Max's ABC (Max and Ruby (Prebound)) - Softcover

Rosemary Wells

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756989248 ISBN 13: 9780756989248

Publisher: San Val, 2008

Synopsis

Max's ABC (Max and Ruby (Prebound))

About this title

About the Author

Rosemary Wells has created her best-loved characters in the popular bunny siblings, Max and Ruby, who are featured in more than forty books and star in their own television show on Nick Jr. She is also the author of many other books for young readers, ranging from board books to young adult novels. Ms. Wells travels widely as a well-known advocate for literacy and for pre-school education. She lives in Connecticut.

Visit her at www.rosemarywells.com.

From Booklist

PreS-K. Alphabet books are hardly scarce, but you will still want to reserve a spot for this one, which stars Max and Ruby, perhaps the most famous bunny siblings since Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. Unlike many titles that use an abecedarian structure without much real educational intent, this book squarely targets children ready to learn their ABCs. Young readers will be drawn in by the cohesive, farcical story, built from episodes featuring successive letters of the alphabet--beginning with "Max's Ants escaped their Ant farm," and proceeding as capable Ruby oversees their retrieval. Learning will be bolstered by the book's excellent design, which features one letter per page in large, alphabet-block type alongside crisp images set against jellybean-bright backdrops. Constrained by the alphabet premise, the text occasionally feels forced ("Put on your Happy-face pants, Max . . . . The ants are History"), but Wells' plump, expressive duo radiate so much elan that occasional incongruities are easily forgiven. Jennifer Mattson
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Edition details

• Publisher: San Val
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756989248
• ISBN 13: 9780756989248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 26