Through spring, summer, and autumn, through streams, swamps, and up and down trees, a mother bear and her cub play an important game of follow the leader. "You're my own little Copycub!" mother bear exclaims. Little does the cub know that each time he imitates his mom, he's learning precious life lessons. When winter suddenly arrives, the bears must make their way to the cozy cave to sleep until springtime. It's a long, hard journey, and as the snow blows into Copycub's eyes and ice fringes his fur, all he wants to do is lie down and sleep. How will his mother convince him to take just a few more steps? Richard Edwards's simple, gentle text is heartwarming and inspiring. All the rich details of nature and the tender interactions between mother bear and cub are made real in Susan Winter's soft watercolor illustrations.

When Copycub can't fall asleep, his mother tells him a story about how other animals rest "safe and sound".

There are many ways to say I love you to a child, and now way is sweeter than with a kiss. Every mother knows small hands, a plump tummy, tiny fingers, and wiggling toes all beg to be kissed time and time again. Margaret Anastas's loving rhyme and Susan Winter's gentle illustrations of animal mamas and their adorable babies will make this a family favorite.

After waiting anxiously for the arrival of snow, children enjoy it by making snow angels, throwing snowballs, and riding their sleds

When Copycub and his mother wake up from their long winter nap, the little bear is eager to play again. He loves to play hide and seek, but wherever he hides -- in bushes, in bear caves, even in a beaver dam -- his mother can always find him. Then one day, deep in the forest, he finds the perfect hiding spot. "Can't find me here," he calls. His mother doesn't reply. Copycub soon feels lost, and the growing darkness and strange noises are frightening. Can mother bear find him this time, too? Lovely watercolor illustrations capture the rich details of nature and the bears' forest home.

Huge, magnificent, alone, the bear moves through the frozen Arctic. Powerful hunter, tender mother, gentle playmate - it shares this land of ice and snow with the Inuit people, who watch and learn from it. Come witness the majesty of Ice Bear.

Find out if Copycub's mother finds him when he gets lost playing hide-and-seek.

A collection of illustrated poems that capture the many facets of a toddler's life.

When Little Monkey is frightened by the storm he runs to his mother's side. "Don't worry," she says. "There is always one safe place." But Little Monkey doesn't know where to find his one safe place. He searches all through the jungle - in a nest, on an island, in a cave - but none of the places are his one safe place. Tired and sad, Little Monkey goes to find his mother only to realise that his one safe place is much closer to home than he expected.

For her seventh birthday, Harriet receives a bear in a ballerina's costume from her grandmother.