This book 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. Loved this book, very sweet. ( )

I really liked this book and it had amazing illustrations! I love how it went from talking about just a belly button to the whole process of how a child is born. I was very informative and children can learn a lot from this book on how they came into the world. ( )

This books explains the way a person gets there belly button. This is a great explanation of what happens to a baby in a mother's belly. ( )

Characters:
· Narrator- telling “you” how you were born

Subjects/topics/themes: Pregnancy, Babies

Related titles: It's so Amazing! A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families

Annotation: This picture book details the nine months of pregnancy, and steers clear of the subject that may make some parents uncomfortable.

very nice second person narrative about how you started at conception to birth. It connects the belly button and details of why we have it from beginning to the end. ( )