Mommy Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come from [Paperback]

Elaine R. Gordon (Author), Kathy Clo (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 28 pages
• Publisher: Em Greenberg Pr (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963456105
• ISBN-13: 978-0963456106
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,620,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good message needs better vehicle., April 15, 2010

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This review is from: Mommy Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come from (Paperback)

Elaine R. Gordon, Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come From (EM Greenberg Press. 1992)

This is a book that doesn't quite know what it wants to be. My wife's assessment of it was that pieces seemed as if they were written for the preschool set, while others read like they were written for junior-high-schoolers, and that's accurate. Technical terms clash with baby talk more than once. This stems from the author talking down to the audience, one of the cardinal sins of kidlit-writing. Ever wonder why you shouldn't talk down to your audience? Read this and find out. It's an important subject--that not all kids are born in the usual biological manner, and that there's nothing wrong with that--but that's a message that needs a much better book to transmit it. **

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, January 3, 2011

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Paul - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mommy Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come from (Paperback)

Dr. Gordon's book is well-written, beautifully illustrated with age appropriate language that appeals to all ages. It is the best book of its kind. Well done!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars stephen smith, November 22, 2010

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This review is from: Mommy Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come from (Paperback)

We found the book a good way to start talking about some of the many ways families can be created. It is simple, direct, and clear. A framework through which we added our own story. I got tired of the stories using animals, so this was a nice change for us.