She started writing books for children in the 1970s and has numerous titles to her credit. HARRIS began her career as a teacher at the Bank Street College of Education's School for Children. Vetted and approved by science, health, and child development experts, the information is up-to-date, age-appropriate, and scientifically accurate, and always aimed at helping kids feel proud, knowledgeable, and comfortable about their own bodies, about how they were born, and about the family they are part of.Back matter includes an index. Two irresistible cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, provide comic relief and give voice to the full range of emotions and reactions children may experience while learning about their amazing bodies. Harris and Michael Emberley address readers in a reassuring way, mindful of a child's healthy desire for straightforward information. Through lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork, Robie H. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys' bodies the same and why are some parts different? How was I made? Where do babies come from? Is it true that a stork brings babies to mommies and daddies? IT'S NOT THE STORK helps answer these endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school children ask about how they began. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. for even younger kids.' - The Horn Book (starred review) Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. Here they successfully tackle the big questions. Harris and Emberley established themselves as the purveyors of reader-friendly, straightforward information on human sexuality for readers as young as seven.

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It's Not the Stork! by Robie H. Harris