Per Holm Knudsen

Per Holm Knudsen (born 18 December 1945 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer, teacher and psychotherapist. He is the author of The True Story of How Babies Are Made, a detailed and colorfully illustrated children's book that chronicles love, marriage, conception, pre-natal growth, and birth. As the title promises, it explains the biological process of human reproduction, using correct terminology and graphic pictures.

Illustrated children's books

 * Den lille blå bil (Borgen, 1969)
 * Palmen Joachim (Borgen, 1970)
 * Sæbeboble grøn og sæbeboble rød (Borgen, 1970)
 * Ballonen Bubi (Borgen, 1970)
 * Sådan får man et barn (Borgen, 1971)
 * The True Story of How Babies are Made (ISBN 0-516-03640-8) was published in 1973 by Children's Press of Chicago, Illinois.
 * How a Baby is Made (SBN 85166-420-2) was published in 1973 by Franklin Watts Limited of London, Great Britain.
 * Da solen stod op om natten (Borgen, 1971)
 * Frøen Jakob (Borgen, 1972)
 * Rødspætten Katinka (Borgen, 1972)
 * Musen Malle (Borgen, 1973)
 * En muldvarp (Borgen, 1982)

Youth novels

 * Conny og bolighajen (Borgen, 1974)

Short stories

 * Børnelokkeren (1979) in the anthology Med egne øjne og andre noveller, Borgen
 * Og så kan man ikke blive soldat (1979) in the anthology Dumme tøser, Jespersen og Pios forlag
 * Krig i København (1980) in the anthology Billeder fra 60'erne, Delta (Publishing house) – new improved edition, Branner & Koch (2004)
 * Den første kamp (1980) in the anthology I dag, Oktober
 * Langt ude ... i skoven (1982) in the anthology Malurt, Tellerup

Translations

 * Sven Wernström: Fjendens sprog (1975), Forlaget GMT
 * Sven Wernström: Om at skrive som håndværk (1979), Høst og Søn
 * Ulf Nilsson: En kamp for livet (1982), Høst og Søn

Prizes

 * Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris)