Where Did I Come From?: The facts of life without any nonsense and with illustrations

By Peter Mayle

For more than twenty years, Where Did I Come From? has helped parents explain the facts of life to their curious children. Millions of children have enjoyed the humor and honesty in this book, while learning how babies are really made.

Peter Mayle and Arthur Robins are also the bestselling team responsible for What's Happening to Me? a guide to puberty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 1, 2000
• ISBN: 9780818407963

Peter Mayle

Peter Mayle (1939-2018) spent fifteen years in the advertising business before escaping in 1975 to write books, including his bestselling A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence. His work has been translated into seventeen languages and he has contributed to a variety of newspapers and magazines.

Reviews for Where Did I Come From?

[sisifus_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is a "Must Have" in every parents library. It is easy to read -children will find the illustrations cute- and explain to any toddler who is beginning to ask: "Where did I come from?" kinds of questions. I had it long before we had our child. I knew I would need backup information and data.Ok, ok, it is far cry from the Kinsey Report but that is not the book's intention. That kind of information you are able to find somewhere else.There is a sequel to this book dealing about puberty just as nice.

[miaculpa-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

My introduction to sex education came from the pages of Where Did I Come From and in retrospect I couldn't think of a better beginners' guide to sex and reproduction. In retrospect it was a daring production; drawings of naked couples getting it on (and the couple is carrying a few more kilos than you would expect in a publication) in a book designed for pre-teens. I've seen books (usually in a class setting) designed for teenagers that deal with sex and pregnancy in less frank ways than Where Did I Come From.And thank Christ my parents gave me this book to read; otherwise I would have gone into high school with absolutely no idea about the birds and the bees.