Everybody Has a Bellybutton - Hardcover

Pringle, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563970090 ISBN 13: 9781563970092

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 1997

Synopsis

Everybody has a bellybutton, but what is its purpose? Award-winning author Laurence Pringle provides the answer in this unique angle on life from a single cell to birth. Pringle explains how the bellybutton is a vital link to life-giving-nutrients, water, and oxygen for a fetus in the womb. Everybody's bellybutton is a reminder of that mysterious, yet wonderful, time of life before birth. Enhanced by Clare Wood's strikingly detailed illustrations, Pringle's gentle description of life in the womb is both understandable and enjoyable for young children. A note to parents and a book list for further reading are included.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurence Pringle is an award-winning author of more than eighty books about nature, science, health, and environmental issues. He is the author of Octopus Hug, Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful, and Taking Care of the Earth: Kids in Action. He lives in West Nyack, New York.

Clare Wood is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in Parents, McCall's, and People, magazines. She is the illustrator of the award-winning book Baby Steps. She lives in eastern Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3. The reason for a bellybutton is the interesting starting point for a discussion that begins with a single cell and ends with a baby's first sip of milk. Told as though the reader is the subject of the story, the text begins by pointing out that everyone has a bellybutton and invites participation at different points by asking children to touch their own navels or feel their hearts beating. Words such as embryo, fetus, umbilical cord, placenta, etc., are introduced naturally in the text and are easily understood in context. Through the narrative, readers learn about the fetus's growth and anticipate its birth. The soft illustrations, done in pencil and pastel, add to the calm tone of the narrative and lend a happy, pleasant note to the information. They also help children to imagine themselves at each stage of development. A note to parents explains how to use and expand on this story. A short list of further reading is also aimed at adults who would like more information about human reproduction for themselves. This is an excellent first choice for youngsters asking about "where they came from" or who are anticipating the birth of a sibling.?Melissa Gross, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1563970090
• ISBN 13: 9781563970092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wood Clare