Rosemary Wells, Text by (Art/Photo Books), Jody Wheeler, Illustrator, Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books $9.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0720-8
The favorite feline stars in Rosemary Wells's Yoko & Friends School Days series, which debuts with two titles, Mama, Don't Go! and The School Play, illus. by Jody Wheeler. In the first, Yoko won't let Mama leave the classroom until her classmate
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $14.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1174-7
This boxed set from the creator of the inimitable Max consists of three beguiling volumes: First Tomato, Moss Pillows and The Island Light. In each, an endearing bunny is having a bad day. Claire knocks over her cereal bowl, gets snow in her shoes...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Viking Children's Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03553-3
Louise brings her Deluxe Beauty Kit over to Ruby's house, and she and Ruby give Max a makeover in Ruby's Beauty Salon by Rosemary Wells. When Grandma calls, she asks Max to do her makeup and she's in for a surprise! (Oct.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Viking Children's Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03668-4
Rosemary Wells's rotund rabbit and star of the Nick Jr. TV series is back in the board book Max's Valentine. The tale follows Max's quest for sweet satisfaction in the form of ""Be Mine"" hearts, ""Yum-Yum Glitter"" and ""candy cupids."" Max fans
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0209-7
Building fantasy on the solid foundation of a mother's championship, Wells acquaints her readers with more of the endearing anthropomorphs that have made her picture books lasting favorites. Hazel is a small raccoon. Taking her doll Eleanor in a...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0563-0
``Charles is as happy as he could be,'' but he is so shy he won't thank Mrs. Belinski for a treat, and he refuses to play with Wanda Sue or answer the phone. ``This can't go on,'' says Charles' father, but all attempts to nudge mousy Charles into...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0585-2
Irresistible Max is backthis time starring in a springtime book full of Easter surprises. When Max finds a chocolate chicken in the birdbath, big sister Ruby decides to organize an Easter egg hunt. Whoever finds the most eggs will get to eat Max's...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0831-0
PW called these three verse tales about clumsy James and his bossy big brother ``hard to beat for pure enchantment. A blessing to little brothers everywhere and a lesson to older ones.'' Ages 3-7. (Sept.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1782-4
""I am going to read you a bedtime story about someone whose sweet tooth got out of control,"" announces authoritative Ruby after she catches Max, her puckish brother, hiding cupcakes in his pajamas. Max (and any child) will effortlessly absorb-if...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Candlewick $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0639-8
Reprising characters glimpsed in Here Comes Mother Goose, the incomparable Wells stages one of childhood's most commonplace dramas—a trip to the doctor—and presents it with such gentleness that the experience becomes soothing instead
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books for Young Readers $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0289-9
Glad tidings for Max fansthe bunny of board-book fame now stars in his first picture book. Sister Ruby has to drag Max up the steps, scrub his face with a washcloth and remind him to ""Spit, Max,'' as he brushes his teeth. It's Christmas Eve, and...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Puffin Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0281-3
Mother camel Gilda gives birth to a white Arabian horse, causing consternation at the arrival of such a funny-looking ""camel.'' PW's comment: ``The pictures and the droll little story are bound to win more fans for the book's talented creator, who...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0944-7
It's hard to imagine anyone--child or adult--getting his or her fill of the indefatigable Max, who always manages to get his way no matter what. Here, the bad-news bunny and sister Ruby go to a department store to replace Max's beloved, stained...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0981-2
Not unlike the star of Wells's enchanting Max books, Fritz, a disheveled young skunk, has a knack for finding trouble. Fritz's mischief is of the messy sort: when asked to clean his room, he stuffs under the bed a month's worth of laundry, dirty...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books for Children $16.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0507-5
As Wells's (My Very First Mother Goose) sparkling, ambitious book opens, Emily--a childlike bunny who could easily be kin to Max and Ruby--attends her first day of school. Her teacher, a guinea pig named Miss Cribbage, explains that every morning...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1884-5
Featuring the wryly understated texts and drolly detailed ink-and-watercolor art of the Max and Ruby titles, these paper-over-board books introduce the late-blooming Edward the Unready. In each misadventure, the expressive-eyed bear faces a new,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1883-8
Featuring the wryly understated texts and drolly detailed ink-and-watercolor art of the Max and Ruby titles, these paper-over-board books introduce the late-blooming Edward the Unready. In each misadventure, the expressive-eyed bear faces a new,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Dial Books $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1882-1
Featuring the wryly understated texts and drolly detailed ink-and-watercolor art of the Max and Ruby titles, these paper-over-board books introduce the late-blooming Edward the Unready. In each misadventure, the expressive-eyed bear faces a new,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-88729-3
Leading a quartet of reissues is Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells. ""Readers will find this quiet hero and his winsome smile beguiling proof that shyness does not preclude competence,"" said PW of the book first published in 1988. (June)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Viking Books $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-03630-1
Several new interactive titles offer visual and musical excitement. Rosemary Wells's perennial stars return for a postal adventure in Bunny Mail: A Max & Ruby Lift-the-Flap Book. Readers lift flaps to peer inside each missive. Max's summertime...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Disney-Hyperion, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-1955-5
For the traditional Japanese celebration of Girls' Day, Yoko receives a special gift from her Obaasan and Ojiisan in Japan: a doll named Miki that has been passed down through her family for generations. Yoko is so excited to share Miki with the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. HarperCollins/Tegen, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-192112-4
This first book in the Kindergators series, which tackles socialization issues, focuses on a familiar figure: the kid who has personal space issues. Harry pokes, pushes, and tackles; he startles one classmate so badly that the victim spills poster...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4989-0
Wells addresses a familiar theme—familial love spanning distances—in a fresh and clever way that will feel innately true to readers of any age. The book's two sections each begin with a mother and father hugging their child before leaving for work....
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4231-6512-5
Yoko returns in her sixth picture book, which has the green-eyed kitten and her kimono-wearing mother getting ready for a flight to Japan. The kitten serves as a self-assured and observant guide to the airport experience, helping her mother find the
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Viking, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-01663-1
Sophie the mouse gains a baby sister in her third outing, and her response to this intrusion involves showing off her inner polyglot, whether it’s her command of “Jellyfish language” (“Jubbabubba,” she babbles, rolling on the floor) or her decision...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Viking, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-78462-2
Ruby and best friend Louise head up Miss Ruby and Miss Louise’s Home Preschool, but it’s tough keeping their students in line. Max won’t get out of his gorilla costume, Lily brings a volcano kit to school, and Can’t-Sit-Up-Slug (one of several toys...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Viking, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-101-99925-7
It’s a situation virtually any parent can identify with: Sophie the mouse won’t say “hello” or “thank you” in social situations where the words are called for. As in Sophie’s previous outings (Use Your Words, Sophie!, among others), Wells shows an...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0737-6
Wells returns to the plucky heroine she introduced in Yoko
with this wistful story about the green-eyed kitten and her far-away grandparents. Yoko writes weekly to Japan to her beloved grandmother, Obaasan, whose garden is visited each year by...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Viking $16.99 (236p) ISBN 978-0-670-03638-7
Wells (Wingwalker
) once again brings a historical period to life, this time the Civil War era in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. "It is July 30, 1861. I, India Moody am twelve years old," announces the confident narrator. The war brings...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Viking $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-01105-6
Several of the prolific artist's best-loved picture book characters come out for star turns.
Max's Bunny Business
Rosemary Wells
. Viking
, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-01105-6
Indomitable and clever Max once again outsmarts big sister...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Viking Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03501-4
Rosemary Wells's popular rabbits return for Bunny Party. This time around, Max and Ruby host a birthday bash for Grandma. But each time Ruby sets the table, Max not only replaces Ruby's guests with his own, he also adds a few more in the process.
