After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs.

When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.

"...Too Early follows a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser--exploring both the groggy haze and the everyday magic inherent in the predawn hours of a loving household."--

"A new dad gets ready to share the love of reading with his baby for the first time"--

A mouse tries many new things when he and his father go out and play in the snow.

"Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to know: 'Does it have a butt?' Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality."--

"A growing tadpole loves his frog dad so much he never gives him a moment's peace"--

A father rabbit offers messages of nuturing protection and comfort to his baby.

Various young woodland animals describe, in their own unique ways, what they love most about hugs from their fathers. Includes a list of creatures hidden in the pictures for readers to find.