I Am a Baby

我不想睡。
我不想睡，因為我是個小寶寶。
媽咪很想睡。
媽咪很想睡，因為我是個小寶寶。
 
　　新生兒的到來可以為家裡帶來多少混亂？透過小寶寶的視角，一起經歷歡迎剛出生嬰兒的家庭必經歷的疲憊崩潰、濕濕的尿布、打翻的牛奶，還有喝太多奶的鼓脹小圓肚。爸媽誇張的肢體動作、幽默感十足而明亮吸睛的插圖，能逗得大小讀者一起哈哈大笑。不只適合送給剛生寶寶家庭做為祝賀禮，也適合給升格當小哥哥、小姐姐的孩子閱讀，一起感受新成員為家裡帶來的混亂、熱鬧，以及滿滿的愛。

　　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.
　　Mummy is sleepy.
　　Mummy is sleepy because I am a baby.

　　With humour 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 nappies, 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.