On the Day You Were Born Board Book

This beautiful picture book is a celebration of our natural world that extends a loving welcome to each member of our human family.

In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family. Travel across our round planet as the moon pulls, the tides rise, the rain falls, and then a baby is born.

Accompanied by a glossary explaining such natural phenomena as gravity, tides, and migration, this unforgettable book affirms the special place each child holds in the world.

A lovely gift for such special events as birthdays and baby showers, On the Day You Were Born belongs on every child's shelf.

"Reading this picture book aloud to a child, even the most jaded among us may feel again the sheer miracle of our human existence. A+" --Entertainment Weekly

On the eve of your birth, word of your coming passed from animal to animal . . . and the marvelous news migrated worldwide.

“"On the Day You Were Born has been welcoming children to our miraculous planet for ten years. This astonishes me. It has been a great honor to be a part of so many children's lives."-Debra Frasier”

"A book filled with reverence for the natural order of the world and the place of the individual in it."--School Library Journal (starred review)

"Reading this picture book aloud to a child, even the most jaded among us may feel again the sheer miracle of our human existence. A+"--Entertainment Weekly

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DEBRA FRASIER is the creator of Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster and its companion book, The Incredible Water Show, as well as Out of the Ocean. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Debra Frasier's modern classic "On the Day You Were Born" has been welcoming babies into our spinning, magical world for fifteen years. And now, with more than a million copies in print, this beloved favorite is available for the first time ever in an inviting board book format. Whether given as a gift or shared with your "own" new arrival, this is the perfect way to remind little ones, "We are so glad you've come!"

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