Cañon City Public Library

"Mama and Baby clap and play hide-and-seek and pat-a-cake. Mama and Baby... Mama? Where did Mama go? In a series of spreads, simple, bold illustrations show a mother on one side and a baby on the other, interacting in universally familiar ways -- until Mama dips out briefly, then returns to her crying child to offer comfort again. With his usual flair, the redoubtable Chris Raschka offers a reassuring moment that will resonate with mamas and babies...

A simple description of animal and human mothers caring for their young.

Whether it is by croak, flutter, or fur, all children claim their mothers as their own.

Accompanying his mother on a special outing, a baby elephant is protected from a sequence of scary predators before arriving at the top of a high mountain and observing a wondrous surprise.

"A humorous field guide to responsive parenting and trying not to be the reason your kid needs therapy, by MAJOR TikTok star Gwenna Laithland"--

A sad piglet named Polly searches the pasture, forest, and barnyard for someone to love her, only to discover that her valenswine has been there all along.

Myron Bolitar hasn't heard from Terese Collins since their affair ended with no explanation. She's in Paris, she says, in trouble, and only he can help. She tells him a sad story: a good marriage, her struggles to get pregnant, the birth of her only child, the day everything she'd ever loved was taken from her. Terese has had no contact with her ex-husband, until the phone call that brought her to Paris. When she gets there he's been murdered, and...

The faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore, toy boats sail against the waves. An imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas is just what it takes to get little one clean.

The Price family--Viola, the matriarch; her sometimes-husband Cecil; and their four adult children--sticks together through life's most trying circumstances.

Lyrical text and illustrations of baby animals and their mothers show the love felt between parent and child.