Book excerpt: A fresh new look for the first picture book to feature Barbara Reid's signature Plasticine artwork! First published in 1984, this heartwarming story about a new baby calf's first seasons, and the mother cow that loves him through all of his first steps, is a true Canadian classic. It has the added distinction of being the first book to feature the award-winning artwork style of Barbara Reid! Now, with a fresh new cover, Edith Newlin Chase's beautiful poem, can be introduced to a new generation of mothers and babies, celebrating the simple, unconditional nature of parental love.