Rosemary Wells

Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."

Yoko and her classmates welcome Juanita, a new student from Texas, to their classroom.

When Mrs. Jenkins proposes the class paint dinosaurs, Doris's unusual artistic talent is not recognized until the class visits a modern art museum.

Timothy and his kindergarten classmates learn about the alphabet, sounds, and rhyming. Includes activities on letter recognition, single and multiple syllable words, and words that start with consonants and vowels.

Three poems celebrate the relationship between parents and children.

At bedtime, Grandma tells Max and Ruby three favorite stories about themselves.

Felix feels bad and does not want to eat or play, so his mother takes him to Doctor Duck, who makes everything better.

The Worrier visits Felix night after night, reminding him of what could go wrong the next day, until the night that a special birthday present changes everything.

A little bear describes how much his mother means to him.

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