If My Mom Were A Platypus: Mammal Babies and Their Mothers

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Mammal babies need their mothers! This book teaches us about fourteen mammal babies and how their mothers care for them. First, we learn what they were like when they were born. The Least shrew is “the size of an almond and weighs next to nothing” when it is born. The Pacific gray whale is the size of a station wagon when it is born. I haven’t seen a real station wagon before, but I saw a picture of it and it is very big. We also learn what the mammal babies eat. Polar bears eat seal meat, and it takes two years for them to learn to catch seals on their own.My favorite part of the book is the fascinating facts. That is where we learn strange things about each mammal baby. I learned what color a polar bear’s hair really is, how orangutans protect themselves from the rain, and if elephants leave footprints. I think kids ages 6 – 10 will like this book because the pages have colorful pictures of the animals and lots of facts. And there’s even a chapter on human babies like you and me!Reviewed by Cyril L., 7, Metropolitan Washington Mensa

cute story. Kids like it, but has required a little parental editing. My kids are 7 and 9. Our family has always been very pro-breast-feeding, which is a central theme to the book. But, we could have done without the mentions of things like "mating" which we have been skipping over for now. Seems unnecessary for the story and makes it challenging to read for a variety of ages.I did find it a little peculiar that it says human babies are delivered in birthing centers by midwives. Seems like you would not specify what sort of facility (hospital, home, birthing center, rice fields, etc) or the type of medical provider or you would somehow try to mention them all.

Very educational