# What Makes a Baby - Hardcover

by **Cory Silverberg** (Author), **Fiona Smyth** (Illustrator)

**Finalist for the 2014 Lambda Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult**

"_What Makes a Baby_ is extraordinary! Cory is a Dr. Spock for the 21st century."--Susie Bright

**"A Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question 'Where Do Babies Come From?': The new book _What Makes a Baby_ offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like." **\--****_**The Atlantic**  
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**"This is a solid, occasionally quirky book on an important topic."_**\--School Library Journal**_  
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Geared to readers from preschool to age eight, _What Makes a Baby_ is a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a twenty-first century children's picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. Just as important, the story doesn't gender people or body parts, so most parents and families will find that it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience.

Written by sexuality educator Cory Silverberg, and illustrated by award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth, _What Makes a Baby_ is as fun to look at as it is useful to read.

### Author Biography

Raised by a children's librarian and a sex therapist, **CORY SILVERBERG** grew up to be a sexuality educator and writer. He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto, and was a founding member of the Come As You Are Co-operative. He teaches across North America on topics including sexual communication, sexuality and disability, technology, access, and inclusion. Cory is the Sexuality Guide for About.com and the co-author of _The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability_ with Miriam Kaufman and Fran Odette. _What Makes a Baby_ is the first book in a series of kid's books Cory is writing for Seven Stories Press about sexuality, sexual health, and gender. He has eight nephews and nieces, all of whom know where babies come from.

**FIONA SMYTH** is a Toronto-based painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her first graphic novel, _The Never Weres_, was published by Annick Press in 2011. Fiona's comic _Cheez_ was published in _Exclaim!_ magazine for almost ten years, and her comic _Fazooz_ was in _Vice_ for eight years. Fiona teaches illustration and comics at OCAD U in Toronto.

**Number of Pages:** 36

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 9.1 x 9.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 07, 2013

**Award:** Lambda Literary Awards (2014)

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