First Comes Love: All About the Birds and the Bees--and Alligators, Possums, and People, Too

by Jennifer Davis

Other authorsClare Mackie (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

7.32.01 D3 fi 2001

Collection

Publication

Workman Publishing Company (2001), 48 pages

Description

"Where do babies come from? No question arouses more curiosity--and few are harder to answer. This spirited book takes on the challenge with humor and warmth, rhyming its way through the facts of life. From the first amorous glance to the birth of a bouncing baby, it's the story of how we all got here."

User reviews

LibraryThing member Je2nif4
Book: First Comes Love, All about the birds and the bees - the alligators, possums and people, too.
Author: Jennifer Davis
Characters: Many animals.
Setting: N/A
Theme: How babies are made by all types of animals and the rituals that occur
Genre: Realistic- Humorous Children’s book
Audience: Ages 4
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and up
Curriculum: Good for science and learning about how animals procreate
Summary: Book talks honestly about the mating rituals of animals and explains how babies are born
Personal Response:
Very cute and hones book about the mating rituals of animals and draws a good intro to how to talk about how people begin mating rituals and have babies.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

48 p.; 8.26 inches

ISBN

9780761122449

UPC

019628122445

Local notes

Every parent awaits the question: Where do babies come from? First Comes Love is a charming introduction to the birds and the bees, not to mention alligators, spiders, dragonflies, squirrels, peacocks, and--of course--people.

Call number

7.32.01 D3 fi 2001
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