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Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left. Journey searches photographs for answers. He looks for family resemblances in Grandma's slbums. Looking for happier times, he tries to put together the torn pieces of the pictures his mother shredded before her departure. And he also searches the photographs...

At bedtime, a little llama gets scared after his mother puts him to bed and turns out the light, so he goes downstairs where Mama puts it all right.

A New Hampshire girl effects miraculous cures, becoming the center of a controversy involving doctors, priests and the media. The divorced father who blames the mother sues for custody and the result is a trial, pitting believers against skeptics. One of America's most powerful and thought-provoking novelists, New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult brilliantly examines belief, miracles, and the complex core of family. When the marriage of...

Daisy the duckling becomes so engrossed in playing with dragonflies and lily pads that she temporarily loses her mother.

When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Woodrow's cousin, Gypsy, lives next door, and the two children find they have much in common. But unlike Woodrow, who has accepted his mother's disappearance, Gypsy can't get over her father's death. That's when Woodrow tells Gypsy...

While out for a walk, Mama Elephant answers her child's questions about a monkey, a frog, a songbird, a butterfly, and a crocodile, all the while teaching about Little Elephant too.

When her little chicks refuse to settle down for the night, Mama decides to surprise them with an unusual request.

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

Mother Kangaroo expresses her confidence in her youngster's ability to achieve great things.

Little Bear and Mummy Bear explore the many wonders in the forest, and with each find, Mummy Bear assures Little Bear that there is still one thing that is more precious than all the others.