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

When I change I change fast. The moon drags the whatever-it-is up from the earth and it goes through me with crazy wriggling impatience . . . I’m twisted, torn, churned, throttled—then rushed through a blind chicane into ludicrous power . . . A heel settles. A last canine hurries through. A shoulder blade pops. The woman is a werewolf.
 
The woman is Talulla Demetriou.
She’s grieving for her werewolf lover,...

It's Jack's birthday and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real. Until the day Ma admits that there's a world outside.

Thumper and his brothers and sisters make a strong and beautiful basket, fill it with flowers, and give it to their mother, because they love her.

A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.

Monty the baby elephant becomes separated from his herd when he stopped to examine some flowers and he meets groups of other animals as he tries to find his way back to his mother before nightfall.

A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist. "A little boy who loves to draw, Art, shares his art. Author/illustrator McDonnell creates a short story that takes flight with the innovations of Bobby McFerrin's narration. Audiences don't get just one narration-there are three-and, true to McFerrin's celebrated style, each has different trills, vocal jazz, and improv."---Audiofile

Night Owl loves the nighttime, but when he doesn't see his mother, he listens for her and hears all the different sounds of the night.

A young boy helps his mother realize how her bad mood is affecting everyone in the family.