On the Day You Were Born
Hardcover – Picture Book, April 3, 2012
HarperCollins · Hardcover · April 3, 2012
This beautiful picture book is a celebration of our natural world that extends a loving welcome to each member of our human family.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Radiant collages celebrate Earth’s rhythms and welcome each child into the human family.
- Themes
- Celebration of the natural world, Welcoming a newborn, A child's place in the world
- Genres
- New Baby, Date & Time, New Experiences
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
It's My BirthdayHelen Oxenbury58% match
All the WorldLiz Garton Scanlon61% match
I Give You the WorldStacey McCleary67% match
There's Going to Be a BabyJohn Burningham66% match
For a Girl BecomingJoy Harjo64% match
For older readers: Wildlife of the World
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this 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.
Continue reading
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.
Earth’s Welcome
Radiant collages celebrate Earth’s rhythms and welcome each child into the human family.
Come here for
- Earth’s changing rhythms in radiant collage
- A warm welcome for each new arrival
Expect
- Simple words alongside vivid collage art
- A read-aloud with a glossary of natural phenomena
Where it sits
| New Experiences | 47% |
|---|---|
| Date & Time | 34% |
| New Baby | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- New Baby Stories
- Environment & Conservation
- Values & Virtues
- Green Living & Recycling
- Authors
- Debra Frasier
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 3, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Celebration of the natural world · Welcoming a newborn · A child's place in the world
- Reading lane
- New Baby Stories