Eight piglets wander off while their mother is still sleeping and enjoy a feast in a cornfield before she brings them home again. Story told with one word.

A group of animals shares its excitement over the arrival of a new duckling.

After Mama puts her bunnies to bed with words of love, Grandpa delivers the same reassuring message to his sleeping daughter.

At bath time, a boy who believes he is ready to dress and undress himself gets stuck in his clothes, then imagines what life will be like if he remains that way forever.

A young monster describes all the things its mother does to show she loves it.

A baby dragon, looking for someone to love and cuddle him, finally encounters his mother.

"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob, ' who happens to be the family dog"--

A mother and child plant flower bulbs in the fall, wait through the winter, and see them bloom in the spring.

The Sun God chooses the village of Endwever to provide a mortal womb. The birthing of a star is always fatal for the mother, and Ceris Wenden, who considers herself an outsider, sacrifices herself to secure her family's honor and take control of her legacy. But after her star child is born, Ceris does what no other star mother has: she survives. When Ceris returns to Endwever, however, it's not nine months later--it's seven hundred years later. Inexplicably...