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Viking, $5.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-670-01174-2
In the latest addition to Wells's Baby Max and Ruby series, the siblings spend some inventive time in the sandbox. "Pat, pat! Dig, dig! This is what we need.... Bubbles, berries, puddle water, a bag of birdseed." Readers can take part by feeling the
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0396-5
Wells's devoted fans will clamor for her latest title, starring her beloved bunnies in soft, pastel watercolors. This time she trades in her usual prose for poetry—perfectly paced for short attention spans. Each of the three poems is aimed
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Viking, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-670-01141-4
Like many children, Max and Ruby want to hear story after story before bed, and Grandma complies in this compilation of three adventures. Grandma tells of the time Ruby and her friend Louise opened Cafe Ruby-Lou; the day Max saved Louise's sister...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author . Hyperion $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0833-5
The plainspoken bunny heroine of Emily's First 100 Days of School
describes a kindergarten year (separated in "chapters" designated by month) in Wells's informative and reassuring picture book, illustrated with her characteristic...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Scholastic $3.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-08717-9
In this cozy square volume inspired by a literacy campaign slogan, said PW, ""The joy of reading shines on every fuzzy face."" Ages 6 mos.-3 yrs. (Aug.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books for Children $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0395-8
Yoko the kitten has gone off to her school with her willow-covered cooler filled with sushi, looking forward to a good day. But her classmates tease her mercilessly when lunch time rolls around (""Ick!... It's seaweed!""). Even worse, during the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Eleanor Hubbard, Illustrator Dial Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1850-0
Wells refashions the Brothers Grimm tale, retaining the moral but casting a sunny glow over the proceedings. Most of the action is familiar--a fisherman spares the life of a talking fish and has his wishes (and those of his increasingly dissatisfied
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator, Tom Wells, Joint Author , illus. by Dan Andreasen. Viking $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03545-8
Rosemary Wells and her late husband, an architect, charmingly detail the construction of a house built from a kit ordered from the Sears, Roebuck catalogue in 1928. Narrated by 12-year-old Emily and arranged to resemble a scrapbook, the volume...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Teresa Mlawer, Adapted by Viking Books $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-670-03692-9
A number of new and previously published titles reappear in Spanish-English editions. Rosemary Wells's Only You (2003) now appears as Only You/Solo Tu, trans. by Teresa Mlawer. According to PW's review of the book's original edition, it ""successf
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Petra Mathers, Illustrator , illus. by Petra Mathers. Viking $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-05960-7
Inspired by a real-life mystery,Wells (the McDuff books) crafts a fanciful imagining of the short earthly lives, and longer Heavenly ones, of two French girls legendary for the miracles they performed for their kin and townsfolk. In Biblical times,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells and Secundino Fernandez, illus. by Peter Ferguson, Candlewick, $17.99 (72p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4305-8
After hearing a radio interview with Fernandez, an émigré architect, Wells tracked him down and asked to collaborate on a story about his childhood, which they deliver in this short novel that brims with feeling. From a young age, Secundino, called "
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Selznick. Hyperion $15.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0397-2
Studded with Selznick's evocative illustrations, Wells's affecting chapter book opens in 1933, when the young narrator wins an airplane ride with a stunt pilot at the Oklahoma Air Races. Reuben is terrified, but his airplane-mad father can
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Marc Tolon Brown, Illustrator , illus. by Marc Brown. Little, Brown $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-01460-1
This rather pointed romp centers on a sedentary, supersize family that sets off on a trip to Dizzyland. After loading their RV with cartons of not-so-goodies (Cheezie Chips, Koko Snax), the Gulps munch their way down the road, with Sister Gulp...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $21.95 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-81716-8
Field's 1930 Newbery Medal-winning classic about a doll with a taste for adventure gets resized, relocated and redecorated in this handsome storybook adaptation. As in Field's version, this Hitty begins her memoirs in 1829 Maine as an old peddler...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-056283-5
The story of a boy who relishes his family's quiet life on a Vermont farm, but whose older brother yearns to join the Navy, is conveyed through ""well-chosen prose [and Jeffers's illustrations,] precisely rendered, clean-cut yet softened by subtle...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $8.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5995-3
