A beloved and very sleepy little boy resists his mother's efforts to put him to bed.

When their mother goes off, leaving her two children with their grandparents, they feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

A mother imagines how she would convey her love for her child if she were to write a book about their relationship.

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.

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.

It's the start of another school year at St. Ambrose. While the children are busy in the classroom, their mothers are learning sharper lessons. Lessons in friendship. Lessons in betrayal. Lessons in the laws of community, the transience of power and how to get invited to lunch. Beatrice, undisputed queen bee. Ruler, by Divine Right, of all school fundraising, this year, last year, and, surely, for many to come. Heather is desperate to volunteer, desperate...

After interviewing mothers at the park, the toy store, and the zoo, Maxine decides that her own mother is worth keeping.

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

When he accidentally breaks his mother's favorite bowl, Alex the bear worries that she will no longer love him.