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The baby tree

After learning that his parents are expecting a baby, a young boy asks several people where babies come from and gets a different answer from each before his parents have a chance to give the right answer. Includes advice on answering questions about reproduction.

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Main Author: Blackall, Sophie (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
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Sex instruction for children > Juvenile fiction.
Children's questions and answers > Juvenile fiction.
Infants > Juvenile fiction.
Pregnancy > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:After learning that his parents are expecting a baby, a young boy asks several people where babies come from and gets a different answer from each before his parents have a chance to give the right answer. Includes advice on answering questions about reproduction.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780399257186 (hbk.)
0399257187 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Sophie Blackall was born in 1970 and grew up in Australia. She received a Bachelor of Design in Sydney in 1992 with honors. She spent the following few years painting robotic characters for theme parks, providing the hands for a DIY television show, and writing a household hints column. She also had many exhibitions of paintings in galleries in Sydney and Melbourne.

She moved to New York City in 2000. Her editorial illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Vogue, and Gourmet. She has illustrated over thirty books for children including Ruby's Wish, Meet Wild Boars, Pecan Pie Baby, Big Red Lollipop, and the Ivy and Bean series. She won the 2016 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear and the 2019 Randolph Caldecott Medal for Hello Lighthouse. Her first book for adults was entitled Missed Connections: Love, Lost and Found.

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