"It's almost Christmas, and baby simply cannot contain the exuberance. There are things to decorate-a tree, a gingerbread house, a doggy! There are very creative presents to make, Santa to see (must be brave), carols to sing, not to mention the big event itself"--Provided by publisher.

Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger of the adults around her.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text portray babies playing with their loved ones.

An all-knowing big sister gives her baby sibling lessons in being a baby. Take it from the narrator of this book, an all-knowing big sister: when you're a baby you don't read books. You eat them. You don't know how old you are, or even if you're a boy or a girl. And you have to keep a special plug in your mouth to stop your scream from coming out. But one day, you won't be little anymore, and then you'll be taller and smarter, and actually quite clever....

When eight baby mice arrive, their father finally understands why their mother had wanted a bigger house.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.

At bedtime, a parent carefully checks baby's body from head to toe, encouraging gentle play.

When no one is looking, Rose rolls out the door in her stroller and joins eighty-four other babies in a parade into the country.

Wide-Awake Baby leads the other Midnight Babies on a campaign against sleep, but one by one, they succumb to the lure of Slumberland, Nightlights, the Sea of Stories or the Garden of Lullabies until only Wide-Awake Baby is left.

While adults assume life as a baby is easy, a young child sympathizes with babies and recognizes that life as a baby is harder than it seems.