Various animals greet the sunrise in their own unique voices, except for the owl who welcomes the night.

Every morning, Mama helps Llama Llama get up and start a brand new day.

Illustrations and text follow a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser in the house.

Early one morning, a young boy wakes to the light of his alarm clock. He puts on his hearing aids and clothes, then goes to wake his father. Together they brave the cold as they walk down the dirt road that leads to the beach. Lakin's understated story reminds readers that sometimes the best way to communicate doesn't involve words, while Steele's watercolor illustrations show that beauty is never far away.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

In Morningtown, animal families of all shapes and sizes are waking up, getting out of bed, washing up, eating breakfast, and looking forward to a new day.

"An energetic young critter tries to coax his dad out of bed in the morning"--

When Rooster falls ill the farm animals are in a panic! Who is going to wake them up in the morning? Hen says she'll do it... but how? Everyone knows hens don't crow!

Cornelius the pig has his own style when preparing for school in the morning, but he does not really feel ready until he gets a kiss.

Morning seems small to a waking girl and her rabbit. But it isn't long before colours and shapes and sounds come bursting into Pia's small, quiet world. There are butterflies and toys, clothes and golden sunshine. Then, as she sets out of the house with Papa, there are animals, plants, hills, clouds Pia's sense are soon brimming, her imagination soaring and her heart full of love and belonging.