All children love to hear the story of how they arrived in the world. When I Was Born revisits the adventure of discovering the world for the first time in simple and engaging language. Breathing, seeing, hearing, tasting and touch are encountered afresh in this beautifully illustrated, poetic tale, opening young eyes and minds to the richness and delight of life. Children and adults alike will love award-winning illustrator Madalena Matoso's colorful and touching images, accompanied by a text which is ideal for reading aloud.
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Isabel Minhos Martins is a Portuguese author of poetry, children's books, magazines, comic books and scripts for animations. Madalena Matoso is an award-winning illustrator from Lisbon, Portugal, whose quirky and graphically striking imagery saw her win Portugal's coveted National Prize of Illustration in 2008.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Jane
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
...once for a new baby, once for a one-year old. Absolutely charming, and a fantastically beautiful book with simple, elegant and colourful illustrations that tell the tale of what it's like to be a new little person in the world. It would make a lovely gift for a christening or naming ceremony.This book made me wish I could draw.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By pen
Format:Hardcover
great modern images, simple colourful and charming. the text nearly moved me to tears, charting a child learning about the world. when he's a bit older i am sure my baby will enjoy me reading it to him, for now i enjoy reading it to me.
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Lovely book about how babys learn about the world through their senses. Idea for naming christening bday gift. Love it.
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I have bought 2 copies of this book, one to read my son & one for a friend. Even though my son is too young to understand the words he likes looking at the colours and shapes of the illustrations and the words of the book make it a lovely bedtime story.The general gist of the book is that when we are born we don't know anything, only the darkness of our mothers tummy, yet as we grow we discover there is a whole world to explore full of wonder and excitement.
By S. Ruston
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I originally bought this book as I hoped it would be appropriate as a significant book to give to my son to celebrate his Naming Day. Upon reading the book I can see now that it is more appropriate of a child of a couple of years at least as it refers to back when the child was born he could do nothing but now he can do lots of things, whereas my son is still in the doing nothing stage so it doesn't match up. However, this is still a lovely book and the illustrations and colours are awesome. I also like the inspiration it leave you with on the last page, so I have decided to keep this book anyway and read it my son when he is older.
By Becca
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bought it as a Christening present. It's not suitable for a baby but I think she will appreciate reading it with her parents when she is older.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By jampot
Format:Hardcover
Whe I was born is a lovely book, with bold graphics and clear illustrations. it prompts comversations with your child about what they have explored and learnt in that day as you read it. We love it -
8 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Adrianna
Format:Hardcover
The drawings are lovely and bright, but the pages are matt and the paper has that rough recycled feel. This book is definitely for older children, say 2-3 yrs+. The text does not rhyme and instead is a type of poem about things that the child discovers. An example of this is
"When I was born I had never seen anything. Only the darkness of my mother's tummy.
When I was born I had never seen the sun or a flower or a face. I didn't know anybody and nobody knew me.
When I was born I didn't know what the sea was. I didn't know that there were forests and a world with mountains and beaches "......
In all honesty, I love some of the drawings from an art perspective, but I don't find the text that exciting.
"When I was born I had never seen anything. Only the darkness of my mother's tummy.
When I was born I had never seen the sun or a flower or a face. I didn't know anybody and nobody knew me.
When I was born I didn't know what the sea was. I didn't know that there were forests and a world with mountains and beaches "......
In all honesty, I love some of the drawings from an art perspective, but I don't find the text that exciting.
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I love this book
I find this book extraordinary, i've never come across anything quite like it. I read it to my 4 year old and it describes the journey a child goes through, all the things he has... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. M. Brown
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i have just received this book for my 3 1/2yr old and she loves reading it (in fact she took it with her to nursery today). Read more
Published 13 months ago by seahorse
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A lovely gift
This book would make a lovely christening present or gift for a naming ceremony. It is also very useful in school for "All about me" topics. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms. N. D. Merriman
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lovely & effective book for very young ones
my 5 month old daughter loves it. the colour contrast works for her.
also long enough stories that she can fall asleep/using as a bedtime story at the mo.
also long enough stories that she can fall asleep/using as a bedtime story at the mo.
Published 16 months ago by MK
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