While baby animals are born--some with fur and some with scales, some with lots of brothers and sisters, some with none--a curious duck watches.

"It's bedtime for Max the kitten, but something's wrong; when Max goes to say goodnight to the moon, it's nowhere to be found! Unable to go to sleep without closing his nighttime ritual, he embarks on a journey to find the moon and say goodnight"--

Cut-paper illustrations and single words of text show a kitten's attempts to imitate an adult cat's mastery of skills such as stretching, waiting, hunting and stalking.

A baby kangaroo takes his first tentative hops outside of his mama's pouch, meeting other creatures and growing bolder each time.

Describes how a lamb's coat is made into yarn, which is made into mittens worn by a little girl when she visits the lamb on the farm.

A little chick shows that he can make the sounds of the animals in his neighborhood.

Baby creatures and their mothers discover the world around them.

Chloe wants a kitten so badly that she imagines she sees cats all around her town, until her mother brings her a kitten of her own.

It seems as though Trudy the goat knows when to expect snow, but it turns out that she is really expecting something completely different.

"Introduces all sorts of mischievous baby animals--and the grown-ups who love them no matter what"--