That Baby Is No Fun: The Adventures of Mellie

That Baby is No Fun is a colorful and educational reading experience for young children crafted through the perspective of the author’s three-year-old grandson, Mellie. The humorous story-telling style helps children identify with one of the single most impacting events of their lives, the arrival of a new sibling. Children will be able to relate to the range of emotions Mellie feels as he awaits the arrival of his baby brother. The story builds from the inception through the eyes and thoughts of the precocious child. At times, he is sad, hopeful, confused, joyful and even afraid when he ponders what having a baby brother really means. Children will connect with the love and patients expressed by his father, mother and grandmother as they bond with him to ease the fears and expectations about the baby’s birth.The story exposes readers to small aspects of Urban America and the family’s South African culture. Children from all backgrounds will be intrigued by the sounds and meanings of the terms, which are explained in the glossary. The adding of a Zulu lullaby allows them to sing in the Zulu language or in the English language translation. This delightful and educational story will make children want to read the story again and again, as well as, have the story read to them by an adult.