With a heartwarming story and tender illustrations, Jeanette Bradley's debut picture book Love, Mama is perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and any day when a child needs a reminder of the strength of a mother's love. When Mama leaves her young penguin Kipling, he knows she'll return home soon—yet he still can't help but miss her. After all, Pillow Mama won't read, Picture Mama won't laugh, and Snow Mama is too cold to cuddle. But then Kipling receives a special delivery from Mama, including a note that reads: My love for you stretches across the wide ocean, through day and night, from earth to sky and back again. And Kipling knows that no matter where Mama is, he is loved. Soon, Mama comes home, and Kipling ends the day where he belongs—right in her arms.

Illustrating the myriad ways that mothers provide for their children—piloting airplanes, washing floors, or dancing at a strip club—this book is the first to depict a sex-worker parent. It provides an expanded notion of working mothers and challenges the idea that only some jobs result in good parenting. We’re reminded that, while every mama’s work looks different, every mama works to make their baby’s world better.

Momma's Love is the story of a girl in need of her mother's love, something lacking from one generation to the next. The generational cycles falling onto a young mother, intensifying her own choices and hardships in life. The point of view, from the daughter's eyes, will determine whether this chain will be broken for future generations. Khloe has always felt alone and unwanted; lonely and misunderstood by her mother and abandoned by her father. All she ever wanted was attention, to be heard, and for her mother to believe in her. Witnessing firsthand her mother's examples and poor decisions, she makes discoveries and learns about herself. Coping with the hand she was dealt, Khloe will learn how to overcome her childhood traumas. Not realizing her example in life influences her daughter, Whitney slows down to mother Khloe when she becomes pregnant at 17. Khloe embarks on a journey full of unanswered questions and confusing emotions. So much unknown internal pain and anger to overcome before she begins her journey as a young woman. With a lack of guidance, Khloe strives to succeed to become different from her mother, facing many challenges as a young woman and teenage mother herself.

With lilting lullaby text and lovely illustrations, the New Books for Newborns stories are the perfect first books for new parents to share with their little ones right from the start! Start here. If only raising a child was that easy. It can be difficult in the first year to figure out what’s just right for your baby. But with this new line of books—New Books for Newborns— story time is really that simple. Designed as the first books to start reading with your baby, these just-right stories hit all the right notes with soothing texts, lovely art, and, most importantly, stories meant for sharing any time of the day. Start here. Snuggle up. It’s story time! This book celebrates a mother’s love trumping even majestic mother nature…a mama’s love is higher than a mountain and deeper than any stream.

In this beautifully illustrated children’s book, a heartwarming tale of motherly love unfolds in the Arctic north. In a timeless and universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different culture, while at the same time showing that the special love that exists between parent and child transcends all boundaries of time and place. The story is complemented by graphically stunning illustrations featuring whales, wolves, puffins, and sled dogs. This tender and reassuring book is one that both parents and children will turn to again and again.

Celebrate the love between mother and child with this gentle, rhymed rhapsody! This Step 1 Step into Reading early reader offers simple assurances that a mother’s love is everywhere—even throughout the animal kingdom! With a punch-out “I Love You” card and simple rhymes, this oh-so-adorable book is perfect for little readers ready to return the love and share a book with their parents. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. These books are for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading.

Mother, Mimi, Ma, Mom, Mammy, Mama, Mum, Mommy, Momma... Mothers are a special breed. Mothers tend to be gentle, loving, sweet, and kind; yet are often forgotten in the roles that involve brute strength in the mental, physical, or emotional capacities. Mothers laugh, we cry, uplift, encourage, mend, discipline, pretend, and befriend. All these things we do beyond the eye's perception and the minds imagination to create a world that is safe, desirable, educational, loving, and spontaneous to ensure our children become prosperous adults. A Momma's Love is a special tribute to all the mothers in the world who surround their children with such an abundance of love that this love rarely can be put into words. Mothers know just what it means to sacrifice a piece of the heart to such a special business that can become the most bitter-sweet relationship of ones existence.

She tucks me tightly into bed, then asks me id my spider's fed and hangs my favorite bat above me. That's how I know my mama loves me! At once tender and funny, this monster bedtime story is guaranteed to generate giggles, tickles, and plenty of monster hugs.

Mama and Babyelephantlove todip and splash,walk and sing,rest and talk,and cuddle togetherunder the stars.Spend a day with them.

After many years of research, author Sally Knight Raburn retraces the steps of her mother's life, following Ruby Lee as she meets and marries the love of her life, and they soon become a large family. From losing their house to moving from state to state, Ruby Lee always remembers the most import thing-love. With an unrelenting faith in God, walk hand in hand through the growth of the United States and the kindness of Mama's Amazing Love.