Max's Ride

Max and Ruby

by Rosemary Wells

On his thrilling carriage ride, Max goes down a hill, over a bump, up in the air, and back into his carriage that stops in a huge pile of leaves.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Board Book

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Rosemary Wells is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She often uses animal characters to address real human issues. Some of her most well-known characters are Max & Ruby and Timothy from Timothy Goes To School (both were later adapted into Canadian-animated preschool television series, the former’s airing on Nickelodeon (part of the Nick Jr. block) and the latter’s as part of PBS Kids on PBS).

Reviews

[Marilyn]

Cute!

[Hatch Kids!]

Cute exposure to prepositions.

[MacK]

Me: One of the several Max books my mom handed down, not as memorable as others but solid.

Alex: uh oh! He's falling!!!

Owen: big siblings should be nicer [glare at Alex/Ruby]

[Meredith]

Max goes for a wild ride in his baby carriage.

The text bolds the prepositions.

[jacky]

I liked this one better than some of Wells' Max and Ruby books that tell a more thorough story. What I liked about this book was that it really explores common prepositions as well as the words go and stop. I also liked the fall leaves. Ruby is still looking after Max, but Grandma is present, so I didn't get that weird feeling I get with some of the other stories.

[Brittany Jacobson]

I chose this book because I remember my niece watching it as a tv show! I definitely think the show is better than the book, but I did like how the author type the words to look like the meaning. It was easy to understand that way!

[Joseph]

I picked this book because Max is a familiar character. Though being a simple book of prepositions a child just learning to read could work through most of these words and enjoy the fun illustrations.

[Amy]

This is a cute and EXTREMELY simple autumn-themed book.

[Stella Jean]

annie pugh practiced reading this to me.

[Brandee Terry]

I dont like Max and Ruby books but my child loves them. She enjoyed this one greatly.

[Molly]

Combined with Max's First Word for a Thanksgiving themed Bunny Hop (one book about food, and one book about traveling!)

[Kathy]

My kids grew up on the Max books, and my eldest learned to read by reading this one to his baby sister. Non boring board books. Fabulous.

[Kennia Torres]

This is a lovely little board book for beginning readers. Shows children the differences between the words under, over, side, above, and many other prepositions. Its simple and straight to the point.

[T Crockett]

It's a book about prepositions, so it's not the most interesting from a reading perspective. The pictures however are a lot of fun.