Books like Koala Lou
By Mem Fox
For the kid who worries about being loved just as much once a new brother or sister comes along, Koala Lou's story lands right in the heart. Tender, gently funny, and warmly reassuring, with the earnest energy of a big competition.
When a crocodile egg rolls into her nest, Mother Duck simply hatches it with the rest and raises the little crocodile as one of her own ducklings.
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.
A bulldog puppy raised among poodle sisters works hard to sip, yip, and walk with grace — until a park meeting with a bulldog family reveals a baby mix-up, and everyone must decide what makes a family.
At the Central Park Zoo, two male penguins named Roy and Silo build a nest together, and a kindly zookeeper gives them an abandoned egg to hatch and raise as their own.
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 little girl always sits between Mama and Mommy at the table — but when Mommy leaves on a work trip, she has to figure out a new place to sit and a new way to carry how much she misses her.
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.
A girl's cat Sheba has three kittens, but her father says their one-cat apartment can't keep them all — so April must find a way to save the family she loves.
A girl takes an evening motorcycle ride with her papi through their neighborhood, watching familiar streets and faces even as the community changes around her.
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 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 little girl can't join her mom on a trip, so she sends her toy dog Charlie the Cavalier in her suitcase instead, trusting him to keep her mom safe and close.
