It's so Amazing really is an amazing book to read. This book carefully details male and female reproductive organs and what it means when someone gets pregnant. No topic regarding pregnancy is left unturned. The book is a great teaching tool to inform young kids how a woman gets pregnant. It shows the different sex organs for men and women in various stages of life; as well as what sex and love are. It also does a terrific job in explaining what good touches are compared to bad one; and also explains about HIV and other diseases. The books' illustrations do a great job depicting the different body without exaggerations. It is done in the form of a graphic novel, which is funny considering most would believe the pictures to be kind of graphic in nature. Even though I was reading the book alone, I kind of felt uncomfortable reading it and not quite sure how I would feel if I saw a student reading it in the library. I also wonder if my administration would allow such a book out on the library floor. because even though it is not pornographic by any means; I am not sure how parents or other adults would react to finding out that this book would be available for their elementary aged child to check out. I guess I would cross that bridge when I become a librarian.
Teachers can find ways to incorporate this book into their lessons at http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763626104.mis.1.pdf
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Additional books written by the authors are It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health and It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends
Harris, R. H., & Emberley, M. (1999). It's so amazing!: A book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies, and families. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
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