Product Details
Hardcover
40 pages
Creative Editions
Published 1994
From Publishers Weekly
Against the stunning backdrop of technologically innovative, large-scale photos, many from Lennart Nilsson's A Child Is Born , a straightforward text chronicles the development of human life, which "begins with the fusion of two cells, the egg from the female and the sperm from the male." Reproduced on full spreads, the photographs--truly remarkable and finely detailed--document the formation of the embryo, its implantation in the uterus and a fetus's development; the text is overlaid in translucent insets. Taylor, a first-time author, then moves on to the three stages of birth and what happens during a baby's first moments. Although this book provides a sound explanation of an astonishing process, it should be noted that the final spreads are potentially confusing and unsettling to youngsters, who, after seeing photos of a healthy newborn, are presented again with images of a baby in utero, as the author offers a cursory discussion of how substances consumed by a pregnant woman can harm the fetus. Ages 7-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5-This photo essay on conception, fetal development, and birth draws heavily on the now familiar, striking, in-utero photography of Lennart Nilsson as seen in his A Child Is Born (Delacorte, 1990) and Sheila Kitzinger's Being Born (Putnam, 1986). Following a full-page view of a pregnant woman's naked breasts and midsection, microscopic photos of sperm, egg, zygote, embryo, and uterus appear in double-page spreads. The developing fetus is described month by month, with a photo... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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