The journey in Embryoland is truly an amazing odyssey – the most mystical imaginable.And, this beautifully illustrated narrative offers readers an incredibly imaginative journey to their own beginnings.Embryoland is, in fact, where we all have our beginnings.Biology informs us about the researched scientific system of facts as to what happens for a new little body coming to life.What the author and the artist have done is created a vibrant living vision of the spirit of every human being conceived, grown, developed and matured over the nine months in an amorphous dimension before emerging into the welcoming and supportive arms of a loving mother and father.The magic of the story they tell is that even if I did not have such loving parents, I receive the gift of a fulfilling “could have been” which has the power to heal what may have seemed an incomplete or painful entre.It is a story of evolution at its creative core.Let your imagination soar into your Whole-Self life itself!Jon RE Turner (Co-Founder & Co-DirectorWhole-Self Discovery & Development Institute, Inc., Grootebroek, The Netherlands)WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW IT ALL STARTED? Read what Jean says:”It all started way back in 2014, in a little corner coffee shop in Barcelona, when I had a very interesting conversation with Olga, who I had just met during one of the initial meetings of the EU COST Action: Building Intrapartum Research Through Health (BIRTH).Olga and myself were brainstorming on how to disseminate knowledge to the wider community regarding pregnancy and birth, and it suddenly dawned on me (myself a mother of a then 6 year old inquisitive girl by the name of Amélie) that, to date, there wasn’t a proper children’s bookdescribing the intricate fascinating science of Embryology.Being also Olga’s pet subject, she immediately put pen to paper and with wonderful talent wrote the amazing journey of the embryo, through the very eyes of the embryo!Amélie was the first to critically read the script, and had it further fine-tuned.She was in charge of the illustrations, which took just over 3 years to complete;hence the evolution in the artistic style.It is indeed a work from the heart, which in spite of all the ups and downs, became a reality thanks to a solid basis of sincere friendship, close collaboration, determination, perseverance, patience and hard work.So, enjoy this book, and whatever your age, look at life through the innocent eyes of a child, and you will be mesmerised by its beauty and greatness, from the very start.Prof Jean Calleja-AgiusMD MSc Clinical Embryology (Leeds) MRCOG FRCPI PhD (Lond), Head of Department – Anatomy (University of Malta)