- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside; 1 edition (Oct 30 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550413856
- ISBN-13: 978-1550413854
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 20.1 x 0.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,343,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
The Best Gifts is a gentle story for children introducing breastfeeding as a nurturing and natural part of family life.
About the Author
Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children, including Silver Threads, The Best Gifts, Enough, The Hunger and Hope's War. Among the numerous writing awards won her novel about the Armenian genocide, Nobody's Child, was nominated for the Red Maple Award, the Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award, the B.C. Stellar Award; and it was listed by Resource Links as a Best Book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Have!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Best Gifts (Paperback)
Reading this book brought me to tears. It will be one that I will pass down to my daughter. Beautifully written and illustrated, will make every new mother want to breastfeed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
beautiful message, beautiful story, beautiful illustrations,
By christinemm - The Thinking Mother (Houston Texas USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best Gifts (Paperback)
We meet baby Sara soon after her birth. Friends and family are visiting her parents and giving presents to the newborn baby. After they leave Sara's mother nurses the baby. We see tidbits of Sara's life as she grows into adulthood, her graduation from school, her wedding. Later when Sara gives birth to her baby boy, she is showered with gifts from friends and family. When alone with the baby, she nurses her newborn while Sara ponders that "the best gifts can never be bought".I loved the theme that breastfeeding is one of the best gifts that a baby can receive. The book is written in a sweet style. The illustrations are pretty, in pastel tones. It is difficult to find picture books for children that portray breastfeeding; this is a nice book to fit that niche. The two babies in the book are nursed as newborns, there is no mention of when they stopped; it does not address nursing to a certain age or anything. There are no bottles portrayed in this book. My complaint is that the two nursing scenes occur when the mother is in a nightgown, which reinforces some people's opinion that nursing mothers must be in their nightgowns all the time in order to nurse or that they must always stay at home to nurse. Additionally the mother chooses to button her nightgown from the top down, exposing her chest..., which perpetuates another notion that in order to breastfeed the mother must completely expose herself. Please realize that nursing can be done with real clothes on, in a discreet manner that leaves the mother covered for both her own comfort and for the comfort of others. Nursing can be done at any time of the day and anywhere, in public or private, in a more discreet manner than is portrayed in this book. (See the cover illustration for an idea of how the nursing scene is illustrated throughout this book.) Despite my issues I still rate this as 5 stars for the quality of the writing, the quality of the illustration, and the wonderful message that this book communicates.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book, recommend it,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Best Gifts (Hardcover)
This book is beautifully illustrated and has a very moving story line. I recommend it. The only possible down side is that some people may be offended by the perfect little blonde beauty of the little girl. Don't let this stop you...
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