First-grader Montgomery Gerald Morris enjoys an exciting year as his class acquires a pair of parakeets as pets, he loses his first tooth, and he becomes a big brother.

A baby is delighted to experience his very first fart.

From the moment he arrives, it is obvious that the new baby is boss and he gets whatever he wants, from drinks made-to-order around the clock to his executive gym.

A child's mother compares babies to such things as cookies, puppies, bread, tiger cubs, and sunshine.

Simple text and illustrations portray a day in a baby's life.

Baby is King, and all his needs must be met by his subjects, otherwise know as his parents, but soon he will grow up, and who will rule them then?

When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.

A grandmother tells all the things she thought about before her grandchild was born.

New father Old MacDonald spends a day caring for his baby, with a little help from the farm animals.

A father recalls his young daughter's first reactions to her new baby brother.