Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick, but when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her.

Little critter and his mother take a trip to the city exploring the department stores and museums.

A runaway mother's dilemma. Susanna Miller of Colorado loses custody of her baby daughter because of a stint in a mental home. She absconds with her to Maryland and resumes life under an assumed name. The dilemma comes when she learns of a serial killer's next move. If she goes to the police she risks losing her daughter. By the author of Reflection.

Cassie's ordinary life changes forever when her best friend makes a dying wish. She asks Cassie to care for her child, an African-American girl. Cassie's unusual adoption creates a stir within her church and neighborhood, and many are convinced that she made the wrong decision. Tensions mount, the unthinkable happens, and Cassie is at a crossroads. A story of loving tolerance, Cassie knows she can never let go of Hope.

Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape.

A little creature tries and tries to do something special for his mother but something always seems to go wrong.

A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.

A little girl explains how she does not always fit her nickname, little mouse, but it is perfect for when she is cuddling with her mother.

'Babysaurus is looking for his Mamasaurus. Can his prehistoric friends help him find her?"--Back cover.

Illustrations and rhyming text portray a young bear searching for its mother and meeting many North American animals along the way.