I Am a Baby

By Bob Shea

Book Overview

From the creator of the mega-popular Dinosaur vs. series comes a hilariously deadpan look at new parenthood--from a baby's point of view. I am not sleepy. I am not sleepy because I am a baby. Mommy is sleepy. Mommy is sleepy because I am a baby. With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups' exaggerated body language is sure to send older children into fits of giggles. With its endearing, unabashedly self-pleased star, I Am a Baby will find a place at showers, in nurseries, on parents' shelves, and in the hands of appreciative big siblings, as it celebrates the changes a little one brings, at once challenging and full of love.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536218324
• ISBN13: 9781536218329
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten