Rosemary Wells

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

On Easter morning, when Ruby finds all ten of the marshmallow chicks hidden by the Easter Bunny, Grandma must quickly think of a way to make things fair for 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.

"The night before he starts kindergarten Milo's dreams are full of worry, but after a fun first day of school, Milo decides that he likes kindergarten!"--

Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.

On a shopping trip to the department store, Max's determinationto get a dragon shirt leads him away from his distracted sisterand into trouble.

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

"Max figures out how to assemble his new gift even though the instructions for putting it together are written in Bulgarian."--

"When Sophie's new sister won't stop crying, only two-year-old Sophie can communicate with her, even if she isn't using her words as her parents want her to"--

Two boys stumble upon the remains of an ancient underground civilization.