基本信息出版社：Workman Publishing Company
页码：48 页
出版日期：2001年06月
ISBN：0761122443
International Standard Book Number：0761122443
条形码：9780761122449
EAN：0019628122445/9780761122449
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语

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Every parent awaits the question: Where do babies come from? FIRST COMES LOVE is a charming introduction to the birds and the bees, not to mention alligators, spiders, dragonflies, squirrels, peacocks, and-of course-people.

Illustrated by Clare Mackie, whose clever visual jokes and whimsical flourishes will appeal as much to grown-ups as they do to children, the book marries fun rhyming text with fascinating fact to tell a story of love, courtship, and birth across the animal kingdom. Written for the ages of 4 to 8, when kids are at their most curious and least embarrassed, here is the story of the lightning bug-"When the firefly is in a flirting mode, / He scribbles and blinks a special code." The penguin-"Quivering and caressing with flippers and beaks, / They touch and talk for two full weeks." And the kangaroo-"Kangaroo babies are rarely seen, / Because they're no bigger than a lima bean." Then below, in captions that amplify the verse, kids learn that every firefly species has its own blinking language, that penguins try to find the same mate year after year, and that a new-born kangaroo stays in his mother's pouch for the first three months.
作者简介 Jennifer Davis, a mother of four, wrote Before You Were Born to answer the questions her older kids asked while she was pregnant. She lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.
媒体推荐 "...for parents who want a vehicle for exploring the topic with their children." -- School Library Journal
专业书评 From the Back Cover

Where Do Babies Come From?

No question arouses more curiosity - and few are harder to answer. This spirited book takes on the challenge with humor and warmth, rhyming its way through the facts if life. From the first amorous glance to the birth of the bouncing baby, it's the story of how we all got here.