Baby Kipling, a penguin, misses his mama when she goes on a trip.

Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.

Illustrations and prose inspired by the Quran celebrate a mother's love and hopes for her child.

After listening to their respective mothers tell them separately about the dangers lurking in the woods, a little boy and a wolf cub get lost in the forest, where they meet, become friends, and play together until they are found by their worried mothers.

Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken from their community.