Eric Knight's classic ""receives a worthy new incarnation as a picture book in this splendid collaboration,"" said PW in a starred review. All ages. (Oct.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Hyperion Books $9.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0893-9
Two interactive titles star the familiar Westie puppy-McDuff's Favorite Things and McDuff's Hide-and-Seek-by Rosemary Wells, illus. by Susan Jeffers. The first title, a touch-and-feel book, features a rubbery rain slicker, fuzzy cat fur and some...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Hyperion Books $9.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1935-5
Two interactive titles star the familiar Westie puppy-McDuff's Favorite Things and McDuff's Hide-and-Seek-by Rosemary Wells, illus. by Susan Jeffers. The first title, a touch-and-feel book, features a rubbery rain slicker, fuzzy cat fur and some...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Puffin Books $4.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1140-2
According to PW , ``The exultant text offers thanks for the gift of life. Young naturalists will find much to discover as they explore the change of seasons in this eloquent, uplifting book by a gifted author-and-artist team.'' Ages 3-8. (Feb.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7312-3
In this sequel to Felix Stands Tall, Fiona is named Birthday Elf for her best friend Felix, but she forgets her responsibilities and shows up at school the next day without the cupcakes she was supposed to bring. Desperate, she concocts a story...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator . Hyperion $15.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0371-2
Having overcome the challenges of being the only sushi lover at the Hill Top School (in Yoko
), the Japanese kindergartner faces a similar struggle when she is asked to write her name and produces it in beautiful Japanese calligraphy. Although the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2146-3
Those rambunctious rabbit siblings, Max and Ruby, embark on another mishap-filled adventure in Wells's typically funny new book. In a story line similar to that of Bunny Cakes, Ruby hatches a well-intentioned plan to do something nice for her...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2143-2
It's kitchen chaos as Wells's beloved Max and Ruby become bunnies who bake. Max and Ruby each have grand plans for Grandma's birthday cake. Max envisions an earthworm cake with caterpillar frosting and ""Red-Hot Marshmallow Squirters"" on top. Ruby,
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $5.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-670-03667-7
Rosemary Wells's irrepressible bunny welcomes Christmas in the shaped board book Max's Christmas Stocking. When Santa leaves his glasses in his sleigh, guess whose presents wind up in his big sister Ruby's stocking?
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Holt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-62779-434-3
This is Wells’s version of a parenting manual, expressed as a string of entreaties from a small bunny to its mother, beginning at birth. “Be my teacher from day one,” Wells writes, as the baby bunny looks directly at readers with bright, beseeching...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $9.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-448-42403-3
Through simple dialogue, Rosemary Wells tells the story of sister Ruby as she tries to get mischievous Max dressed up to go outside in Max's Snowsuit. The soft cloth book cover shows Max all bundled up; a red fleece scarf big enough for little...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6111-3
Fearless, determined, and blunt, Fiona has decided that Felix will be her new best friend. That’s good, because Fiona’s gumption is a tonic for cautious, mild-mannered Felix—in fact, she pushes him to enter a talent show with her as a song-and-dance
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Viking, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-78511-7
Watch out, Max and Ruby. Wells's new anthropomorphic heroine, Sophie, is a two-year-old rodent with mischief in her eyes and an inability to stay out of trouble. After getting sent to time-out for unnecessary roughness during dinner with Mama (a mac
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Viking, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-78512-4
Sophie the mouse, first seen in Time-out for Sophie, is in another bad mood, and it’s again up to Granny to save the day in a smart and subtle way. It’s Sophie’s birthday, but whether she’s being asked to wear a pink dress or eat blueberry pancakes,
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1495-9
In a series of silver-framed vignettes, a little fox lives contentedly with her family in Airstream-style trailer, a small but ingenious living space with “a kitchen and a radio and a sofa that turned into a bed.” Stella’s sense of security...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator . Scholastic $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-03722-8
With a heavy-handed swat at big money, egocentric candidates and rumor-mongering, Wells's election-year tale features puppies running for Barkadelphia School president. Unfortunately, stereotyped characters and an unsurprising plot weaken the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056667-3
""It's kitchen chaos when Max and Ruby become bunnies who each bake a cake for Grandma's birthday. When it comes to the interplay between pared-down text and eventful illustrations, Wells, quite simply, takes the cake,"" said PW in a starred review.
