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Summary
This beautiful picture book is a celebration of our natural world that extends a loving welcome to each member of our human family.
In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family. Travel across our round planet as the moon pulls, the tides rise, the rain falls, and then a baby is born.
Accompanied by a glossary explaining such natural phenomena as gravity, tides, and migration, this unforgettable book affirms the special place each child holds in the world.
A lovely gift for such special events as birthdays and baby showers, On the Day You Were Born belongs on every child's shelf.
"Reading this picture book aloud to a child, even the most jaded among us may feel again the sheer miracle of our human existence. A+" --Entertainment Weekly
On the eve of your birth, word of your coming passed from animal to animal . . . and the marvelous news migrated worldwide.
Author Notes
Debra Frasier's debut picture book, On the Day You Were Born, has become a perennial classic for welcoming new babies and celebrating families. Her other books include Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster, A Birthday Cake Is No Ordinary Cake, The Incredible Water Show, and Out of the Ocean . She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. www.debrafrasier.com.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 4-- All young children believe themselves to be the center of everything; here is a book that allows them to maintain that stance while learning just what makes up the universe. Through prose both gentle and sure, Frasier informs her audience: ``On the eve of your birth/ word of your coming/passed from animal to animal.'' Moreover, ``the quiet Moon glowed/ and offered to bring/ a full, bright face/ each month,/ to your windowsill . . . .'' Simple paper collages in warm, vibrant hues depict a childlike form moving through a world that curves and bends, nutures and welcomes. In some scenes the child is rendered in shades of buff or light yellow, but appears just as often as red-brown, darker brown, or black. The text reads like unrhymed poetry, and both parents and educators will find themselves wanting to share this book over and over with individuals and with groups. A three-page appendix that includes minature versions of each spread elaborates on natural phenomena for older readers--migrating animals, spinning Earth, rising tide, falling rain, growing trees, and more. A book filled with reverence for the natural order of the world and the place of the individual within it.-- Eve Larkin, Chicago Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Yeah, Baby! "On the day you were born the Earth turned, the Moon pulled, the Sun flared, and, then, with a push, you slipped out of the dark quiet where suddenly you could hear... ...a circle of people singing with voices familiar and clear." The On the Day You Were Born Gift Set by Debra Frasier contains a copy of her popular picture book and a 100% cotton flannel welcoming blanket (approximately 30'' x 40'') decorated with the same birds and stars seen in the book. The pair comes packaged in a sizeable gift box. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A celebration of the cycle of birth and the human connection to the earth. Frasier has illustrated this poetic and spiritual tribute to the joys of birth with lovely, colorful cut-paper illustrations. An appropriate gift for a new parent to share with a growing child. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 5-7. Frasier's combination of mystical poem and paper-collage graphics places the child at the center of the universe in this New Age picture book. Her verse relies on images of the child in the womb, while her artwork depicts the world preparing for a new life. The book begins with bold illustrations of migrating animals announcing the news of an upcoming birth, and each successive double-page spread worships Mother Earth and celebrates the interdependence of all living things. Five pages of appended factual information close the book on a strong note. One brief essay summarizes the migratory patterns of different animals; others explain the spinning earth, gravity, the sun, the moon, stars, tides, the water cycle, trees, air, and population, highlighting new vocabulary words such as condensation, precipitation, photosynthesis, stratosphere, and melanin. This first picture-book effort reflects Frasier's sensuous view of the world. ~--Kathryn LaBarbera