mothers and daughters

Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school dropout Aisha tries to figure out how she can support herself and her two young children in New York City.

The author tells the story of the slow death of her beloved mother, novelist Mary Durant, due to Alzheimer's, and tells how she was almost destroyed in the process of trying to care for her mom and having to witness the devastating losses brought on by the disease.

A collection of forty folk tales and fairy tales that pay tribute to mother-daughter relationships.

A little girl learns from her mother how to stay safe from "scoopers," or kidnappers, discussing such points as knowing who can pick one up from school, not talking to strangers, and trusting one's instincts.

Two children try to cope when their mother has cancer.

As she tries to escape her mother's efforts to "plait-a-plait" and "string-a-bead" her hair, a young girl imagines herself running away into a jungle.

Although she has written a book about her mother's job as a television reporter and her mother may not be able to show up for Writers' Day, Olivia manages to show that she loves both her parents despite their divorce.

Amanda Martha tries to understand her mother's depression, which sometimes makes her sleep all day, feel sad, or cry.

A little girl tells how she will act when she has a daughter.

When a little girl plays at being the mother for the day not everything goes quite right, but the love is perfect.