Mama animals tell their little ones all the ways they are loved, forever and always.

Mittens the kitten searches for his friend Max, a dog, so they can play together.

Nick takes his new kitten, Mittens, to school for show-and-tell, but a curious Mittens escapes his cage and explores an empty classroom.

Mittens the kitten goes for a walk with Nick, but he is distracted by a butterfly and becomes lost.

Cowgirl Kate and her horse Cocoa watch over the new calves, a puppy, and some baby barn owls.

One brown bunny goes out one day and finds many friends who would like to play.

Biscuit the puppy camps out in the backyard.

Rhyming text follows the life of all sorts of puppies from when they are born "with eyes shut tight," through moving in with a new family and "getting bowls and beds and names," to learning how to do things grown-up dogs do.

Illustrated excerpts from the nineteenth century classic relate the experiences of a young horse as he explores his home, plays with other colts, and learns from his loving mother to be gentle and good.

Describes, in rhymed cumulative text and illustrations, how various young animals and one small human prepare for sleep at the end of a spring day.