Mommy Laid An Egg

Mommy Laid An Egg is written and illustrated by Babette Cole.

Controversial Book

3rd Grade and higher

1 out of 5 

This book is about 2 children explaining to their parents where babies come from using their own illustrations.

I think that this book could be controversial for many reasons. The first reason being that the facts in the book about sexual reproduction are not accurate. They are written from a child's perspective and are not informational or correct. They do not use good terminology when describing the anatomy and process. Another reason that this book could be controversial is because there are parts that are not appropriate for the age group that the book is aimed at. One portion that I found to be completely unnecessary is the page that basically is a manual of different sexual positions. This type of information is not necessary to teach children about sexual reproduction. However bad I think that the book is, I think that the idea of having the kids explain it and use their drawings is cool because then children will feel more comfortable  to discuss the topic with adults or peers and to be able to discuss it in their own ways but they should first be taught the proper way. I also think that the title is deceiving because humans do not lay eggs and that is the main title of the book.

I think that this book has no place in the classroom. Not only because it is not appropriate but mainly because it is not educational about the topic. It is important to teach students sexual education but not in the manner that the book teaches it in. I do think that it would be a good way to learn to have the students, once they've had sexual education, draw their own illustrations but to make sure that the drawings are kept PG.