You help babies arrive — the most kid-fascinating job description there is, told gently.
How this is different: This isn't a book where your child pretends to be a midwife. It's the book where your child finally understands what you actually do.
This personalized book explains what mom or dad actually does when they leave in the middle of the night, in language that is warm, accurate, and completely age-appropriate for a preschooler.
What midwives actually do all day
Care for pregnant families at appointments over many months
Stay with a person through labor, however long it takes
Catch babies and check that mother and baby are both well
Answer calls at any hour, because babies pick their own time
How to explain a midwife's job to a child
If your child is 3 or 4
Midwives help babies get born. They take care of the mom before the baby comes, stay with her the whole time, and make sure the new baby is warm and healthy.
If your child is 5 to 7
A midwife looks after people through pregnancy and birth. They check the baby's growth at appointments, stay through labor however long it takes, and make sure both parent and baby are safe afterward.
The tools kids find interesting
Doppler for the heartbeat
Measuring tape
Birth notes
Warm blankets
Phone that is always on
What a child would notice at a midwife's work
A parent leaving in the middle of the night
Photos of babies on the fridge
Calm in the loudest possible room
What kids learn from a WorkTale Book Company book about midwives
That someone helps families when a baby is born
Why mom or dad's phone rings at strange hours
That being calm helps people who are nervous
How families welcome new people
Frequently asked questions
Is any of it graphic?
No. Birth is handled entirely off-page and framed as welcoming a new baby.
Home birth, birth center, or hospital?
We ask, and the setting matches your practice.
I'm a doula — does this work?
Yes, with support-focused scenes instead of clinical ones.
Every WorkTale book closes with two pages no name-swap personalized book has. First, a "So, what does Mommy, Daddy, or your grown-up do?" page that distills the parent's entire job into one plain-spoken line a child can recite from memory, with no jargon and no job description. Then an "About the Author" page with the parent's real photograph, name, job title, and a short biography blurb, so the illustrated hero is revealed as the real person the child knows. Why the parent is the hero.