Reviews

What's in There?: All About Before You Were Born by Robie H. Harris, Nadine Bernard Westcott

laura_mcloughlin's review against another edition

4.0

Great info for even the youngest kids. Doesn't go into a lot of gory detail about the how the baby got there but does give a lot of information on the baby's development and why mom's stomach is getting so big.

ap1's review against another edition

5.0

Super cute and informative. This is on a level for very young children. It's not more detailed than what a little one wants to know. It's just right! I love that the illustrations are so inclusive too.

erine's review against another edition

2.0

While this is accessible for young children about to become siblings or who know someone expecting a baby, there were several things that managed to irritate me. Occasionally using cutesy terms (twisty tube instead of umbilical cord) might have been fine, but at the end the author claims that when a doctor has to cut the baby out this hurts neither the baby nor the mother. I understand not wanting to alarm a small child about potential injury to a baby or mom, but that would have been a great opportunity to at least mention that the whole process is a lot of hard work for mom and we should be really, really nice to her afterward.