Max discusses with his mother good reasons why he'd like to trade her in, but admits there is one reason to keep her.

Jack's mother agrees that he may have a pet, but when he suggests everything from an elephant to a tyrranosaurus rex, she must explain why each would be less than ideal.

A mother relates some of the many things that she loves about her young son.

When Mommy has to travel for work, her son gives her a special picture to ease their temporary separation.

"'I had but one delusion, which I held onto with all my willpower: we once gave Nikolai a life of flesh and blood; and I'm doing it over again, this time by words.' In a world created outside of time, Li and the son who died talk about their lives. Deeply intimate and moving, this story cycle of grief captures the love and humor in a relationship which goes on now in a mother's heart, between a mother and child, even as it captures the pain of Li's...

"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow.'"-- Provided by publisher.

"In this dark horror reimagining of a Greek tragedy, a hedonistic cult leader teaches a new widow the true price of female freedom. Lena wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she contends with her controlling, humorless son, Drew. Lena lands in Athens with her best friend in tow for the unveiling of her son's, pet project-the luxurious Agape Villas. Years of marriage amongst the wealthy have whittled...

Two boys discover that their mother loves them equally but in different ways.