Books like On the Night You Were Born
By Nancy Tillman
For the quiet moment at the end of a long day, when you want to remind your child, without a shadow of doubt, that their arrival mattered to the whole world. Tender, dreamy, and hushed — like a lullaby painted in moonlight.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
A little girl sets off to find the perfect gift for her mother, journeying up through the sky and meeting the stars, the moon, and the sun along the way.
A little girl longs to play with the moon, so her father sets off with a very long ladder to bring it down to her — however small he must wait for it to become.
A baby and his mom are home alone when the doorbell rings again and again — Auntie, Uncle, Nannie, Gran-Gran, and all the cousins arrive, each one determined to hug, squeeze, and love the baby SO MUCH.
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 joyful look at the natural world welcoming a new baby, as the moon pulls the tides, rain falls, and word of the coming birth spreads from animal to animal across the whole earth.
A lyrical love letter traces a child's life from first steps and first laughs through hard days and heartbreak, affirming again and again that they matter, always have, and always will.
A lonely sail maker named Osamu nurses an injured crane back to health one stormy night, an act of quiet kindness that sets his life on an unexpected new course.
A father speaks love to his child from day one — through truth, comfort, joy, and pride — guiding them through monsters both imaginary and real, and toward a better world.
On a moonlit night, a childless couple discovers a dozen tiny babies scattered in a meadow after a magical moonshower, and takes them in to raise as their own.
A gentle tour through nature at dusk, as mother animals — owl, fox, whale, and more — each tell their babies just how deep and boundless their love runs.
A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.
