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Rosemary Wells
When Ruby uses all the candy to make her Valentine cards, Grandma makes sure Max gets a very special treat. Full color.
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In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Wells’ bestseller that encourages parents to read to their children for 20 minutes each day has been reformatted as an oversized board book edition…
It’s springtime for the unflappable young rabbit and his overbearing big sister. Max can hardly wait to gobble up the chocolate chicken someone left on his birdbath, and Ruby wants…
Everybody’s favorite bunnies star in their very own ABC concept book that teaches the alphabet by featuring a different letter on each page. Full color.
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Max and Ruby are having a party for Grandma Bunny’s birthday. Each time Ruby counts the number of guests at the table, another one mysteriously appears. Is Ruby having a…
This shaped board book featuring those adorable bunny siblings, Max and Ruby, is filled with simple text and colorful illustrations on each page to delighteven the youngest Max and Ruby…
On a shopping trip to the department store, Max’s determination to get a dragon shirt leads him away from his distracted sister and into trouble.
When Hazel and her beloved doll Eleanor are set upon by bullies, Hazel’s mother comes to the rescue in a surprising way.
First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2010. –Title page verso.
How to comfort a young child who misses a special person when he or she is away? A treasured picture book creator has the perfect solution. Full color.
Translation of: Edward’s first swimming party.
How to comfort a young child who misses a special person when he or she is away? A treasured picture-book creator has the perfect solution.
Max’s sister Ruby gives him a windup toy lobster for his birthday.
No dream too big. No goal too great. With love and support anything is possible. A young bear finds its way in the world with the love and support of…
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Every toddler knows the words to this song, so this sturdy, sunny board book is perfect for the very young. Full color. Age 3 and under.
A familiar preschool song with all-new pictures launches the Bunny Reads Back book line. Read Old MacDonald to your bunnies often, and soon they’ll be reading it back to you…
Ruby and Louise create their own Babysitting Squad business, but watching their first client, Percy Wardropper, proves to be a challenge.
Max’s big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.
Ruby decides to make Grandma an angel surprise cake with raspberry fluff icing, so she starts preparing for a day’s baking in the kitchen. Max, however, has other ideas for…
For Grandma’s birthday, Max wants to make her an earthworm cake. His sister Ruby is going to make an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing. When Grandma ends up with…
It’s tough being the middle mouse. Since no one’s paying attention to her, Nora decides to do something her family can’t ignore: make noise. Full color.
It’s Grandma’s birthday, and Ruby knows exactly what Grandma would love–a beautiful ballerina box. Max also knows what she’d love–a scary pair of ooey-gooey vampire teeth. Wells’s adorable story is…
When Morris finds a disappearing bag on Christmas day, he jumps right in and becomes invisible! Now he has something everyone wants to try, but they have to find him…
Though Max’s sister offers him her stuffed animals, he can’t sleep without his red rubber elephant.
One of four board books featuring the bunny-toddler, Max, and his ever-patient sister, Ruby.
Mary Breckinridge traveled through Appalachia in 1923, giving birth to the Frontier Nursing Service, which continues operation today. Three stories told in simple prose follow Breckinridge through the mountainous terrain…
When Edward goes to school, he isn’t quite ready to join in with the other children. The author delights us once again with her characteristic warmth and humor.
Max’s big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away. Full color.
"The night before he starts kindergarten Milo's dreams are full of worry, but after a fun first day of school, Milo decides that he likes kindergarten!"--
A. A. Milne
A contemporary master of the nursery tale brings her unique imagination to a beloved classic.
Abraham Lincoln, America’s most revered president, was also a father. With the war raging and the Union under siege, despite his own sadness and searing personal tragedy, Lincoln was always…
Invisible to humans exists a parallel world of mice - where young Jenny misses her cherished grandfather so much that she begins to see him everywhere.
In a heart- and humour-filled adventure by On the Blue Comet author Rosemary Wells, a girl spends a summer caring for animals in 1950s Nevada.
Iona Opie
With infectious verse presented and beautiful illustrations, these traditional rhymes invite parents and caregivers to zoom along with Mother Goose and give the on-the-go baby in their life a solid…
Trains and time travel spur one boy’s thrilling adventure as he seeks to rejoin his father in a new classic from Wells and Ibatoulline. OAn entertaining evocation of silver-screen and…
When Max discovers that the lunch he’s been looking forward to is missing, he and Ruby embark on a search for it.
When Max’s new friend gets sick after playing together all day, Ruby suggests taking her to the vet.
Max waves good-bye to his parents, boards the bus with Ruby, and heads to school with his book and lunch box in tow. There he sings songs, paints pictures, and…
Max wants to have a party, but it isn’t his birthday. So Grandma comes up with a great idea: they’ll celebrate his half birthday instead! Complete with cupcakes (cut in…
In this story based on true events, a treasured wooden chair is passed down from family to family, with each new owner carving the word welcome in a new language.
This sturdy board book re-tells the classic rhyme of how Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, with large letters in the text, and adorable animal illustrations by Wells. Full-color illustrations.
Divided into four sections, this anthology contains more than 60 of the most colourful and best-loved nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty and Hey Diddle, Diddle . These are illustrated with…
In this delightful celebration of Mother Goose, more than 60 traditional nursery rhymes, including Old Mother Hubbard, I’m a Little Teapot, and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, are accompanied by…
A little white dog that nobody seems to want finds just the right home–and a name. –Provided by publisher.
Maria Tallchief,Rosemary Wells
In a picture-book format, the noted ballet dancer shares the story of her childhood growing up on an Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma, where she took her first piano and…
Rosemary Flynn
Only the brave can survive loneliness. This is the story of Margot who lives at the start of World War 2 in a village in Sudetenland. She faces devastating loss…
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Rosemarie T. Downer
This text explores the concept of homelessness by examining the dynamics of shelter living and the financial costs in comparison to the psychological costs to the children and the family.
