Mommy, Where Do Babies Come From? - Robert Roper - ★★★

AUTHOR: Robert Roper

GENRE: Children's Picture Book.

PUBLICATION DATE: July 28, 2020.

RATING: 3 stars.

Considering this sensitive topic, I was more curious than my children to see how the idea of conception has been handled in the book.

The story begins with a very curious child who loves nature and begins to wonder if baby humans come the same way as baby snakes and baby butterflies. Her mother is the one who answers her doubts about the origin of babies. Just in case parents are wondering the exact detail the book goes into, it skips the actual intercourse part (Thankfully, because the topic would be too early to introduce for the target age group of this book. The book is meant for early/young readers) and begins with love, cell division and life in the womb. It does end with a question about multiple babies so be ready to answer that (and many more queries) if you are reading this to your children.

The way the topic of conception is explained is quite satisfactory. The entire book is written in poetic verse, making it a good bedtime read-aloud companion. However, there are quite a few difficult words such as oxygenated, imprisoned, enunciated, palpated,... Now this could be considered a learning opportunity for the children to be introduced to vocabulary beyond their age range or it could be looked at as a hurdle impairing the smooth reading flow. I guess this depends on the child and the parent.

The illustrations are F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S! I adored every single sketch in the book. My copy didn't mention the name of the illustrator and that's really sad. Whoever you are, kudos to you on the excellent artwork!

Overall, the book does a decent job. Not too good, not too bad.

Note to author/editor: Punctuation matters even in children's books. The missing & incorrect punctuation marks made the book look really amateurish.

I received a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. The above opinion of the book is mine alone.