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Letters to a Child Being Born : a pregnancy journal with quotes, sentiments, and space for writing / written and compiled by Karen Scott Boates.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boates, Karen Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth.
- Pregnancy.
- Diaries.
- Child Development.
- Child development.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Development.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- [188] unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Running Press, 1991.
- Contents:
- 1. Upon Confirmation
- 2. The Nest
- 3. Choice
- 4. Telling
- 5. The Date
- 6. The Heart
- 7. Origins
- 8. Mechanics
- 9. A Boy or Girl
- 10. Que Sera
- 11. Names
- 12. The Stork
- 13. Generations
- 14. Fatherhood
- 15. Couvade
- 16. Motherhood
- 17. Career
- 18. Weight
- 19. Maternity Clothes
- 20. Image
- 21. Absent Mindedness
- 22. Movement
- 23. Communication
- 24. Music
- 25. The Eyes Open
- 26. End of the Second Trimester
- 27. Visibility
- 28. Viability
- 29. Birthing Decisions
- 30. Anesthesia
- 31. Anticipation
- 32. Making Love
- 33. Reasons
- 34. Dreams
- 35. Preparation
- 36. Patience
- 37. Parenthood.
- 38. A Birth
- 39. A Baby
- 40. A Brag.
- Notes:
- "Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Cover illustration by Kimmerle Milnazik. Interior design by Nancy Loggins. Interior illustrations by Lisa Umlauf-Roese. Typography: ITC Garamond Light and Antique Olive by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.
- Contains excerpts from poems by Summer Brenner, Madeline Tiger, Sharon Olds, and Toi Derricotte
- White textured cloth boards ruled and lettered in gold with cover illustration of porch with white rocking chair filled with basket of flowers; light orange ribbon bookmark.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- ISBN:
- 1561380466
- 9781561380466
- OCLC:
- 960253848
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