The Baby Tree

By BLACKALL, Sophie

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ISBN
9780399257186
Publisher
Penguin Nancy Paulsen


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School Library Journal

Starred Review on April 1, 2014  |  Preschool to Grades 4

K-Gr 2—A delightfully age-appropriate way to give young children the facts about conception and birth. A baby is coming, and the soon-to-be big brother has many questions, his most persistent one being "Where do babies come from?" After gathering partial answers from his babysitter, his teacher, and his grandpa, he is more confused than ever. The boy has heard that babies come from a baby tree, the hospital, and special delivery by stork. Feeling dissatisfied with t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on May 1, 2014

A little boy narrator finds out from his parents one morning that he's going to be a big brother. Just one question: "Where are we going to get the baby?" Over the course of the day, he asks the grownups in his life -- his babysitter, his teacher, his grandpa, the mailman -- if they know where babies come from. Each gives a different answer -- a seed, the hospital, an egg -- that confuses him but, as it turns out when his parents give him the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2014

After learning he's going to be a big brother, a boy asks various grownups (babysitter, teacher, grandfather) where babies come from. At bedtime, Mom and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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