The love between a mother and her offspring knows no bounds in this timeless and beautiful bedtime storybook. From hippos and tigers, to penguins and people, a universal bedtime ritual is shared. ''My love for you is like a stream, flowing wide, and long, and deep. My love for you is just as long. Now hush-a-bye to sleep.'' It can take more than a few tries, but in the end, with a mother's heartfelt profession of love, little ones are finally eased into their dreams.