Max and Ruby books

Introduces the numbers one through ten as Max finally trades all his toys for his sister's doll. On board pages.

4 stars

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

4 stars

Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.

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

Max and his big sister Ruby disagree about which of their toys to invite to Grandma's birthday party.

Max's sister won't share with her little brother the candies she is using to decorate her valentines until Max gets a card of his own.

When Max's ants escape from their farm, they start on a search for food, spreading everywhere, until his sister, Ruby, comes to the rescue, in a text which includes a different letter of the alphabet on each page. 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.

4.5 stars

Ruby and her friend Louise set up a lemonade stand to earn money to buy matching rings, but Max foils their plan.

When Max's new friend gets sick after playing together all day, Ruby suggests taking her to the vet.

After going to two friends' birthday parties, Max wants a party, too, so Grandma suggests a half birthday party, with all the half-trimmings.