Runa's Birth, The Day My Sister Was Born
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A Children’s Book about Birth by Uwe Spillmann and Inga Kamieth, 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm, hardcover, 24 coulored pages, published by Made in Water Ltd

A children´s book written by two German parents and translated into several languages aims to help children prepare for the upcoming birth of a sibling without scaring them. Runa´s Birth is the story of the day Lisa´s baby sister Runa is born.
The story covers her mother´s labour, the arrival of the midwife and the birth of Runa, at which Lisa and her father are present. Four-year-old Lisa even helps to cut the baby´s umbilical cord. After the baby is born, the family celebrate together. Before Lisa goes to sleep, she says: "And tomorrow I will make a pretend umbilical cord and then I play birth with (my friend) Fabio."
RCM Midwives Journal, August 2002, Supplement

	"Daddy is rubbing Mummy’s tummy and massaging her back. Daddy helps Mummy have the baby as best he can. He did that at my birth, too. That was a long time ago, but I know it because we have pictures of it in a photo album."
	"Oh, Mummy screamed really loud. And then we can hear the baby! ”Waaaaah!” cries the baby, but quiets down soon after Mummy picks her up. Mummy and Daddy and Laurie, my godmother, cry a bit because they are so happy. Even Karin, our midwife, has tears rolling down her face. Tears of joy, because I have a sister now. Hooray, I have a sister!"
	"It is already dark when the midwife goes home. Mummy, Daddy and I can’t take our eyes off our baby. We keep looking at little Runa. Yes, my sister’s name is Runa. I think it’s a pretty name. Mummy and Daddy picked it out a long time ago, but it was a secret until now. Runa nurses at Mummy’s breast and falls asleep. I cuddle with Mummy and Daddy in bed. And with Runa. And tomorrow I will make a pretend umbilical cord and then play birth with my friend Fabio."

Reviews

"The four-year old experiences the mummy’s big tummy, the midwife’s visit, the beginning of the contractions, the use of the CTG maschine that she can hear the baby’s heart with, the father’s and godmother’s caring and at last the arrival of the little sister. This is told in an easy understandable and realistic way …….. this is addressed to fathers witnessing birth."
Hidesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, 15.6.01 (Local newspaper Hildesheim)

"Reviewing children books like this one is full of joy! You take your five-year old daughter and read her the story (perhaps before she goes to bed). After a few minuites one starts to realise that the story of Lisa’s sister’s birth is getting thrilling. Questions are asked on every page or if more knowledge exsists professional comments are made. This story is especially suitable for children, because it is childlikly described that at a house-birth the family members are more involved in everything than in hospital. The next evening at the latest when the loud wish to hear the same story as yesterday, you know that this book is most successful."
Herbert Hofstätter from the Austrian Midwife Journal, July 2001

"What a wonderful book!…..A sensitive suitable children’s book full of suspence and happiness, which is also an informative nonfiction book as well as a joyful picture book with a lot of loving details for preparing the arrival of the brother or sister."
Iris Groschek editory offices www.kinder-stadt.de, Hamburg

"….the words are clear, simple and suitable for children. The pictures are also clear, They convey a harmonic secure atmosphere. The book describes birth as it is: a thrilling natural procedure with pain, exhaustion, relaxation. An ideal book for Kindergartens or for those who are waiting for their brother or sister to come.
Midwife forum. The German Midwife Association, October 2001 page 760.

Runa's Birth, The Day My Sister Was Born
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