ISBN:9780807553442
Pages:17 p.
Genre:Picture books for children
Interest Level:Kindergarten -4
Reading Level:1
Subjects: Children of pregnant women New baby in family Children and childbirth Pregnancy Childbirth Brothers and sisters Children's questions and answers Science -- Health and medicine -- Pregnancy and newborns Social situations -- Families -- New baby in family
Reader's Annotation:Elizabeth's mom is having a baby, and the whole family is involved. Elizabeth learns all about the baby's development, and she traces his growth, month by month. She learns how the baby got inside Mom, too. Finally the big day comes Mom and Dad head off to the hospital, and soon there's a brand-new little person in the family! (Novelist)
Summary:With unwavering exuberance, young Elizabeth takes readers month-by-month through her mom's pregnancy, tracking her prospective sibling's size from September's "only as big as my bottom front tooth," through February's "as big as my stuffed rabbit," and on to May's delivery. Unusually for treatments of this topic, Elizabeth is very specific—about not only the baby's physical development and Mom's anatomy, but also about just how Dad's sperm came to meet Mom's egg. Thompson follows suit in cartoon-style watercolors, placing Mom and Dad under covers but interspersing views of the smiling family with lots of labeled inside views and enlargements. Confusingly, Elizabeth refers to the fetus as "he" throughout, even while relating how her parents are opting to wait to find out the baby's sex—but for children seeking hard facts on the whole business, this makes a good alternative to the likes of Kes Gray's Baby On Board! (2004), illustrated by Sarah Nayler, or Laurel Molk's lyrical but oblique When You Were Just a Heartbeat (2004). (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-8) (Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2005)
Reviews and Awards:Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Young Readers Category: 2005
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