Duck wanders away from the pond for a moment and returns to find the other ducks gone! Searching high and low, Duck discovers many clues around the city--footprints, feathers, eggs--but no ducks. Will Duck's feathered friends finally be found?

"A loving celebration of all kinds of families. A heartfeld sotry about families who come together and the child they love so dearly...a child worth waiting for." --book jacket.

Illustrations and text follow a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser in the house.

A young superhero describes his awesome powers, which he then demonstrates as various foes arrive on the scene

A child asks different family members about her late grandfather and learns of his characteristics through the features he passed down to his children and grandchildren.

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

Beauty--who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage--was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth.

"Colombian creator Dipacho explores the many ways we live with other people--or, at times, apart from them--with striking illustrations of the jabiru, the largest member of the stork family of birds. In spare, poetic text and stunning watercolors, Dipacho honors family togetherness as well as families whose members choose to live apart, or are separated by circumstances. Moving spreads pay tribute to family members who have died, and those just born....

What's a family to do when the bed is overrun by dogs? Move over, of course! In this rollicking, rhyming romp, Mom, Dad, and the kids settle in for a peaceful story before sleep, but their canine companions have other plans.

The little boy wants a pet, but he doesn't want any regular pet like a dog, which barks all day long and wants to go walkies or a feline friend whom sleeps all day. No, the little boy wants something special, something that goes in the water, something that no one else will have! AN OCTOPUS! The boy goes to Dad first and pitches his idea to him, but Dad replies, "a creature like that belongs in the sea". Unhappy with Dad's answer, the little boy goes...