Before You Were Born
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761112006 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 36 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Illustrated with full-color whimsy by Laura Cornell, whose delightful work is familiar to readers of Jamie Lee Curtis's Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little, BEFORE YOU WERE BORN is a month-by-month countdown written in rhyming verse. For expectant mothers and curious little kids, and especially for kids with siblings on the way, it is an interactive storybook that delivers delight and information and reassurance, too.. So to explain, she wrote BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, now with 102,000 copies in print, a joyful lift-the-flap book that tells the parallel story of mother and baby during the nine months of pregnancy. Each page shows what's happening to the mother on the outside and then, under the flap, in the mother's belly to the baby on the inside. It's the mystery of mysteries-what's going on inside a pregnant woman's belly? That's wh
In the bottom left corner of each double-page spread is a thumbnail drawing of a baby along with an informational tidbit on a developmental milestone that each month brings. Loose, jaunty, black-ink lines and splashy watercolors support the humorous tone of these anecdotal vignettes that are sure to garner laughs as the woman's belly grows out of proportion to her tall skinny face. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2-A whimsical yet accurate look at many different aspects of prenatal development. For example, readers learn that at seven months to go, "You were now starting to smile and frown." The facing page then focuses on one identifying event for that month such as hearing the baby's hear
This was one of my son's favorite books as a toddler! C. Nielsen This was one of my son's favorite books I read to him as a toddler. I think he could recite the whole book by the time he was 3! He's now almost 10 and will still remember parts of this book. I'm now ordering a few as gifts for a few friends who are new moms.. Overly-stylized illustrations interfere The too-whimsical illustrations and awkward rhymes interfere with communication and enjoyment of what is (and should be) a fascinating topic for my four-year-old daughter (who is soon to become a big sister). For example, she found the green-faced morning sickness picture disturbing and the tea-cup / hiccough rhyme p. "A must have for all moms to be!" according to A Customer. As a mom to be, I plan to read to my child and encourage her to love learning. I know from my next door neighbor's children (ages 2 and A must have for all moms to be! A Customer As a mom to be, I plan to read to my child and encourage her to love learning. I know from my next door neighbor's children (ages 2 and 4) that they are very inquisitive about what is happening to me while my child grows inside me. This book really helped them understand about the new life that was on the way. It's w. ) that they are very inquisitive about what is happening to me while my child grows inside me. This book really helped them understand about the new life that was on the way. It's w