Laura Cornell

"A child finds that learning to have self control is hard, but it can also be fun."--Title page verso.

"Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn't matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because "the most important thing about...

A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.

A child's emotions range from silliness to anger to excitement, coloring and changing each day.

A guide to the care and maintenance of mothers, who are, according to the manual, "the most advanced human models on the planet."

A big sister teaches her younger siblings some important words, like "responsibility, " "perseverance, " and "respect."

A hard-working mother's extraordinary accomplishments are listed by her devoted child.

A four-year-old describes how she has changed since she was a baby.

Bertie thinks that other kids will like him if he loses weight and so he drinks a special remedy which causes weightlessness, but getting thin requires other measures.

The antics and adventures of cool boy Earl include riding on the Milky Way, growing a rose from his fingernails, and swinging with gorillas.