A first-of-its-kind pop-science journey into the hidden world of baby animals

Contents Introduction: A World of the Babies, by the Babies, for the Babies PART I: BUNDLES OF JOY 1. Eggs: Not Just a Bird Thing 2. Provisioning: How to Pack Your Baby's Lunch 3. Brooding Eggs: Carry Them, Sit on Them, Swallow Them Whole 4. Pregnancy: Not Just a Mammal Thing PART II: SALAD DAYS 5. Larvae: When Kids Look Like Aliens 6. Unaccompanied Minors: Where Do the Escargot? 7. Raising Them Right: Conservation and Sustainability 8. Evolution: What It Does and Doesn't Recapitulate PART III: COMING OF AGE 9. Metamorphosis, but Happier Than Kafka 10. Juveniles: Neither One Thing nor Another 11. Emergence: A Cicada Case Study Epilogue: Our Quiet Dependence on Babies