Rosemary Wells

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

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

When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.

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

Publisher Annotation: Kit and Kaboodle are twin Siamese cats. The brother and sister are very good kittens?they are always well behaved?but they are always getting into trouble. It's not the kittens who are making mischief. It's a red-capped mouse named Spinka!

"Max and Ruby prepare for a new baby sibling--only to find out they are getting two of them!"--

While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.

When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.

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.

A collection of six stories featuring the teachers and students of Hilltop School as they learn about taking turns, working together, and never giving up.