Rosemary Wells

Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."

Yoko helps Timothy learn to play the bells of Sarna so that he can perform a solo in the school talent show.

Max is in trouble the Ants are taking Bites of his sandwich and drinking his Cranberry juice. Children will enjoy learning the alphabet with Max and Ruby in this charming concept book.

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

Traces the experiences of Miss Harmony's alligator kindergarteners, whose classmate throws disruptive temper tantrums.

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 Ruby plans a Fourth of July doll picnic, Max sends letters to Santa to ask for "a bright red Sand-Spitter Motorcycle with Bigfoot tires, " but the letters are delivered to his grandmother, instead, and she must try to decipher the pictures. Includes lift-up flaps.

At bedtime, Grandma tells Max and Ruby three favorite stories about themselves.

Confusion arises as Yoko's classmates secretly trade Valentine's Day cards. There's always a new adventure with Yoko, Timothy, Doris, the Franks and the rest of the gang in Mrs. Jenkins' classroom. With help from each other, their teacher and their families, Yoko and friends explore their similarities, their differences, and their relation to the world in this funny, touching new series just right for young school age children. In the spirit of Frog...

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.