mothers and daughters

Calpurnia has tried to explain that the huge and scary monster that lives in her room does not want the room cleaned but her mother, who cannot see the monster, has a few ideas about how to make it go away.

Fern Verdant's mother, a famous botanist, disappears just before Fern's thirteenth birthday, and when Fern discovers that she has inherited the ability to communicate with plants, she realizes that this is the only way she will be able to find and save her mother.

Jenna tries to stand up to the fourth grade bully and plans an act of daring and bravery to prove herself to her mother.

Feeling threatened by the possibility of her mother's remarriage, Maddy copes by planning her own wedding to her lizard friend, Little Adam Zurka.

While Rose's mother has a "quick chat" on the telephone, Rose is supposed to get ready for bed but finds she is hosting a party instead.

Even though she is getting big, Kangaroo Christine does not want to leave the warmth and security of her mother's pouch.

Dora the Explorer spends a fun day going to work and then playing in the park with her mom.

A mother explains how much her daughter is like she was as a little girl.

Tells the story of Helga Estby, a Norwegian immigrant to the U.S. who, in 1896, set off on foot from Spokane, Washington, with her teenage daughter Clara, in answer to a wager from a mysterious sponsor who offered ten thousand dollars to a woman who could walk across America.

Sophie Caco, a child who was born of rape, leaves Haiti at the age of twelve to join her mother in New York City, where they both battle with the results of sexual abuse.