Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Rosemary Wells is the author of a number of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series which follows the everyday adventures of sibling bunnies - curious three year old Max and bossy seven year old Ruby. She gets the inspiration for Max and Ruby from her two daughters and the experiences they have with friends and school. Her West Highland Terriers Lucy and Snowy have also worked their way into her books, as McDuff and insight for other characters. She has also written Noisy Nora, Yoko, Voyage to the Bunny Planet series, a Christmas Book called Morris' Disappearing Bag and a collected book of illustrations of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs. In April 2007, her children's book The Gulps featuring illustrations by Marc Brown was released. Also that year she published Red Moon at Sharpsburg, a historical novel featuring a young girl in the American Civil War. 2008 brings Otto Runs For President, followed by Yoko Writes Her Name, scheduled to be published in July. Wells grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey.[1] She is the daughter of Helen Bamberger.
Series
Books
Ruby's Party
2011
You Can Do It, Noisy Nora!
2020
Kit & Kaboodle
2018
Fireman Max
2015
Love Waves
2011
Max's Easter Surprise
2008
Max's Bunny Business
2008
Max and Ruby Play School
2003
Max's Breakfast
1985
Red Boots
2009
Timothy Goes to School
1981
My Kindergarten
2004
The Welcome Chair
2021
McDuff Moves In
1997
The Germ Busters
2002
Bingo!
1999
On the Blue Comet
2010
Doris's Dinosaur
2001
Forest Of Dreams
1988
Felix Eats Up
2019
Sophie's Terrible Twos
2014
Good Night, Fred
1981
Night Sounds, Morning Colors
1994
Bunny Money
1995
McDuff Saves the Day
2002
Max's Toys
1979
McDuff's Christmas
2005
Carry Me!
2006
TImothy Tales From Hilltop School
2002
Max's Chocolate Chicken
1989
Ruby Scores a Goal
2009
Edward in Deep Water
1995
Max Cleans Up
2000
Leave Well Enough Alone
1977
Max's Bath
1985
Max's Lunch
2017
Only You
2003
Fiona's Little Accident
2018
Yoko Finds Her Way
2013
Discover and Explore
2001
Baby Max and Ruby
2009
Max and Ruby's Snowy Day
2004
Stella's Starliner
2014
Hand in Hand
2016
McDuff's Favorite Things
Touch and Feel
2004
Ruby's Beauty Shop
2002
Max's Special Spring
2015
The Little Chefs
2024
Max's Bug
2017
Sleep, My Bunny
2018
Max & Ruby and the Babysitting Squad
2020
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
1998
Yoko's World of Kindness
Golden Rules for a Happy Classroom
2005
The Island Light
1992
If You Believe In Me
2022
Read to Your Bunny
1997
Ready to Read
2001
Fiona's Little Lie
2016
A Merry Bunny Christmas
2009
Waiting for the Evening Star
1993
Max's ABC
2006
Jack and the Beanstalk
2023
Super Bunny Tales
2010
Max & Ruby at the Warthogs' Wedding
2014
Kindergators
Miracle Melts Down
2012
A Visit to Dr. Duck
2014
Through the Hidden Door
1987
Max's Valentine
2003
When No One Was Looking
1980
Birthday
2010
Max and Ruby's Treasure Hunt
2012
Bunny Mail
2004
Spooky Bunny Tales
2012
Felix Stands Tall
2015
A Lion for Lewis
1982
Max & Ruby and Twin Trouble
2019
Ruby's Falling Leaves
2007
McDuff Comes Home
1997
Max's First Word
1979
McDuff and the Baby
1997
Streets of Gold
1999
Mary On Horseback
1998
Noisy Nora
1973
The Small World of Binky Braverman
2003
Bunny Fairy Tales
2009
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
2006
Ruby's Cupcakes
2011
Max Makes a Friend
2010
First Tomato
1992
Sunny Bunny Tales
2009
Bunny Party
2001
Max's New Suit
1979
Peabody
1983
Sophie's Halloween Disguise
2018
Read Me a Story
2002
Following Grandfather
2012
Ruby's Rainbow
2012
Max and Ruby's Show-and-Tell
2006
Lucy Comes to Stay
1994
Red Moon at Sharpsburg
2007
Peek-a-boo
2009
Max Can Read!
2022
Ruby's Tea Party
2016
Shy Charles
1988
Happy Halloween!
2008
When I Grow Up
2003
Lincoln and His Boys
2008
The Language of Doves
1996
Morris's Disappearing Bag
1975
Fritz and the Mess Fairy
1991
The McDuff Stories
2000
The School Play
2001
Ruby's Rainy Day
2004
Counting Peas
2009
Letters and Sounds
2001
Ten Kisses for Sophie!
2016
Max and Ruby in Pandora's Box
1993
Max's Halloween
2004
My Havana
Memories of a Cuban Boyhood
2010
Hazel's Amazing Mother
1985
The Man in the Woods
1984
Shopping
2009
Moss Pillows
1992
Bubble Gum Radar
2002
The Gulps
2007
Max and Ruby's Preschool Pranks
2016
The Miraculous Tale of the Two Maries
2006
The World Around Us
2001
How Many, How Much?
2001
Otto Runs For President
2008
Practice Make Perfect
2002
Max's Bedtime
1985
The House in the Mail
2002
Hungry Bunny Tales
2012
The Secret Birthday
2002
Say Hello, Sophie!
2017
Ivy Takes Care
2013
Stanley and Rhoda
1978
Max and Ruby's Bedtime Book
2010
Yoko Writes Her Name
2008
Sophie's Christmas Surprise
2018
Clean-Up Time
2009
Mama, Don't Go!
2001
The Halloween Parade
2001
Max's Birthday
1985
Be My Valentine
2001
Don't Spill It Again, James
1977
Max's Christmas Stocking
2003
Sandbox
2010
Bunny Cakes
1997
Yoko
1998
Max's Ride
1979
Goodnight Max
1998
Benjamin and Tulip
1973
Edward Unready for School
1985
Time-Out for Sophie
2013
Felix and the Worrier
2003
My Very First 100 Words
2022
Kindergators
Hands Off, Harry!
2011
The Fisherman and His Wife
1998
Yoko's Paper Cranes
2001
Max's Checkup
2010
Ruby Writes a Story
2015
McDuff Goes to School
2001
Play with Max and Ruby
2002
Yoko's Show-and-Tell
2011
Funny Bunny Tales
2011
Rachel Field's Hitty
Her First Hundred Years
1999
A Christmas Tree for Ruby
2012
Edward's Overwhelming Overnight
1995
On the Night Before Kindergarten
2023
Little Bunny, Big Germs
2022
Max's Christmas
1986
Yoko Learns to Read
2012
Max Counts His Chickens
2007
Use Your Words, Sophie
2015
McDuff's Wild Romp
2005
Max & Ruby's Christmas Tree
2007
Adding It Up
2001
Felix Feels Better
2000
McDuff's New Friend
1997
Max's Half Birthday
2018
Max and Ruby's Busy Week
2002
Emily's First 100 Days of School
1900
Wingwalker
2002
My Shining Star
Raising A Child Who Is Ready To Learn
2006
Max and Ruby's Midas
Another Greek Myth
1995
