Rosemary Wells

Publisher Annotation: Fiona has no time today ? not even to go to the bathroom. She is in a big hurry to show off the volcano she and Felix made for show-and-tell. Just as the volcano erupts...oops! If only she had stopped to use the bathroom when she needed to! Fiona believes that everyone will laugh about her accident for the next fifty years. But with the help of Felix, her teacher Miss B., and a classmate's trick goldfish, Fiona learns that little...

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

Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.

Illustrated nursery rhymes highlight words for parts of speech, actions, colors, numbers, opposites, greetings, and more. Includes a note from the author.

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

Ruby and Louise create their own Babysitting Squad business, but watching their first client, Percy Wardropper, proves to be a challenge.

It's their grandma's birthday, and Max and Ruby both make cakes for the occasion.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Jennie is as close to her grandfather as a mouse can be, and when he suddenly dies she keeps thinking she sees him turning a corner, sitting on a bench, heading for the pier, or walking along their beloved beach, seeking the elusive Queen's teacup seashell.

Avoiding a group of bullies, Barney Pennimen and his friend Snowy discover a cave with an amazing secret Barney Penniman is afraid of his eighth grade friends at boarding school. Since they're the nastiest guys at school, Barney is safe from being teased, but the gang's bullying finally pushes Barney too far, and he finds himself alone.   Then Snowy Cobb, an elf-like, ostracized younger boy, makes a sudden appearance in Barney's life. And when Snowy...