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $7.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-439-54337-8
Books for youngest readers featuring well-known characters are back in books with new sizes and formats. Rosemary Wells's Read to Your Bunny, which featured prominently in the 1997 ""Read to Your Bunny"" campaign, is now available in a larger,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1405-8
Rosemary Wells presents a follow-up to Felix Feels Better in Felix and the Worrier, in which the furry hero is visited every night by the Worrier, a little gold-colored creature who raises one worry after another: Does Felix have a black spot on
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Hyperion Books $19.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0868-7
Readers can head back to class with popular characters in a handful of titles. Rosemary Wells's playful bunny stars in Emily and Friends: Playtime Learning Box, a fun-filled kindergarten kit featuring Emily's First 100 Days of School, about which
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, illus. by Christopher Denise. Candlewick, $14.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5069-8
In a brief, tender story with quiet charm, Wells (On the Blue Comet) celebrates the bond between a mouse and her grandfather, while exploring a child's ability to cope with loss. Wells depicts an enticing society of anthropomorphic mice who live and
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Mark Graham, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1213-3
Mary Elizabeth is delighted to be given a puppy, a small scrap of a Westie called Lucy, but, as these brief vignettes eloquently illustrate, she must learn that looking after a pet is not always easy. In rapid succession Lucy manages to chew up a...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1301-7
Divided into four vignettes, a child's first-person narration offers an appreciation of the senses and the seasons. One morning, the youngster sees a spiderweb, in the mist ``loaded with emerald raindrops''; the sun shining through the window onto a
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Mary Antin, Author, Dan Andreasen, Author Dial Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2149-4
Among a profusion of books about turn-of-the-century Russian-Jewish emigrants, Wells's (Mary on Horseback) and Andreasen's (Eagle Song) story about Mary Antin (1881-1949) stands out for its exceptional economy and tenderness. Short passages from...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Greg Shed, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1471-7
Perhaps influenced by her work on Lassie Come-Home (1995), the dextrous Wells digs deep here, producing a soulful and stirring tale. On his rooftop in Brooklyn, Julietta's grandfather tells her a compelling story of being drafted--at age nine--along
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Perri Klass, Notes by . Viking $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-670-03634-9
In this brief but instructive picture book (produced in partnership with Jumpstart, an early-education organization), Max and Ruby creator Wells once again demonstrates her talent for simple stories that mirror the joys and emotional undercurrents...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Tom Wells, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator , illus. by Dan Andreasen. Puffin $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-14-240061-6
In what PW
called an "exuberant" volume, narrated by a 12-year-old girl and arranged to resemble a scrapbook, Rosemary Wells and her late husband, an architect, "charmingly detail" the construction of a house built from a kit...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Michael Koelsch, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-14-230040-4
Children are invited to join Timothy, Yoko and their classmates as they practice math skills in Adding It Up, the latest addition to the Get Set for Kindergarten! series, based on Timothy Goes to School and other stories by Rosemary Wells. ...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Michael Koelsch, Illustrator Viking Books $13.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-670-03519-9
Children are invited to join Timothy, Yoko and their classmates as they practice math skills in Adding It Up, the latest addition to the Get Set for Kindergarten! series, based on Timothy Goes to School and other stories by Rosemary Wells. ...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline, Candlewick, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3722-4
Model trains, time travel, and cameo appearances by Ronald Reagan and Alfred Hitchcock, among others, make this adventure an ideal family read-aloud. "One day everything in the world was fine. Dad and I had lamb chops and ice cream," says Oscar...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, P. J. Lynch, Illustrator , illus. by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick $16.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3723-1
Inspired by a 200-word fragment written by one of Lincoln's sons, Wells (Mary on Horseback
) introduces the legendary president through the perspectives of his youngest children, Willie and Tad. Nine years old when the book opens, in...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Richard Ed. Wells, Author Dial Books $11.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1524-0
