“Highly recommended for nonfiction and even parenting collections, where it will fly off the shelf with science-loving kids and neutralize any adult melodrama around talking to kids about sex.”
—School Library Journal, starred review ★
Making More: How Life Begins
Everywhere, all around you, life is making more.
From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species—and of life itself—depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples from across the natural world, from ferns and butterflies to trout, hawks, rabbits, and more.
Lucid, informed, and illuminated by beautiful paintings, Making More weaves a story that seamlessly explains life’s most fundamental process, answers children’s questions, and provides an essential tool for parents, caregivers, and educators.
Norton Young Readers, March 7, 2023. Ages 6-11
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Join Kara Mack and Katherine Roy on KATU Portland Afternoon Live to celebrate the book launch of Making More: How Life Begins on 3/7/2023!
"Everywhere, all around us, life is making more, and our next guest is providing parents and educators with an essential tool to teach kids about reproduction while also inspiring them to respect the world around them.”
Making More is a tool for parents to tell children the story of how life begins. It distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components—meet, merge, and grow—by using plant and animal examples from across the natural world. Join author/illustrator Katherine Roy in her studio as she talks about her groundbreaking new book. It's rich. It's wild. It's the story of life on Earth.
Advance Praise for Making More
“When I visited elementary schools for my book HOW TO BE AN ELEPHANT, many students raised their hands and asked me how a baby elephant gets out of its mom. Questions popped up over and over again, across different grade levels, in multiple states. I was struck—so many kids didn’t know basic information about how life begins or where they came from! I wanted parents like me to have a tool that cut through taboos and answered questions while meeting their child’s curiosity with joy and wonder.”
