"New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker's Cutting Teeth is a witty, thrilling story of parental love that asks: is there anything a mother won't do for her children? Darby, Mary Beth, and Rhea are on personal quests to reclaim aspects of their identities subsumed by motherhood-their careers, their sex lives, their bodies. Their children, though, disrupt their plans when an unsettling medical condition begins to go around the Little Academy...

After interviewing mothers at the park, the toy store, and the zoo, Maxine decides that her own mother is worth keeping.

"A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat."--

A sleepy polar bear cub asks his mother questions about the night sky as he gets ready to go to sleep.

Mommy Owl goes out to get Little Owl's favorite food. She makes Little Owl promise to be good and don't let anyone in. She returns and Little Owl won't let her in until she can prove she is Little Owl's true mommy.

When Bunny gets lost and can't find his mother, he fears that Mummy and his friends may not be able to find him to take him home.

"When Mama and Baby Bear go out to look for food one night, curious Baby Bear wants to wander and explore. Each time his Mama Bear calls for him, Baby Bear turns up in a different place. Where, oh where, could Baby Bear be?"--

"Fresh dirt, a kale recipe, and other clues lead a girl to Mommy--in the garden!"--

A little mouse wakes up one day and, when he cannot find his mother, goes in search of her. Illustrations on die-cut pages reveal part of the following illustration.

A loving mother counts the hugs she gives her baby throughout the day.