The Bare Naked Book

by Kathy Stinson

Book Overview

Bodies, bodies Big and small, short and tall, young and old--Every BODY is different The Bare Naked Book has been a beloved fixture in libraries, classrooms, and at-home story times since its original... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155451049X
• ISBN13: 9781554510498
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 3.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Great for the curious little mind...

This book was purchased for a 26 month old girl who was very curious about the opposite sex and their parts. It was just the right thing! Not too much detail as with other books about our bodies . It simply goes over the various parts of the body in a matter of fact way that is both sweet and light. Many of the books I looked at were too detailed or sophisticated for her.

Incredibly sweet

Lovely little vignettes of real people doing everyday things with their bodies (blowing their nose, making a funny face, taking a bath, slurping spaghetti, nursing a baby). When I say "real," I mean their houses are messy, their hairstyles are lame, and the kids are jumping naked on the bed. Personally I find it refreshing and my toddler loves it too. I agree with the other reviewer that it would have been nice to have a greater range of ethnicities depicted, but I disagree that everyone in the book is caucasian (maybe my 2006 edition was revised...?).

Something is missing

When I sat down with my son to read this book I was prepared to read about body parts including the "private" ones. It was a real treat to see these parts on a wide variety on bodies. After I read it I sat and thought about how much it really means to share a book like this with my son. For him to see moms with thick tummies and dads with double chins. How unique the characters' facial features and body types were. Slowly it began to occur to me that something was not quite right. Everyone in this book is white.Normally I do not notice when books have primarily white characters. Our family is caucasion and so we naturally identify with white characters. But when a book like this comes along, and I can see how much the illutrator has made a point of depicting such a wide variety of people, it really feels like something is missing when the characters all have basically light skin.It is still a very good book, and I highly recommend it.

Lovely book

I bought this book after hearing about it from friends and it certainly lives up to the praise. Both my kids love it and it's very matter of fact about our bodies and how we are different and the same.