Rosemary Wells

At bedtime, Grandma tells Max and Ruby three favorite stories about themselves

Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.

Max and his sister Ruby go on an egg hunt and vie with each other for the prize, a chocolate chicken. 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 to plan an egg hunt. Full color. All Max wants to do is eat the chocolate chicken that someone left in the birdbath one fine spring morning. But "wait, Max," his sister...

Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.

Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.

Harry has trouble keeping his hands off his classmates until Tina thinks of the perfect piece of gym equipment to teach him about personal space.

Who is the man in the woods—and can Helen catch him before it’s too late?
Helen’s first day at New Bedford Regional High School is off to a hectic start. Her locker combination doesn’t work, she’s late to all her classes, and she doesn’t know a single person. But she doesn’t need friends to figure out the unofficial rules: Cheerleaders simply don’t associate with frizzy-haired new girls who...

A mother rabbit carries, talks, and sings to her little one to show her love.

When Max discovers that the lunch he's been looking forward to is missing, he and Ruby embark on a search for it.