
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