Henry Carter Hull

Young children describe the various things their hands and their mothers' hands do when they are together throughout the different seasons of the year.

"When the Little Tree sees the world around her narrowing, she worries about what life will be like for her Little Seed. She decides to take the biggest risk of all, and let Little Seed find a richer life on her own"--

Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.

Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.

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

Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down.

After his mother explains why his classmate is not returning to school, she teaches Chester Raccoon how to make a memory.

A small spoon, feeling rather envious of fork, knife, and chopsticks, gets a lot to think about when his mother reminds him of all the things he can do that they cannot.

Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.

As Danny imagines himself in a series of adventures beginning with joining a pirate crew, his mother assures him that she will always be there to help if he needs her.