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

A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.

When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.

A mother and child discuss how the mother's love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug-eating green alien.

During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around.

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.

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

"What makes one little owl happiest of all? Cuddling close and whispering, "I love you.""--

"This beautiful bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little "Kulu," an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this visually stunning book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants."-- An...