Rosemary Wells

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

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.

Everyone in Morris's family is pleased with his Christmas present but Morris.

Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.

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.

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 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.

Ruby and her friend Louise set up a lemonade stand to earn money to buy matching rings, but Max foils their plan.