In the absence of her beloved cows, who have run away, Queenie Farmer treats her fifteen daughters like a prize herd, baking them cakes, building them beds, sewing them dresses, helping them get married, and taking care of their children when they finally have them.

Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.

Bubble helps her mother practice bedtime rituals, such as checking for monsters and reading a favorite book, that Bubble proclaims she has outgrown, but that her baby sister, Squeak, will need when she gets a little older.

While waiting for her mother to come home from work on Valentine's Day, Heather helps her grandmother rescue a newborn lamb and bake a special cooky.

Olivia, who lives with just her dad since her parents got divorced, has chosen to write a book about her mom's glamorous career as a TV reporter but manages to show that she loves both her parents equally.

While running errands with her mother, a young girl who likes to dress as a cowgirl tries to be helpful but her efforts always seem to backfire.

A young girl experiences a range of emotions when her mother undergoes treatment for cancer.

When Lottie persuades her mother to let her wear her sparkly gold dress to school, their day becomes very special.

A mother tells her own daughter what she was like and what she used to do when she was a little girl.

When five-year-old Birdie's mother promises to take her to a salon to tame her long, unruly hair, Birdie looks at magazines and consults her friends to find the style that is perfect for her.