All parents, sooner or later, have to answer the key question that all children ask themselves: where do babies come from? Each one of us explains the origin of life as well as possible and often with the help of some graphic resource. So when I came across “Nine Months”, the new illustrated and die -cut book by Héléne Druvert, I thought it might help you.
The author, daughter of a doctor, mother, illustrator of paper and textiles, invites children, adolescents and future mothers to explore the interior of a woman’s body month by month during pregnancy , one of the most “magical” moments in nature. human.
Nine months: Die cuts and illustrations to discover the origin of life (Books for those who love books)
Beauty and simplicity to explain the miracle of life
“Anyone can find something in this book. We have tried to be as didactic as possible in the texts, eliminating information that is less relevant or too complicated for children.”
This is how Héléne speaks of her new book published by Maeva Young, “a logical continuation” of her book ‘Anatomy’, which ends with the silhouette of the woman and a flap on her belly, which is raised.
The author acknowledges that becoming a mother led her to choose the body of the pregnant woman as the subject of her next book, but also the many questions that were asked in school meetings on the subject.
“It is an extraordinary and mysterious adventure. Two people are capable of creating another human being, and this being is made in just 9 months outside of our gaze inside the uterus. It seems to me something magical!”
It is a paper universe that manages to get fully into each of the baby’s days, from its gestation until its birth: a trip to the interior of the uterus to understand what fertilization consists of, what is genetic inheritance, how twins are formed or how the five senses evolve, and follow the development of the fetus month by month.
But in its pages we also find answers to those doubts that parents have when they meet their little ones, such as the color of their eyes: why most are born with them blue and when do they acquire their definitive tone.
And if you are still wondering how this book can help you:
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Because it shows in an astonishing and elegant way a universal theme through a plastic expression, in book format, that provokes astonishment and admiration.
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Because the set of flaps and dies allows the acquisition of very direct concepts, as if we were looking inside the mother, and for the little ones it will be a playful experience as well as didactic.
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Because nine months are covered in the life of a woman expressed in a simple, direct and concise way.
These are some of the illustrations rescued from the book, because the set of flaps above and behind each one of them cannot be displayed on the Web, only on paper.
Fertilization
And after lifting the flap, all the secrets step by step of how to create a life.
Third month: ultrasound
Month 4 and 5 (fetus movements)
Seventh month: the senses
Ninth month
Part
Lactation
Photos | Héléne Druvert, with permission from Maeva
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