Newborns: How Baby Animals Come Into the World
About this ebook
- Newborns is an introduction to 25 diverse animals, from elephants to seahorses to scorpions, and how they reproduce, highlighting fascinating facts about each creature, including details about gestation, birth and, of course, their amazing babies.
- The facts chosen for each animal highlight their uniqueness—for instance, how a bat gives birth upside down, or how a male seahorse incubates its babies, or how an alpine salamander keeps its eggs in its uterus—and are told in simple, concise language.
- Illustrations are soft, cute and colorful, a perfect pairing for the fact-based but conversational text.
- Backmatter includes a list of gestation times for each animal in the book (including human beings).
- Originally a rhyming book in Spanish, the English translation focuses instead on getting the information across as clearly (and invitingly) as possible, with "fun facts” moved from the backmatter onto each animal's profile, so each spread has all the information at a glance.
- Teacher read. Teacher chosen. Featured in the 2026 Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites list for 3rd - 5th Grade.
About the author
Paulina Jara is a Chilean author with experience in theater and differential education. She has developed a career focused on reading animation and oral narration which has led her to work as an expert advisor for school libraries. She has published more than 15 titles with various publishers.
Mercè Galí is an illustrator from Barcelona who grew up surrounded by books in her parents’ bookstore. She studied illustration at the “Llotja” art school and fine arts at the University of Barcelona with a specialty in engraving. She is mainly dedicated to illustration for children and young people and has published in over seven countries. Occasionally she combines illustration with teaching, giving creative workshops on art and engraving for children and adults at the Manolo Hugué art school.
