A newly hatched bird goes looking for its mother. On board pages.

One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her-literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn't slept in a year....

Walter loves blueberries and pie, but starts to question his mother about who loves him.

A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.

When his mother sends Herbie the young hedgehog out on his first big foraging adventure, a big wind sweeps him far from home.

When her happy middle-class life in Afghanistan is shattered by the rise of the Taliban and her husband's murder by fundamentalists, former schoolteacher Fereiba embarks on a high-risk effort to escape to England with her three children.

Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs. She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into...

"In this beautiful celebration of motherhood, the universal message of unconditional love for a child shines through. Laurenne Sala's heartworming text, accompanied by Robin Preiss Glasser's charming illustrations, creates a firsthand look at the powerful bond between mother and child from pregnancy to birth and beyond." -- jacket flap.

In this picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn't feeling well, award-winning memoirist Danticat's lyrical text envelops the reader in the security of a mother's love, and debut artist Wright's vibrant art infuses the story with even more warmth. Full color.

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