Where Do Babies Come From? [Hardcover]

Margaret Sheffield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 1973

Simple text and pictures explain intercourse, growth in the womb, sexual differences in male and female, and birth of the baby.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 33 pages
• Publisher: Knopf (April 12, 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394484827
• ISBN-13: 978-0394484822
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful images and simple text, April 25, 2008

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C. Wallis Davenport "joyous2" (New York State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Do Babies Come from? (Hardcover)

This book is sadly out of print, but if you can find it, you must get it for your child. It was the book I had as a youngster, and happily, I found it for my six year old daughter to explain the mysteries of conception, childbirth, the difference between baby boys, baby girls, boys, girls, men and women.

The book is illustrated in a beautiful painterly style. I remember looking at the images for a long time as a young girl. They are graphic, but not crude. They are not comical, or cartoonish, as in some "birds and bees" books. There is a picture of a nude man, and then a picture of a nude woman. There is a picture of a pregnant woman, "cut away" so you can see the baby inside. There is also a picture of a woman giving birth, but not in a scary way, but in a loving way. Also, a woman nursing a baby.

Discussions of intercourse are limited to things like, the man getting close to the woman and putting his (male organ) inside her v--. There is not a graphic explanation of sex. Girls bodies are explained as "not working as women's bodies work".

This is a good beginning book for children ages 5-8. Gives all the basic information and leaves plenty of room for further parental discussion.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good experience, October 31, 2010

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ChgoLil - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Where Do Babies Come From? (Paperback)

I bought this book for my children, who are now in their 40s and was so glad to find it again for my granddaughters. Thank You!

5.0 out of 5 stars What I have been looking for, September 6, 2006

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J. Walter "Jack" (Oahu Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Do Babies Come From? (Hardcover)

We actually found this book in a used bookstore. I am so glad to have found it. My girls, 4 and 2, keep asking me how the baby got into my belly, and how it looks now and so on. THis book goes into all of it, and actually shows a picture of the baby being born. They also ask me how the baby is going to come out. This book is great.