The orderly Sweet-Williams are dismayed at their son's fondness for the messy pastime of gardening.

Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.

Mama Mouse and Little Mouse, having seen and heard various animal parents pledging their love to their children, tell each other how special they are.

"In the wake of Hilary Mantel's brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Sharp and funny, these drawn-from-life stories begin in the 1950s in an insular northern village "scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues." For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In "King Billy Is a Gentleman,"...

An introductory guide to the world for new babies.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text demonstrate that bedtime stories are as unique as the parents and children who share them.

"In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power...

Imagines how animal families from all over the world would say "I love you" in their home country's language; includes English and 13 other languages.