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It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library) Paperback – August 8, 2014

by Robie H. Harris (Author), Michael Emberley (Illustrator)

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From the trusted team of Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, this classic resource for younger children receives its most ambitious update yet.

How does a baby begin and how is it born? How did I begin? Why are some parts of kids’ bodies different from some parts of other kids’ bodies? Most younger kids have questions about reproduction, babies, love, sex, and gender too. Some also have concerns. For over twenty years, It’s So Amazing! has provided children age seven and up with the honest answers they’re looking for through age-appropriate, reassuring words and accurate, up-to-date, inclusive art. Throughout the book, two cartoon characters, Bird and Bee, are the voices of kids. They talk together to help children feel that they are not the only ones wondering how we all began. Rigorously vetted by experts and featuring updated and new facts on pregnancy, birth, adoption, bodies, sexuality, gender identity, OK touches, not-OK touches, straight and LGBTQ+ families and people, and many other topics, thiscomprehensive resource for kids, parents, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and healthcare providers is the book that can help younger kids and their families talk together and find answers to their many questions.
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 10 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    The Family Library
  3. Print length
    88 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    2 - 5
  6. Dimensions
    9.88 x 0.33 x 11.88 inches
  7. Publisher
    Candlewick
  8. Publication date
    August 8, 2014
  9. ISBN-10
    0763668745
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0763668747
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Perfect for children 4 and up

"In 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 they successfully tackle the big questions . . . for even younger kids."

—The Horn Book (starred review).

Perfect for ages 10 and up

"This refreshingly candid tour of the facts of life is just the ticket for jittery parents when it’s time to explain the birds and bees to their curious kids.”

— People Magazine.

Don't miss Robie Harris's Let’s Talk About YOU and ME series

Launching the series is Who Has What?, a simple story following Nellie and Gus on a family outing to the beach. Humorous illustrations, conversations between the siblings, and a clear text all reassure young kids that whether they have a girl's body or a boy's, their bodies are perfectly normal, healthy, and wonderful.

Robie H. Harris follows the stages of pregnancy and childbirth in a matter-of-fact and comfortable way.

Robie H. Harris continues her series for preschoolers with a look at the many kinds of families that make up our world.

Robie H. Harris introduces preschoolers to the pleasures of eating healthy, being active, and feeling good.

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This thoughtful, innovative, and comprehensive book helps children with issues that are on their minds anyway—and gives all of us the language we need to share with them.
—T. Berry Brazelton, MD, founder of Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Joshua Sparrow, MD, co-authors of “Touchpoints: Birth to Three” and “Touchpoints: Three to Six”

Even if your child hasn't reached puberty, talk with him or her about what lies ahead. If you'd like some help, check out the excellent picture book IT'S SO AMAZING! . . . It could help prepare your son or daughter - as well as reassure you.
—Time Magazine

It's a beauty; it's your privilege to use it. Enough said.
—Boston Globe

As a pediatrician, I know that children have many questions about reproduction, birth, bodies, babies, and families. Finding the answers, in a comfortable, appropriate, and interesting way, is an essential part of growing up healthy in body and mind. This book provides an opportunity for children to find answers to their questions with clarity of explanation, fabulous illustrations, and humor, together with an all-important sense of wonder.
—Perri Klass, MD, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University

A cleverly illustrated guide to everything from adoption to zygotes.
—Child Magazine

Genuinely sweet, in a genre in which there’s a fairly despicable tendency to be edgy, brash, and cool, as if what kids can put out must be what they need from grownups.…sensible, even existential, answers…honest and tender drawings.
—The New Yorker

[A] friendly and sensitive guide for younger children . . . Harris throughout manages to leave no stone unturned in this thoughtful, intelligent, and most importantly, exuberant celebration of the creation and operation of children and adult bodies . . . Parents looking for a way to keep embarrassment to a minimum when discussing sexuality with their young children will appreciate this book.
—Horn Book, starred review, The

. . . this provides sensible, reassuring answers to readers' questions and concerns, and interrupts the rain of information with occasional silliness.
—Kirkus Reviews, pointered review

Indeed, IT'S SO AMAZING! is written and illustrated with such thought that a child can hide way and study it.
—New York Times, The

Another barrier-breaking contribution by Harris and Emberley that seamlessly bridges IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL and HAPPY BIRTH DAY! . . . An essential guide that will delight and inform and appeal to young readers as well as adults.
—School Library Journal, starred review

A well-loved tool for many parents, and one that has made 'the talk' more fun and relevant.
—Planned Parenthood.org

Emberley illustrates the rich diversity of bodies in a breathtakingly matter-of-fact way.
—Wondertime magazine

It's accurate, non-judgmental and comprehensive, yet there's no danger of information overload because humor is used to leaven the seriousness of the topics presented.
—Syndicated Column - Lynne Burke

Bright, comic-style illustrations featuring a knowledgable bird and an embarrassed bee. . . . Clear subject headings make the text easy to browse.
—Book Links

About the Author

Robie H. Harris (1940-2024) is the New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed Family Library series—It’s Perfectly Normal, It’s So Amazing!,and It’s Not the Stork!—illustrated by Michael Emberley; CRASH! BOOM! A Math Tale, illustrated by Chris Chatterton;and Somewhere, 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.

Michael Emberley says that while creating the illustrations for IT'S SO AMAZING!, he "tried to delicately balance age-appropriateness, absolute accuracy, honesty, and just plain fun."

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    Robie H. Harris, the award-winning author of over thirty children’s books, is known for writing about serious issues with honesty and humor and for her respect and affection for young readers. Her picture books center on the emotional life of young children and include titles such as: Goodbye Mousie and Who’s in My Family? Her nonfiction books such as It’s Perfectly Normal, It’s So Amazing!, and What’s So Yummy? center on giving children honest and accurate information they need to stay healthy and safe. Her newest books for young children include CRASH! BOOM! A Math Tale, and WHO? A Celebration of Babies.

    Her books have won multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Reach Out and Read’s Mills Tannenbaum Award for Children’s Literacy and Bank Street College of Education’s Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. Lesley University awarded Robie an honorary Ph.D. for her work. Read more about her books at www.robieharris.com.

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    Michael Emberley has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1979. He grew up in Ipswich, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, lived in San Diego, and Oakland California for many years, and now lives with his wife on the east coast of Ireland. He has no art degree, no writing degree, no kids, no house and no pets, but he does have a lot of pencils and a pretty decent computer. He also has a sister and father (Rebecca and Ed) who also make children's books, and a mother, Barbara, who has written books herself. His hobbies include bicycle racing, bike riding, cycling, mountain biking, reading about bikes and avoiding driving. He bought his first television set at age of forty so he could watch a bike race and his first car a few years later because there was no subway in California. He now lives quietly in a small village by the sea, spending most of his time cycling the narrow lanes up into the surrounding Wicklow Mountains. The rest of the time he can be spotted haunting the local pubs and coffee houses sketching and writing. He's easy to find - he's the tall thin one in the corner with the sketch pad, a tall glass or mug in front of him, and the funny accent.

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