Awards

• Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Children/Young Adult) 2014
• Short-listed for Lambda Literary Award 2013
• Short-listed for Lambda Literary Award 2014

Overview

What Makes a Baby- A book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. Following the huge success of a Kickstarter campaign in which What Makes a Baby became the highest funded children's book project in the history of the site, we see this title as a go-to among parents wanting to teach their curious children about where babies come from no matter who was involved, where it took place, and when. What Makes the Baby is the first in a three-book series teaching young readers about conception, their changing bodies, and sex and sexual health. Finalist for the 2014 Lambda Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult ""What Makes a Baby is extraordinary! Cory is a Dr. Spock for the 21st century.""-Susie Bright ""A Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question 'Where Do Babies Come From?'-The new book What Makes a Baby offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like."" -The Atlantic ""This is a solid, occasionally quirky book on an important topic.""-School Library Journal Geared to readers from preschool to age eight,What Makes a Babyis a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a twenty-first century children's picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. Just as important, the story doesn't gender people or body parts, so most parents and families will find that it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience. Written by sexuality educator Cory Silverberg, and illustrated by award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth,What Makes a Babyis as fun to look at as it is useful to read.

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It's an informative and entertaining read for kids of all parents, straight or queer. And, hey, even if your kids were conceived the old-fashioned way, they should know not everyone was--and why. <br>-- Queerty <br> What Makes a Baby is a delightful, touching, brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated book that really is 'for every kind of family, and every kind of kid.' It creates space for parents to answer questions about reproduction in an age appropriate way and in a way that also speaks to the reality of their family and those around them. Kids and their grown-ups will love this book! <br>--Jolanta Scott-Parker, Executive Director, Canadian Federation of Sexual Health <br> Cory Silverberg's What Makes a Baby offers a combination so rarely captured in children's books; beauty and meaning, fact and nuance, and most importantly the opportunity for all of us to see ourselves in these pages. A book explaining pregnancy and childbirth that accounts for the wonderfully diverse ways babies are made is a gift. <br>--Nadya Burton, PhD, Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University <br> The book talks about where babies come from in a way that encompasses kids who are adopted, conceived using reproductive technologies, through surrogacy, or the old-fashioned way, and regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender, and other identity, or family composition. Author and sex educator Silverberg nails it, as does award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth, who illustrated the book. <br>-- The Advocate<br> <br> Smyth's cartoons recall the work of Todd Parr, with a bright crayon-box palette. Silverberg's writing is informative yet sufficiently general to let adults tailor the accompanying conversations as needed. A useful springboard for conversations about childbirth, no matter the family. <br>-- Publisher's Weekly <br>Designed for all kinds of children in all kinds of families, this will be particularly welcome in adoptiveb

This is a solid, occasionally quirky book on an important topic. -- School Library Journal It's an informative and entertaining read for kids of all parents, straight or queer. And, hey, even if your kids were conceived the old-fashioned way, they should know not everyone was--and why. -- Queerty What Makes a Baby aims to be just about the most inclusive sex ed book for kids you've ever come across[...] it has none of this mommy and daddy love each other and he watered her flower with his watering can and then a baby was born stuff; What Makes a Baby is for kids around four to eight years of age, teaching them about conception, gestation, and birth using really specific language. -- Jezebel What Makes a Baby is a delightful, touching, brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated book that really is 'for every kind of family, and every kind of kid.' It creates space for parents to answer questions about reproduction in an age appropriate way and in a way that also speaks to the reality of their family and those around them. Kids and their grown-ups will love this book! --Jolanta Scott-Parker, Executive Director, Canadian Federation of Sexual Health Cory Silverberg's What Makes a Baby offers a combination so rarely captured in children's books; beauty and meaning, fact and nuance, and most importantly the opportunity for all of us to see ourselves in these pages. A book explaining pregnancy and childbirth that accounts for the wonderfully diverse ways babies are made is a gift. --Nadya Burton, PhD, Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University The book talks about where babies come from in a way that encompasses kids who are adopted, conceived using reproductive technologies, through surrogacy, or the old-fashioned way, and regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender, and other identity, or family composition. Author and sex educator Silverberg nails it, as does awa

It's an informative and entertaining read for kids of all parents, straight or queer. And, hey, even if your kids were conceived the old-fashioned way, they should know not everyone was--and why. <br><br>-- Queerty <br> What Makes a Baby is a delightful, touching, brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated book that really is 'for every kind of family, and every kind of kid.' It creates space for parents to answer questions about reproduction in an age appropriate way and in a way that also speaks to the reality of their family and those around them. Kids and their grown-ups will love this book! <br>--Jolanta Scott-Parker, Executive Director, Canadian Federation of Sexual Health<br><br> Cory Silverberg's What Makes a Baby offers a combination so rarely captured in children's books; beauty and meaning, fact and nuance, and most importantly the opportunity for all of us to see ourselves in these pages. A book explaining pregnancy and childbirth that accounts for the wonderfully diverse ways babies are made is a gift. <br>--Nadya Burton, PhD, Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University

Author Information

Raised by a children's librarian and a sex therapist, CORY SILVERBERGgrew up to be a sexuality educator and writer.He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto, and was a founding member of the Come As You Are Co-operative. He teaches across North America on topics including sexual communication, sexuality and disability, technology, access, and inclusion. Cory is the Sexuality Guide for About.com and the co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability with Miriam Kaufman and Fran Odette.What Makes a Baby is the first book in a series of kid's books Cory is writing for Seven Stories Press about sexuality, sexual health, and gender.He has eight nephews and nieces, all of whom know where babies come from. FIONA SMYTH is a Toronto-based painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her first graphic novel, The Never Weres, was published by Annick Press in 2011. Fiona's comic Cheez was published inExclaim! magazine for almost ten years, and her comic Fazoozwas in Vice for eight years. Fiona teaches illustration and comics at OCAD U in Toronto.

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