mother and child

A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.

Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.

A child celebrates all of the wonderful things a mother can be throughout the year, from a treasure buried in summer sand to a snow-white angel gliding down winter slopes.

A young rabbit who loves playing dress-up ruins the special dress her Mama just finished making, then uses her craft supplies to fix it and become her mother's "lovey bunny" again.

Left by their mother with their grandparents, two children feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

A mother and child plant flower bulbs in the fall, wait through the winter, and see them bloom in the spring.

This beditme book envisions the bedtime rituals of different animals.

Alison Rose, a pawn in an ongoing feud between her mother and her wealthy Grandmother Diamond, does not want to believe it when she learns that her mom's imprisonment is the result of a plot orchestrated by her grandmother, but having learned that little secret Alison comes to realize there is a lot going on behind the scenes in her family that people do not want coming to light.

Follows, in rhyming text and illustrations, the activities of a variety of animal mothers as they care for their babies.

Louie enjoys playing "Gotcha!" with his mother.