Rosemary Wells

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

Morris is unhappy when his siblings refuse to let him play with their Christmas presents, but everything changes when Morris discovers one more gift under the tree.

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.

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

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

"When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday."--Title page verso.

Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.

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.

Brief rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell what happens when parents and children share twenty minutes a day reading.

In 1927, Emily describes the ordering, arrival, and assembly of a mail-order house for her growing family.