Books like Baby Beluga
By Raffi
For the little one who wants one more song before lights out, this gentle whale's day is the wind-down bedtime music made into pictures. Soothing, musical, and oceanic — a lullaby with fins.
A little fur child spends a day exploring the wild woods near home, meeting other creatures and visiting his grandfather, before heading back for supper and a bedtime song.
A child in the Arctic asks her mother again and again — what if I misbehave, what if I turn into a wild animal — testing just how far a mother's love can stretch.
A mother in Thailand moves quietly through the house, hushing a lizard, a monkey, a water buffalo, and other creatures one by one so her sleeping baby won't wake.
A little bunny imagines running away — as a fish, a rock, a bird — and each time, his mother imagines exactly how she'll follow and find him.
As night falls, a raccoon, a doe, a rabbit, a field mouse, and a little boy each get tucked in and wonder if they'll be safe — and every parent answers, "I am here."
Two brothers spend an evening fishing with their mama, each one asking who's better at digging worms, rowing, and catching fish — and, at bedtime, who she loves the most.
On a stormy night on Plum Street, a little bear cub named Sam stalls his bedtime with a story, a tucking-in, and warm milk — but something important is still missing.
A gentle, repeating question moves through the animal world — from kangaroos to lions to dolphins — showing every baby, a joey, a cub, a calf, has a mother who loves it.
A mother sings the same lullaby to her son from infancy through adulthood, rocking him each night — until he is grown and gently rocks her in return.
A young hare tries to show his father just how much he loves him, stretching his arms wide and reaching as high as he can — but Big Nutbrown Hare always finds a way to love him back more.
A mother lists the small, specific things she loves about her young son — his morning bedhead, the way he calls out "Mama" at night, his laugh — building a portrait of everyday devotion.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
