Author: Robie H. Harris
Illustrator: Michael Emberley
Candlewick Press (2006)
I prescribe to the school of thought that it's a good idea to educate your kids about their bodies early on. I've heard Amy Lang of Birds + Bees + Kids talks many times (both professionally and as a mom) and I really like her ideas. http://birdsandbeesandkids.com/
One day, Mirette was playing with some red and yellow play dough. She tucked the yellow ball in the red ball and said, "The yellow is in the mommy's uterus." I was dumbfounded and kind-of proud too, but realized that I do often tell her the story of how she was born. It's clearly interesting to her to think about how the body works.
It has recently come to the attention of our community that there is a level three sex offender residing here and also, even more disturbing to me, a man's iphone was found on a local playing field with child pornography on it. That's made the moms around here start talking about teaching safe touch to our kids.
So I bought the book mentioned on Amy's site even though it says 4 and up. It's pretty wordy, but Mirette was captivated. I kept saying, "should we put in a book mark and read more later?" She'd reply, "No mommy, read the whole thing."
I thought it was extremely well done. It doesn't avoid anything or mince any words (so some families may not like it for that reason), but it really is a very cute way of explaining with little cartoon pictures and a bird and a bee making funny comments along the way.
There is also Okay Touches, Not Okay Touches.
Before buying this book, read this review to see if it's right for your family:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/its-not-stork
Here's a great interview with the author:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFWQsZGwXyo
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