Book Descriptions
for Nine Months by Miranda Paul and Jason Chin
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
“Small. Ball. The point of a pin. Then it divides … Our story begins.” A deft, skillful blending of information and anticipation in a rhyming text documents the gestation of a human baby and a little girl and her family’s preparations for the arrival of a new family member. Each spread features an image showing the development of the fetus on the left hand side—clearly labeled with the trimester, month and weeks of gestation—with the family’s activities on the right. While it would have been helpful to have the actual size of the egg, zygote and embryo in the first three page spreads clearly differentiated visually from the illustrated size (the remaining images are illustrated actual size), the end matter provides helpful additional information about the illustrations, in which the images are based on the 40-week gestation period used in medicine and science. More about babies in general is also provided at the end of a volume that concludes with the young Asian American girl and her family welcoming their newest member. (Ages 3–7)
CCBC Choices 2020. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2020. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Join a family of three who spend nine whole months waiting, from a frosty winter through a sun-dappled summer, until finally . . . a baby is here.
A Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient
An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title
A soon-to-be big sister and her parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby in the family. Alternating panels depict what the family is experiencing in tandem with how the baby is growing, spanning everything from receiving the news about the new baby to the excitement of its arrival.
In this pregnancy book unlike any other one out there, watch what's actually happening through meticulously detailed, actual size illustrations, perfectly paired with a lyrical yet informative text, and culminating in a warm, joyful birth scene.
Complete with backmatter that includes an elaboration on pregnancy, a list of amazing things babies can do before they're born, and more, Miranda Paul and Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin deliver another spectacular nonfiction picture book.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit
A Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient
An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title
A soon-to-be big sister and her parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby in the family. Alternating panels depict what the family is experiencing in tandem with how the baby is growing, spanning everything from receiving the news about the new baby to the excitement of its arrival.
In this pregnancy book unlike any other one out there, watch what's actually happening through meticulously detailed, actual size illustrations, perfectly paired with a lyrical yet informative text, and culminating in a warm, joyful birth scene.
Complete with backmatter that includes an elaboration on pregnancy, a list of amazing things babies can do before they're born, and more, Miranda Paul and Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin deliver another spectacular nonfiction picture book.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
