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday (Concept Books. Level 1) [Library Binding]

Linda Walvoord Girard (Author), Linda Walvoord (Author), Christa Kieffer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1983 | Series: Concept Books. Level 1

Describes the life of a tiny baby in his safe, warm, floating place during the nine months before he is born.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co (January 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807594555
• ISBN-13: 978-0807594551
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,146,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My children were as enthralled as I was!, September 6, 1999

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This review is from: You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) (Paperback)

This adorable book on how we all came about, is one of my favorites when it comes to children's books. My kids never get tired of hearing the story, I think partly because they love to be talked about, and because the author and artist really convey those special moments of pregnancy and birth that "speak" to children-(as well as the adults!) The first time I read it to my boys, ages 2 & 5, I had to make a real effort not to cry! It's a beautiful-TRUE story, and makes a wonderful gift for an older sibling-when there's a new addition to the family! It brings back wonderful emotions for Mom and Dad, and helps the older child realize that the love Mommy and Daddy have for the new baby is exactly the same as it is for them. Great book!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A birth-focused description - good for new siblings., October 16, 1999

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Maggi Rohde "librarian and mom" (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) (Paperback)

A very pretty and sensitive book about pregnancy and birth (does not deal with conception). It is told from a second person point of view, as though the child being read to was the infant. The author focuses on the feelings of the mother while she was carrying her baby: what it felt like when the infant kicked, how the infant was fed, etc. Includes good in utero descriptions and drawings. Lacks multicultural drawings.

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves this book, June 25, 2010

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Mom in DFW "Teachermom" (Yakima, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) (Paperback)

I paired this book with pictures of me when I was pregnant, and my three year old LOVES it. He knows that he was in Mommy's belly, and he laughs at the parts where the unborn baby is jumping around, keeping the mother from getting to sleep because my little guy did the same.
A sweet book to explain pregnancy to very young children.