Rosemary Wells

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.

Max and his sister Ruby go on an egg hunt and vie with each other for the prize--a chocolate chicken.

On Christmas Eve, McDuff's persistent "woofing" begins to annoy Fred and Lucy, but it leads to the rescue of Santa, whose sleigh has gotten stuck in the snow.

Brief rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell what happens when parents and children share twenty minutes a day reading.

A little white dog that nobody seems to want finds just the right home--and a name.

Louise and Ruby use Louise's "Deluxe Beauty Kit" to give Max a make-over, but when Grandma calls to schedule her own make-over, she makes an appointment with Max.

When Max's ants escape from their farm, they start on a search for food, spreading everywhere, until his sister, Ruby, comes to the rescue, in a text which includes a different letter of the alphabet on each page.

Max can't wait to go sledding! Before he and Ruby can play in the snow, they'll have to put on their snowsuits, mittens, scarves, and boots.

McDuff enjoys reading the paper with Fred and taking walks in the woods with Lucy, but all that changes when they bring a new baby home.