mother and child

I Love You, Little Pookie is an affectionate and heartfelt celebration--for Valentine's Day and every day--enlivened with those funny and captivating Boynton drawings. And Pookie's Mom wisely knows that the best way to say I love you is simply to say it.

It may be bedtime, but Pookie still has a whole night-night routine to finish: picking out pajamas, brushing teeth, washing up, and a little hide-and-seek. With Sandra Boynton's signature charm and piggy pizzazz, this not-quite-ready-for-bed story proves that every Little Pookie loves a good night's sleep.

Little Pookie's mother teaches her child how to dance the Pookie Shimmy.

Bluey and Bingo praise all of Chilli's mum skills, including how she teaches them that the world is a magical place.

Eden Jones is a nonbinary kid who has Social Anxiety Disorder, and when their mother announces she is throwing a birthday party and inviting all their friends they are thrown into a panic--because while Eden's three "friends" are all real kids at school they have almost never actually spoken to any of them.

Unlike the other birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Clara forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to be adopted by a family unit.

"Little anteater loves riding on his mama's back--it's the very best place to be. But sometimes the little anteater feels lonely. When he asks Badger, Duck, and Hare to join him--the new friends eagerly accept and are happy to have a fresh vantage point from atop mama anteater's back--How bright! How roomy! How stylish! Soon everyone wants to join in the fun. It seems the little anteater can't stop making new friends"--Provided by publisher.

At bath time, a boy who believes he is ready to dress and undress himself gets stuck in his clothes, then imagines what life will be like if he remains that way forever.

Two children who have parents of different races decide to take action when they grow tired of people making assumptions about their mothers based on their skin colors. Presented in English and Albanian.

When she gives birth to a big litter of puppies, Emma is delighted to roll in the grass, take spring walks and eat lots of food with her little ones as they share special moments together.