School Library Journal Review
PreK-Gr 2-After a boy's parents tell him that he will be a big brother soon, he starts to wonder where babies come from. He asks trusted adults, but his teacher, babysitter, and grandfather give him different answers, further confusing the young narrator. The child then goes to his parents, who tell him in realistic but age-appropriate language how babies are conceived, grow, and are born. Chris Patton's narration captures the pacing and tone of a curious young boy, but his reading fittingly shifts when he reads the back matter, which includes additional discussion of the subject as well as brief information about same-sex couples, adoption, and related topics. VERDICT Even without Blackall's illustrations, the text stands on its own and will be useful for parents to share with their inquiring young children.-Maria Salvadore, formerly of the Washington, DC Public Library © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Blackall once again excels at portraying a thoughtful child with a rich inner life, as her hero/narrator finds his world upended when his parents announce the arrival of a new baby. "I have a hundred questions in my head," the boy confides to readers, "but the only one that comes out is Are there any more cocopops?" Regaining his bearings, he asks the other adults in his life where babies come from. Their gently evasive half-answers enable Blackall to unleash her special brand of elegant, pokerfaced surrealism; when the kindly but taken aback mailman indicates that he "thinks babies comes from eggs. But he doesn't know where to get the eggs," the boy imagines a cozy nest of human baby eggs in various stages of hatching. But Blackall also admires her hero's inquisitiveness, and the way he squares his parents' eventual, more scientific explanation with what he's heard throughout the day (eggs are involved, after all) makes for a lovely tribute to the blossoming mind. An afterword offers helpful narratives for grownups facing a similar line of inquiry. Ages 5-8. Agent: Nancy Gallt Literary Agency. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.