Our language doesn’t have a word for the tender, protective love of a motherthe love that cannot be fallen out of, the heart that would sacrifice its own life, the fire that never needs to be stoked. Perhaps that’s why we are drawn to images of mother animals and their young. In an instant these pictures convey to the heart a love that we can’t quite capture in words. This heartfelt gift book for momsa tribute of both words and images salutes the power, beauty, heroism, humor, and irreplaceable love of mothers everywhere.