On the telephone to her son, a mother promises the many ways she will come to rejoin him, traveling by hot air balloon, camel, cheetah, and shark.

A girl tells her mother all the special things she would do for her if their positions were reversed and she was the mother.

From her knowledge of when to change a diaper and how to make popsicles to her skills in driving a delivery truck and dancing the polka, a child sings the praises of a special family member.

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.

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.

"A simple, sweet picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--

Presents photographs of mothers with their children from around the world, detailing their activities, interactions, and the love they share together.

Young children describe the various things their hands and their mothers' hands do when they are together throughout the different seasons of the year.

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

At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.