Washoe County Library System

A little cat tries to figure out why his mother loves him even when he is naughty, and if she loves him at other times because he is good.

Peg the hen, who has only one leg, becomes an unusual but much loved mother.

Ten-year-old Cass's attitude changes after her mother, whom she idolizes, leaves her behind, and her father who previously seemed boring and practical, takes her on a summer road trip in which he shows her the creative, magical side of himself.

A child ponders the many problems that mothers must deal with in the course of a normal day.