A young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas.

Although he finally agrees that he has too many toys and needs to give them away, there is one toy that Spencer absolutely cannot part with.

An almost six-year-old girl listens as her mother and father describe her six previous birthday celebrations.

Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.

A boy who came from far away to be adopted by a couple in this country remembers how unfamiliar and frightening some of the things were in his new home, before he accepted the love to be found there.

Elizabeth can never get her parents' attention, even after she has filled the house with fish tanks to hold the creatures that keep coming out of her bathroom faucets.

As their parents disagree more and more about everything, Demetrius and Paula Ogglebutt decide that everyone would be happier if they "un-marry."

With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) because I am a baby, the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups'...

An introductory guide to the world for new babies.

A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much.