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Books in Baby Max and Ruby series

  • Max and Ruby's Show-and-Tell

    Rosemary Wells

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, July 20, 2006)
    It’s show-and-tell day at Ruby’s school, and Ruby is going to show off her cake. Max wants to come, but Ruby says that he can’t—he is too young for school! Find out what happens when Max goes anyway in this sweet and funny All Aboard Picture Reader.
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  • Max's Worm Cake

    Grosset & Dunlap

    Board book (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 22, 2009)
    When Ruby discovers wiggly worms in her flower garden, she tosses them aside. They're too icky for her beautiful garden! But Max loves worms and uses them to make a worm cake. Ruby thinks Max's worm cake is gross, but it might be just what Ruby's garden needs!
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  • Max to the Rescue

    Grosset & Dunlap

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, May 29, 2014)
    In this 8x8 storybook, Ruby and Louise are reading a detective story when they notice that the last pages are missing. They soon realize that the wind blew them away. How will they ever get them back? Thankfully, Max comes to the rescue with his toy helicopter. A happy ending for everyone!
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  • Ruby's Beauty Shop

    Rosemary Wells

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 14, 2002)
    Ruby's friend Louise is coming over to play, and she's bringing her Deluxe Beauty Kit. Inside the kit is everything the two of them will need to make Max gorgeous, including instant stick-on nails, wigs, and makeup. But Max has no intention of sitting pretty: he'd much rather experiment with some beauty tricks of his own. The bunny siblings have never looked better than in this sweet and funny story by one of today's most popular children's book creators, about whom Kirkus Reviews says, "Wells must have a secret key not only to the heart of toddlerhood but to the very core of sibling relationships."
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  • Max and Ruby's Busy Week

    Rosemary Wells

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Oct. 14, 2002)
    It's a busy week for Max and Ruby: there's shopping to do, tea parties to throw, and cakes to bake for Grandma's birthday. From Monday to Sunday and every day in between, the fun never stops when you're hanging out with these two funny bunny siblings.
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  • Max and Ruby's Snowy Day

    Rosemary Wells

    Board book (Grosset & Dunlap, Nov. 18, 2004)
    Max can?t wait to go sledding! But before he and Ruby can play in the snow, they?ll have to put on their winter clothes. Max and Ruby fans will practice recognizing colors and articles of clothing in this concept storybook.
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  • Max and Ruby's Pandora's Box: Max and Ruby's First Greek Myth

    Rosemary Wells

    Hardcover (Dial, Sept. 6, 1993)
    Ruby tries to stop her younger brother Max from sneaking into her room and snooping by reading him an altered version of "Pandora's Box"
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  • Max Counts His Chickens

    Rosemary Wells

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Jan. 22, 2009)
    Max and Ruby are back in a counting book sure to tickle the funny bone of very young readers. When the Easter Bunny decides to hide the contents of their Easter baskets, Max and Ruby set out on a hunt for the missing marshmallow chicks, which are here, there, and everywhere. Ruby is finding all the chicks, but count on Max to have the last laugh!
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  • Max's Christmas

    Rosemary Wells

    Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, Oct. 14, 2010)
    It's Christmas Eve and Max is determined to wait up for Santa. "No, Max," says his big sister, Ruby. "Nobody ever sees Santa Claus."But Max tiptoes downstairs, where he hopes to meet a very special visitor.
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  • Love

    Rosemary Wells

    Board book (Viking Books for Young Readers, Dec. 24, 2009)
    The popular bunny siblings are back in two more board books?but as their baby selves. In Love, readers find out who Max loves best. Is it the one who wakes him? The one who takes him for a ride? The one who plays with him? The one who stays with him? In Counting Peas, an ill-timed sneeze sends Max?s peas in all directions. Max helps out by picking them up: five, two, seven. With eye-catching novelty elements, these irresistible board books will introduce the very youngest readers to the beloved bunny pair, who star in their own show on Nick Jr. and Noggin.
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  • Max and the Easter Egg Hunt

    Grosset & Dunlap

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 24, 2013)
    In this sticker story, it’s the annual Bunny Scout Easter egg hunt, and Ruby and her friends are excited to look for eggs. But Max is up to no good—he keeps re-hiding the eggs! In the end, Ruby and her friends decide to do the hunt again. More fun all around! Includes 4 pages of stickers.
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  • Fireman Max

    Rosemary Wells

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Sept. 1, 2015)
    Ruby and Louise are skipping rope while Max plays fireman. But Max's firetruck keeps getting in the way of the jump rope! In the end, the bunnies combine their games for even more fun: jump rope with firetrucks!
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