Helen Plum Library

"At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs"--Title page verso

"Swim with Little Fish and meet all his fishy friends in this splishy, splashy riot of color and rhyme under the sea."--Page [4] of cover

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother

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 Jodi's mother has to be away from home for three days on a work trip, she is reassured of her mother's love by the special messages she opens each day her mother is away

Hawk accepts her mother Max's help to prevent vengeful hybrids, amoral scientists, traitorous politicians, and a deadly virus from overwhelming her beloved, polluted city In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. But Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, or from each other, and they argue more than they agree....

Little Pookie's mother teaches her child how to dance the Pookie Shimmy

This variation of the nursery rhyme features a chaotic household of children and pets who live in a shoe, and who know how to repair broken furniture, remake work clothing, and reuse and recycle

Over in the meadow on a beautiful day, animals moms and their babies have come out to play! From one small turtle to ten twitching rabbits, read along with this spirited counting poem. Can you count all of the colorful critters?

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