JPB Asch

Asch, Frank. Bread and honey. Ben paints a picture of his mother, with a little help from Owl, Rabbit, Alligator, Elephant, Lion, and Giraffe. c1981. Mothers and sons

JPB Banks

Banks, Kate. Close your eyes. A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all thatcan been seen with one's eyes closed. c2002. Mother and child

JPB Bauer

Bauer, Marion Dane. MY MOTHER IS MINE. As a child makes a Mother's Day card, various animal mothers are shown taking care of their young. c2001. Mothers

JPB Berry

Berry, Christine. Mama went walking. Sarah saves her mother from a series of imaginary dangers, from lions in the Jaba-Jaba Jungle to scritchy-witchy things in the Gonagetcha Forest. c1990. Mothers and daughters

JPB Brown

Brown, Margaret Wise. The runaway bunny. A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him; even if he changes into a fish, she will become a fisherman fishing with a carrot. [1942] Mothers

JPB Carrick

Carrick, Carol. Valentine. While waiting for her mother to come home from work on Valentine's Day, Heather helps her grandmother rescue a newborn lamb and bake a special cooky. c1995. Mothers and daughters.

JPB Eastman

Eastman, P. D. Are you my mother? The story of a poor little bird who fell from the nest and lost his mother. [1960]Mothers

JPB Eber

Eber, Christine Engla. Just Momma and me. A youngster used to living alone with her mother comes to accept the presence of her mother's friend and a new baby. c1975. Mothers

JPB Ehrlich

Ehrlich, Fred. Does a mouse have a mommy? Explains, in simple text, why some animals do not stay with their mothers after birth, and why many need her love and care, like children. c2004.Mothers

JPB Elwin

Elwin, Rosamund. Asha's mums. c1990. Lesbian mothers

JPB Fisher

Fisher, Aileen Lucia. Do bears have mothers too? A collection of short poems about baby animals includes "Penguin Chick," "Baby Monkey," and "Alligator Children." c1973. Mothers

YP F576mo

Flake, Sharon. Money hungry. All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again. c2001. Mothers and daughters

JPB Gackenbach

Gackenbach, Dick. Alice's special room. Alice tells her mother about her special room, where she can play with her cat who died, enjoy the warm beach in January, go sledding on a hot summer day, and do anything she has already done in the past. c1991. Mothers and daughters

JPB Galbraith

Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold. Laura Charlotte. A mother describes her love for a toy elephant she was given as a child, a gift she has now passed on to her daughter. c1990. Mothers and daughters

JPB Garden

Garden, Nancy. Molly's family. While preparing decorations for Open School Night, Molly and several of her classmates draw pictures of their families and discover that family means something different to each of them. c2004. Lesbian mothers

JPB Hawkins

Hawkins, Colin. Where's my mommy? A newly hatched duckling asks every animal he sees if it is his mother, until the true mother comes back for him. 1986, c1985. Mothers

JPB Hesse

Hesse, Karen. Come on, rain. A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat. c1999. Mothers and daughters

JPB Hines

Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Even if I spill my milk? Because Jamie doesn't want his parents to go to a party and leave him with a babysitter, he tries to delay their departure with a series of questions. c1994. Mothers and sons

JPB Jarrell c.2

Jarrell, Mary. The knee-baby. Trying to wait patiently for his turn on his mother's lap, a little boy dreams about what his grandmother might be doing. [1973] Mothers

JPB Johnson

Johnson, Angela. Tell me a story, Mama. A young girl and her mother remember together all the girl's favorite stories about her mother's childhood. c1989. Mothers and daughters

JPB Joosse

Joosse, Barbara M. Dinah's mad, bad wishes. Dinah wishes horrible things for her mother when the two have a fight. c1989. Mothers and daughters

JPB Kasza

Kasza, Keiko. A mother for Choco. A lonely little bird named Choco goes in search of a mother. c1992. Mothers

JPB Lewin

Lewin, Hugh. Jafta--my mother. A little boy living in an African village describes his mother and the love he feels for her. . 1983, c1980. Mothers

JPB Lyon

Lyon, George Ella. Mama is a miner. A mother describes her job working as a miner. c1994. Mothers

JPB Marron

Marron, Carol A. Mother told me so. Melissa realizes she is not a perfect child, but believes her mother was one until her grandmother tells her the truth. c1983. Mothers and daughters

JPB Mccloskey

McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother. c1948. Mothers

JPB Minarik

Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little bear. Little Bear's four adventures include taking a trip to the moon and having a birthday party. [1957] Mothers and sons

JPB Minarik

Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little Bear's valentine. Little Bear looks forward to giving his mother a valentine and to figuring out who the secret admirer is who sent him one. c2003. Mothers and sons

JPB Mizumura

Mizumura, Kazue. If I were a mother. A young girl reflects that if she were a mother, she would follow the example of many animal mothers, like the monkey that checks behind its child's ears, or the lion that teaches its children to be brave. [1968] Mothers

JPB Newman

Newman, Leslea. Heather has two mommies. c1989. Lesbian mothers

JPB Penn

Penn, Audrey. The Kissing hand. When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him. c1993. Mothers and sons

JPB Polushkin

Polushkin, Maria. Mother, Mother, I want another. Anxious to get her son to sleep, Mrs. Mouse goes off to find what she thinks he wants. c1978.Mothers

JPB Power

Power, Barbara. I wish Laura's mommy was my mommy. Jennifer thinks she prefers life in Laura's home to her own until changing circumstances help her to understand her own mother better. c1979. Mothers

JPB Reasoner

Reasoner, Charles. Whose mommy is this? The reader slides open the pages to discover which baby animal belongs to which mother animal. c1994.Mothers

JPB Say

Say, Allen. Tree of cranes. A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes. c1991. Mothers

JPB Schlein

Schlein, Miriam. THE WAY MOTHERS ARE. 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. c1993. Mothers

JPB Sharmat

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Hooray for Mother's Day! In searching for a Mother's Day present that will be just right for his mother, Alaric Chicken demonstrates that he is just as cautious and particular as she is. c1986. Mothers and sons

JPB Sis

Sis, Peter. Beach ball. While at the beach, Mary and her mother see letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and more. c1990. Mothers and daughters

JPB Waber

Waber, Bernard. Lyle finds his mother. Lyle the Crocodile leaves his happy home on East 88th Street with the Primms to go in search of his mother at the urging of his former employer Hector P. Valenti, star of stage and screen. c1974. Mothers

JPB Williams-Garcia

Williams-Garcia, Rita. CATCHING THE WILD WAIYUUZEE. As she tries to escape her mother's efforts to "plait-a-plait" and "string-a-bead" her hair, a young girl imagines herself escaping into a jungle. c2000. Mothers and daughters

JPB Wood

Wood, Douglas. What moms can't do. A child ponders the many problems that mothers must deal with in the course of a normal day. c 2000. Mothers