What's the Big Secret?

What’s the Big Secret? By Laurie Krasny Brown, Ed.D., and Marc Brown is geared towards children ages 4-8. This book is an informational picture book that helps explain difficult questions kids ask about sex and other sexual oriented questions. It is informational and would be good for a parent to read to their kids so that their kids would be informed about differences between boys and girls and other things the book discusses when the kid brings up such a question. I do not think this book would be appropriate to read to a classroom as a read –aloud. It would not be appropriate for a lower elementary education classroom, but could be in an upper grade level classroom if students take it seriously. I feel the only way it would be read in a classroom is when teachers are discussing puberty with students. The illustrations throughout this book are good and mostly realistic and are good for informational purposes. The illustrations of the people are realistic but cartoon-like at the same time; I think this is good because it helps kids stay engaged in the information being discussed.