Ruby is busy sending out party invitations, so Max decides he'll write a letter too, asking for a special present. But when the postman delivers the letter to Grandma, she thinks Max is just saying hello. So Max sends another letter. It soon becomes clear to Grandma that Max is asking for something special. The only question is what? With eight clever flaps to lift, this heartwarming and interactive picture book gives Rosemary Wells fans even more reasons to love Max and Ruby, who are now starring in their own Nickelodeon television show.
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Born in New York City, Rosemary Wells grew up in a house "filled with books, dogs, and nineteenth-century music." Her childhood years were spent between her parents' home near Red Bank, New Jersey, and her grandmother's rambling stucco house on the Jersey Shore. Most of her sentimental memories, both good and bad, stem from that place and time. Her mother was a dancer in the Russian Ballet, and her father a playwright and actor. Mrs. Wells says, "Both my parents flooded me with books and stories. My grandmother took me on special trips to the theater and museums in New York. "Rosemary Wells's career as an author and illustrator spans more than 30 years and 60 books. She has won numerous awards, and has given readers such unforgettable characters as Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko. She has also given Mother Goose new life in two enormous, definitive editions, published by Candlewick. Wells wrote and illustrated Unfortunately Harriet, her first book with Dial, in 1972. One year later she wrote the popular Noisy Nora. "The children and our home life have inspired, in part, many of my books. Our West Highland white terrier, Angus, had the shape and expressions to become Benjamin and Tulip, Timothy, and all the other animals I have made up for my stories." Her daughters Victoria and Beezoo were constant inspirations, especially for the now famous "Max" board book series. "Simple incidents from childhood are universal," Wells says. "The dynamics between older and younger siblings are common to all families."But not all of Wells' ideas come from within the family circle. Many times when speaking, Mrs. Wells is asked where her ideas come from. She usually answers, "It's a writer's job to have ideas." Sometimes an idea comes from something she reads or hears about, as in the case of her recent book, Mary on Horseback, a story based on the life of Mary Breckenridge, who founded the Frontier Nursing Service. Timothy Goes to School was based on an incident in which her daughter was teased for wearing the wrong clothes to a Christmas concert. Her dogs, west highland terriers, Lucy and Snowy, work their way into her drawings in expression and body position. She admits, "I put into my books all of the things I remember. I am an accomplished eavesdropper in restaurants, trains, and gatherings of any kind. These remembrances are jumbled up and changed because fiction is always more palatable than truth. Memories become more true as they are honed and whittled into characters and stories."
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Max and Ruby at their best.,
This review is from: Bunny Mail: A Max & Ruby Lift-the-Flap Book (Hardcover)
This is a cute book. My girls (5, 3 and 3) all love it. Fairly sturdy lift the flaps (ours haven't torn) allow you to read letters sent back and forth between grandma and Max. Grandma doesn't quite know what Max is writing...but through persistant problem solving (similar to Max's grocery list in Bunny Cakes) Max keeps writing and Grandma figures out that Max wants a Sand Spitter motorcycle. Max thinks he is writing Santa the whole time (the mailman thinks Max is writing grandma, so he delivers them to her). If you are a person that finds Ruby a little too much, she's makes a few discouraging comments to Max about writing Santa in the summer (not anything particularly mean) and she is smiling for Max when a package from Santa arrives in the end. Nice touch...Max writes Santa a thank you note on the last page.
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This is a great book to read to the grandkids especially if they love Max and Ruby cartoons. The book is easy to read and understand.
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I bought this book for my 5 year old niece because I got tired of renting it from the library. I got this as a present for her after her parent-teacher conference. She absolutely adores this book and wanted it read to her every day. She is in kindergarten and learning to read and almost read the whole book by herself, only needing a little help. It's a simple cute flap book that's great for kids learning to read. It's creative and can inspire the little ones to write or draw their own mail, which is what she wanted to do, send a letter to Granma.
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