infancy

Stripe, a little tiger cub, strolls into the jungle on his own and finds more adventure than he hoped for when he's chased by stinging bees and snapping crocodiles and ends up inside the mouth of a whale.

A mother duck builds her nest, lays her eggs, hatches six ducklings, and teaches them about life on their own.

A wildlife photographer describes how he encountered a mother cheetah and her five cubs in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, gained their trust, and photographed them over a period of more than four months.

Describes the parenting habits of the Maiasaura, a dinosaur whose way of raising children bore similarities to that of birds.

A counting book in rhyme presents various desert animals and their children, from a mother horned toad and her little toadie one to a mom tarantula and her little spiders ten. Numerals are hidden in each illustration.

Photographs and text describe the first nine months in the life of a newborn kitten as he eats, plays, and explores his environment.

Follows the activities of three kittens as they grow and develop enough to be taken from their mother.

Describes the activities of foals in their first months of life.

Depicts the birth, development, and behavior of a whitetail deer during its first year of life.

A tiny kangaroo is born and moves into his mother's pouch where he grows big enough to be interested in the world around him long before he actually leaves her pouch to investigate further.