Mummy Laid an Egg - Babette Cole > Reviews

Advantages: A simple way to teach young children the basics of sex education
Disadvantages: None

...title of the book says Mummy laid an egg. Well of course the kids being smart and one step ahead of their parents (nothing new there) decide that they'd better take charge and educate the parents. So they set about drawing diagrams to show mum and dad what really goes on. This is done in a very childlike way with simple drawings. The children explain how mum and dads bodies are different and are therefore able to fit together. Well this is ... Read review

Advantages: Factual and amusing
Disadvantages: none obvious

...the drawings of the ways mummy and daddy "fit together|"...on a spacehopper, a skjateboard, involved in circus tricks. They then describe the Great Egg Race and how the winner (GOTCHA!) starts a very small baby which grows and grows until out pops the baby "Hello mummy" The end of the book shows the children looking delighted with themselves and telling their parents "So now you know and so does everybody else"...this as they let in lots of animals. PHEW!! ... Read review

Advantages: Hilariously funny for adults, and children, and great pictures
Disadvantages: would wait till child is about eight, younger probably won't understand the pictures or text

was in predicament of having to explain where babies came from, needed something light hearted, and finally found this book. It is fantastic, the pictures are colourful, they also lead to new questions being asked which the text hasn't explained. It is a very useful book as the light heartedness of it doesn't embarrass the child. And we both laughed at the end. The mum and dad cannot come to terms with telling their child the facts of life, so resort ... Read review