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."
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
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