Wells adds engaging new dimensions to her ongoing saga of the inimitable bunny siblings as Ruby introduces Max, her insatiably inquisitive brother, to the tale of a calamitously curious youngster. After a sign tacked to her door (``NO! This means...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Richard Ed. Wells, Author Dial Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0788-7
Although based on the Dinah Maria Mulock Craik novel, Wells's picture book retelling is devoid of the sentimental flavor of the original. The comic illustrations underscore the droll aspects of the text which, like the best of Ungerer or Steig, is...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Richard Egielski, Illustrator , illus. by Richard Egielski. Viking $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-03636-3
In this book's magnetic preface, white-haired Stanley Braverman goes to pick up an inheritance from his late aunt. He finds his childhood clothes in the guest room of her empty house. "The pocket of a sailor suit still contained a wad of...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Richard Egielski, Illustrator , illus. by Richard Egielski. Puffin $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-240380-8
An isolated boy accesses a miraculous world. "This tantalizingly open-ended tale explores the overlap between memory and imagination," PW
wrote. Ages 4-up. (Feb.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, illus. by Jim LaMarche. Candlewick, $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5352-1
Wells’s quiet period piece is set in 1949 on a ranch near Reno, Nev., where almost-sixth-grader Ivy’s parents work. Ivy’s deep compassion for animals spurs her to offer herself as caretaker for pets and farm animals while their owners are away; her...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Hyperion Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0318-7
A homeless unloved pup becomes one lucky dog in this tender picture book from the distinguished pair who produced Waiting for the Evening Star and the picture-book adaptation Lassie Come-Home. When a fortuitous bump in the road saves him from the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0647-8
It's off to dog-training class for everyone's favorite Westie in McDuff Goes to School by Rosemary Wells, illus. by Susan Jeffers. McDuff hits it off with the new neighbors' dog, Marie, but makes no points with Marie's French-speaking owners when
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Hyperion Books for Children $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0644-7
When a pack of ants invades owners Fred and Lucy's Fourth of July picnic, the Westie star finds the perfect solution in McDuff Saves the Day by Rosemary Wells, illus. by Susan Jeffers. (June)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, Author, Susan Jeffers, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Dial Books $13.95 (18p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0569-2
An adventurous girl celebrates the transition from winter to spring: ``God gave me eyes / To see the woods and all who live within it.'' Chickadees and cardinals, deer, rabbits and a snowy owl are all part of the winter landscape. A flock of geese...
READ FULL REVIEW
Lore Segal, Author, Rosemary Wells, Author, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-47504-8
In these three zany stories about Trudy, brother Jacob and their parents, a close-knit family with a well-defined sense of the ridiculous copes--somehow--with the vagaries of everyday life. Ages 3-up. (Sept.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9262-9
A swirling night sky contrasts with the cozy indoors in this original lullaby from the creator of beloved siblings Max and Ruby. The spare text has an appropriately lulling rhythm as it moves from poetic whimsy (“The morning is hiding behind the...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Holt/Godwin, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-250-17511-3
In this simple rhyming fable, Wells offers the cautionary tale of P.J. Finnegan Bunny, a five-and-a-half-year-old gray rabbit who abhors handwashing. When the young bunny catches a cold, fails to wash his hands, leaves tissues around, and sneezes...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. S&S/Wiseman, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-66592-489-4
A kitten’s anxieties about what might befall him on the first day of kindergarten prove pleasantly unfounded in Wells’s reassuring starting-school tale. On the night before the big day, young gray kitty Milo wakes up in a panic over the stressful...
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5344-2977-2
An inscribed cherrywood rocking chair becomes a symbol of refuge, comfort, and connection for generations of immigrants in this volume by two children’s book luminaries. The chair is created by Sam, a character based on Wells’s great-great-grandfathe
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Red Comet, $17.99 (28p) ISBN 978-1-63655-016-9
A young bear reflects on the skills they’ve learned, the challenges they’ve navigated, and the “Somehow-Someday Things/ That might just happen to me”—all made possible by the steadfast support of loved ones. In Wells’s signature art, a fuzzy, sweet-f
READ FULL REVIEW
Rosemary Wells. Hippo Park, $18.99 (80p) ISBN 978-1-66264-071-1
Hidden in every kitchen, Wells (On the Night Before Kindergarten) promises in
this charming three-tale collection, is a wall-concealed telephone that can summon a team of “small and clever” toque-wearing human chefs, portrayed with various skin...
READ FULL REVIEW
ARTICLES
