Laura Cornell

"What would you take? Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!""--

While thinking about life as a race, a child wonders whether it is most important to finish first or to have fun along the way.

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

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.

The memoir of a four year old.

"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...

Rhyming bedtime conversation between a city full of parents and their children, who are much more interested in playing than sleeping.

A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.

A girl's guide to getting along with siblings and surviving sticky situations, from teasing to tattling to sharing a room.

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