Wells, Rosemary

Though Max's sister offers him her stuffed animals, he cannot sleep without his red rubber elephant.

Ruby gives her brother Max two baths, but he winds up dirtier than ever.

Whenever Miranda has been bad, the Pilgrims come "thrumming" out from under her bed.

Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.

Edward, a shy young bear, is not ready for birthday pool parties with high-spirited, grade-school bears.

Max and Ruby start to decorate the Christmas tree, but with every ornament Ruby hangs, Max hangs one of his toys.

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.

Two young boys stumble upon the remains of an ancient underground mystery.

Martha didn't want a pair of huge argyle socks for her birthday and she definitely didn't want to wear the baggy things all the way across town to thank her aunt for them.

A child praises God for the beauty of nature.