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Ruby and Louise are playing school! They've made rule books and work books for the classroom where their pupils are waiting, ready to learn. All except Max and Lily! Max wants to wear his gorilla suit. Lily wants to try out her new volcano kit.
Readers will lift the flaps and laugh out loud at Max and Lily's antics as they turn the classroom upside down.
Author Notes
Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan Publishing.
She is an author and illustrator of over 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Ruby and best friend Louise head up Miss Ruby and Miss Louise's Home Preschool, but it's tough keeping their students in line. Max won't get out of his gorilla costume, Lily brings a volcano kit to school, and Can't-Sit-Up-Slug (one of several toys in attendance) falls out of his cot during naptime and must be escorted to the nurse on a stretcher (which he nearly falls out of, too). School rules and lessons on shapes, letters, and numbers appear beneath flaps made to look like composition notebooks. They're somewhat superfluous, but the rest of the story is so much fun-including a "perfectly" exploding volcano that includes paprika, ketchup, and sprinkles, along with the traditional baking soda and vinegar-that it doesn't even matter. Ages 3-5. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Ruby and Louise are playing school, but their mischievous students Lily and gorilla suitwearing Max aren't following the rules and lessons (shown in mini lift-the-flap books). The two pranksters eventually test Lily's Volcano Kit, and the otherwise pitch-perfect story ends rather abruptly post-explosion. Via varied layouts and perspectives, Wells's pastel-colored ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations expertly capture the lively (and consequence-free) day. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
