About the Book Beginning with conception and continuing through development, up through birth, this interactive storybook delivers delight and information with rhyming verse. Full color. Book Synopsis Its the mystery of mysteries for soon-to-be older siblings: whats going on inside a pregnant mothers belly? BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, a joyful lift-the-flap book for children, that tells the parallel story of mother and baby during the nine months of pregnancy. Illustrated with full-color whimsy by Laura Cornell, whose delightful work is familiar to readers of Jamie Lee Curtiss Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little, BEFORE YOU WERE BORN is a month-by-month countdown written in rhyming verse. Each page shows whats happening to the mother on the outside and then, under the flap, in the mothers belly to the baby on the inside. Children learn how Mommy is feeling and how the baby is developing, about hiccups, kicks, and umbilical cords, a first heartbeat, and the contractions that mark the beginning of labor. For expectant mothers and curious little kids, and especially for kids with siblings on the way, it is an interactive storybook that delivers delight and information and reassurance, too. From the Back Cover Share the pleasure. Unveil the mystery. This joyous, innovative book about pregnancy tells the parallel story of mother and baby, from hearing the thumpity-thump of babys heartbeat to that unforgettable first meeting. About the Author Laura Cornell has illustrated all of Jamie Lee Curtiss bestselling books. She lives in New York City. Jennifer Davis, a mother of four, wrote Before You Were Born to answer the questions her older kids asked while she was pregnant. She lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.