Rosemary Wells

Max can hardly wait to gobble up the chocolate chicken that someone left in the birdbath one fine spring morning. But his sister Ruby insisits that first they hunt for painted eggs. Max tries to play along, but when Ruby finds all the eggs-and he finds only ants and acorns-he shows her what can happen when you put all your eggs in one basket!

Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.

Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.

A little mouse named Spinka creates mischief that twin kittens Kit and Kaboodle are blamed for by their parents.

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

Max figures out how to assemble his new gift even though the instructions for putting it together are written in Bulgarian.

Traces the experiences of Miss Harmony's alligator kindergarteners, whose classmate throws disruptive temper tantrums.

When Felix goes to a restaurant with Fiona to celebrate her half-birthday, he confronts an anxiety-provoking menu.

When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.

Saying nope to soap, little bunny soon learns the importance of protecting himself and others from germs when he catches a cold and is sent home from school.