Before You Were Born
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761112006 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 36 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. 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. It's the mystery of mysteries-what's going on inside a pregnant woman's belly? That's what Jennifer Davis's older children wanted to know while she was expecting the younger. Children learn how Mommy is feeling and how the baby is developing, about hiccups, kicks, and umbilical cords, a first heartbeat, and the contractions that mark the beginning of labor. 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
After focusing on the mother's perspective, a postcard-sized flap can be lifted to reveal the fetus, happily painting its growing nails or gleefully dancing, boom box in hand. 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. Readers will enjoy the interactive nature of this energetic title.Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MICopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Told from a pregnant woman's point of view, the lighthearted rhyming text begins, "Before you were born and with 9 months to go" and counts down to delivery day. For example, readers learn that at seven months to go, "You were now starting to smile and frown." The fac
"This was one of my son's favorite books as a toddler!" according to 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 This was one of my son's favorite books as a toddler! 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.. ! 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.. A Customer said 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 perplexing (as I did). Over. 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 written in terms children u