Geared to readers from preschool to age eight,What Makes a Babyis a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a twenty-first century children’s picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. Just as important, the story doesn’t gender people or body parts, so most parents and families will find that it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience.

]Written by sexuality educator Cory Silverberg, and illustrated by award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth,What Makes a Babyis as fun to look at as it is useful to read.

Raised by a children’s librarian and a sex therapist,Cory Silverberggrew up to be a sexuality educator and writer. He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto, and was a founding member of the Come As You Are Co-operative. He teaches across North America on topics including sexual communication, sexuality and disability, technology, access, and inclusion. Cory is the Sexuality Guide for About.com and the co-author ofThe Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disabilitywith Miriam Kaufman and Fran Odette.What Makes a Babyis the first book in a series of kid’s books Cory is writing for Seven Stories Press about sexuality, sexual health, and gender. He has eight nephews and nieces, all of whom know where babies come from.

Fiona Smythis a Toronto-based painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her first graphic novel,The Never Weres, was published by Annick Press in 2011. Fiona’s comicCheezwas published inExclaim!magazine for almost ten years, and her comicFazoozwas inVicefor eight years. Fiona teaches illustration and comics at OCAD U in Toronto.

• Publisher: Triangle Square; 1st edition (May 7, 2013)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 36 pages
• ISBN-10: 1609804856
• ISBN-13: 9781609804855
• Reading age: 3 – 7 years
• Grade level: Preschool – 2
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Dimensions: 9.27 x 0.38 x 9.28 inches