A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

A newly hatched bird goes looking for its mother. On board pages.

A little girl explains how she does not always fit her nickname, little mouse, but it is perfect for when she is cuddling with her mother.

"The story of one family told three different ways, leading to three different fates-a dazzling debut that asks: Can a name shape the course of a life? In the wake of an enormous, history-making storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends for her to name the child after him. But when...

A mother explains to her child all the ways her love remains even while she's away.

A beloved and very sleepy little boy resists his mother's efforts to put him to bed.

"Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities...

Daisy the duckling becomes so engrossed in playing with dragonflies and lily pads that she temporarily loses her mother.

A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.

Three mothers and their offspring--fox, rabbit, and human--wait for the first snow of winter.