Tuesday, June 16, 2015

It's So Amazing

Harris, R. (1999).  It's so amazing.  Boston, MA:  Candlewick Press.

It’s So Amazing is a book that answers questions that children ask and that parents don’t like to answer.  The characters Bird and Bee address questions that children about the age of 7 and older have about sex, sexuality, reproduction, and babies.  It begins with a male and female parts diagram showing the differences between them.  Then it shows the growth stages in order and what happens during each stage.  It begins with puberty, to love, sex, pregnancy, delivery, and genetics.    The Bird and the Bee appear and comment on topics using two perspective and  shows the different emotions children might have.   To make the story more appealing, the author uses a comic strip style approach.  To make it age appropriate, they made cartoon like illustrations.  This is a book that children and both parents can enjoy together.   It was organized very well, it followed a sequence through-out the book.  After reading the book, students may create a comic strip of their own using a topic in the book that interested them the most.  

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