Everybody has a bellybutton, but what is its purpose? Award-winning author Laurence Pringle provides the answer in this unique angle on life from a single cell to birth. Pringle explains how the bellybutton is a vital link to life-giving-nutrients, water, and oxygen for a fetus in the womb. Everybody's bellybutton is a reminder of that mysterious, yet wonderful, time of life before birth. Enhanced by Clare Wood's strikingly detailed illustrations, Pringle's gentle description of life in the womb is both understandable and enjoyable for young children. A note to parents and a book list for further reading are included.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Boyds Mills Press .

Clare Wood is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in "Parents, McCall's, "and "People, "magazines. She is the illustrator of the award-winning book "Baby Steps. "She lives in eastern Pennsylvania. Laurence Pringle is the respected author of more than ninety books for children and young adults. He lives in West Nyack, New York.