childbirth

". . . highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by 'catching' their babies at birth"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes how the moon, stars, and all of nature reacted on the night a baby was born.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes how the moon, stars, and all of nature reacted on the night a baby was born.

Presents over one hundred short inspirational stories for expectant mothers, written by first-time moms, veteran mothers, adoptive mothers, and fathers-to-be.

Combines photographs taken with three- and four-dimensional imaging technologies with informative text to provide a chronicle of the process by which an embryo develops into a full-term infant.

Franklin the turtle anxiously awaits the arrival of spring as he looks forward to the birth of his new baby sister and the prospect of becoming a big brother.

Amarlai, a boy from Ghana, helps his family prepare for his new baby cousin's naming ceremony.

A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

Introduces readers to female activists and their work and suggests way readers can help to fight against violence against women and for equal political and economic rights.

Helps to prepare families with young children for the arrival of a new baby.