Little Bear is worried--just how much does his mother love him? What if he does something really bad? What if something bad happens to her? But a mother's love is strong, and as Little Bear finds out, nothing can change that.

A mother grows weary when her children constantly ask her questions, until she finds a solution that finally gives her some quiet. Una madre cansa cuando sus hijos constantemente le preguntan cosas, hasta que encuentra una solución que por fin le da tranquilidad.

After her father passes away, Sophie Shah discovers a cache of hidden letters revealing her mother didn't die, she left, and determined to find the woman who abandoned her, journeys to Paris where she, chasing lead after lead, discovers parts of herself she never knew.

A mother and child explore the wonder of the changing moon together.

""The shape of the earth is a sphere." So begins The Shape of You, as a mother tells her toddler daughter about the shapes that make up their lives--and the reader is invited into their cosy world. There's the triangle hill their house is on, the square of their kitchen table, the cubes of ice in their drinks... There's also the shape of light (all the colours of the sunset) and the shape of the wind (a scarf flapping). As the shapes transmute from...

A mother relates how she spent time before her child arrived, then passes on a gift of days paddling a red canoe, reading in a pillow-filled hammock until dark, and watching the moon rise at night.

Three year old Sal and Little Bear follow the wrong mothers while out picking berries.

"A mother readies her child for bed as they do nighttime rituals like taking a bath and brushing teeth. Once tucked under the covers with stuffed animals and a nightlight, the child is lulled to sleep"--Provided by publisher.

Charlie can't wait to go the carnival, but first his mum must find his party hat and red balloon. While she's searching, Charlie imagines all the wonderful things they might see: lemonade rivers and lollipop trees, elephant taxis and a cake as big as a town square. When they finally arrive at the carnival, it's even more amazing and magical than Charlie had hoped.

"The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel...