A mother and child discuss how the mother's love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug-eating green alien.

"When Mama tells Stinky Face she's thankful for him, he has some questions. Is she really thankful for every single bit of him--even his sticky fingers? Even his puckered-up mouth? Mama assures Stinky Face that she will always be thankful for all of him, from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. No matter what. share this loving message of thanks with your little Stinky Face!" --

"Stinky Face isn't ready for school. What if the bus gets a flat tire? What if his principal is really a scary witch? Luckily, Mama knows just how to make school sound fun! " -- Page [4] of cover.

On the telephone to her son, a mother promises the many ways she will come to rejoin him, traveling by hot air balloon, camel, cheetah, and shark.

When Willow's family moves to a new home, she makes friends with all of the neighbors, even unsmiling Mr. Larch, through her letters inviting each to be as generous as she is.

A girl looks at old photographs with her mother, trying to figure out what her mother feels most grateful for in her life.

While two children spend the night at Grandma's, their parents do all the things the children are forbidden from doing, like jumping on the bed with their shoes on, dressing up the dog, and getting crumbs all over the bed sheets.

A mother reassures her son when he imagines increasingly silly things that might go wrong on his first day of kindergarten.

Greta, a witch who enjoys playing nasty tricks on people, tries to make the kind witch Alice just like her, but the spell backfires.

Two young witches use their powers in opposite ways, one helping people and the other making mischief