Mummy Laid An Egg!

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mummy Laid An Egg!
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Babette Cole
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:40
Dimensions(mm): Height 251,Width 245
ISBN/Barcode 9780099299110
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Teenage / Young Adult
Illustrations 1

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox
Publication Date 1 June 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Just how are babies made? Erm Well. . . they're delivered by dinosaurs squidged out of tubes and found under stones! In this story the kids put their embarrassed parents straight and dispel the myths surrounding baby-making, growth and birth. Babette Cole careers through the facts of life with her no-nonsense text and funny illustrations.

Author Biography

Babette Cole was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands. She graduated from Canterbury College of Art in 1973 and was the illustrator and author of more than 150 witty, imaginative, irreverent and thought-provoking picture books for children including the bestselling, stereotype-defying Princess Smartypants. She produced animated storyboards for the BBC and illustrated numerous greetings cards and books by other authors as well as her own. Babette adored the countryside and was a keen horse rider and breeder. She spent much of her life in Lincolnshire, before moving to Kent and then westward through Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.

Reviews

Excellent and fun -- Dr Tanya Byron * The Times *