Bob Shea
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I Am a Baby -- Bob Shea - Hardcover
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.
Author: Bob Shea
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781536218329
Audience: Baby-Preschool
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/21/2022
Booklist 06/01/2022 pg. 88
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.
Author: Bob Shea
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781536218329
Audience: Baby-Preschool
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/21/2022
Booklist 06/01/2022 pg. 88