pregnancy

When fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho learns that his mother is expecting a baby, he develops a sympathetic pregnancy--adding to his worry about the burglar who is targeting Concord, Massachusetts.

Twelve-year-old Laura can hardly believe how embarrassing her mother has become, especially now that she is pregnant.

A handbook presenting the options available to a teenage girl who finds herself pregnant. Includes information on legal rights, the birth process, parenthood, adoption procedures, programs for young mothers, and school and employment training.

Discusses several aspects of teen pregnancy, including the role of drugs and alcohol; what happens to the body during pregnancy; options including adoption, keeping the baby, and abortion; childbirth; breast-feeding; the impact on mothers' and fathers' lifestyles; legal matters; and contraception.

When Welcome, a fifteen-year-old girl living in a small town in North Carolina during the 1950s, finds out that she is pregnant, she faces some important decisions.

When Trina's father falls into a severe depression after losing his job and her mother becomes pregnant at forty-eight, Trina faces a difficult summer even with the help of her good friend Miranda.

Photographs and text describe the baby's nine-month journey from conception to birth.

Sister Bear goes along to Mama Bear's doctor appointment and learns that the reason Mama's lap is getting smaller is that she is going to have a baby.

A baby describes how he was conceived, grew in his mother's womb, and was eventually born.

Looks at the development of a baby both before and after birth.