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Max and Ruby
Max's Christmas Stocking
When Santa Claus mixes up their stockings, Max and Ruby are in for a big surprise on Christmas morning, as everybody's favorite bunny siblings celebrate the season.
16 pages, Board Book
First published January 1, 2003
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Rosemary Wells
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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).
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).
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December 3, 2025
Despite putting their names prominently on their Christmas stockings, Max and Ruby have to deal with a little mix-up.
This isn't a particularly strong Max and Ruby story, but it's still cute enough. My daughter liked it when she was three.
This isn't a particularly strong Max and Ruby story, but it's still cute enough. My daughter liked it when she was three.
December 25, 2009
On our trip to Oregon in 2008 we watched an episode of Ruby and Max in our motel room. That was our one and only exposure to the characters created by Rosemary Wells. Since then we've been reading through her Yoko series of picture books which we've all loved.
Max's Christmas Stocking is a board book with a stocking mix up. Max gets his sisters gifts: tiara, fairy wings and magic wand. And Ruby gets his gifts. The "problem" though is that Max likes the gifts in his stocking. He decides to play dress up.
When Max started playing with his sister's gifts I was worried that the book would make a big deal about toys for girls vs. toys for boys but it doesn't exactly do that. Instead Max has to swap gifts with Ruby because she's disappointed that she didn't get the gift she wanted and that was intended for her. However, she also enjoyed playing with her brother's robot dress up toys so they decide to share the gifts.
I liked the sharing solution because it avoids the more typical gender stereotyping that picture books so often fall into. I also like the positive reinforcement of sharing and being comfortable playing outside of "normal" conventions. It would have been perfect though if Ruby had seemed more comfortable with Max wanting to share her gift.
Max's Christmas Stocking is a board book with a stocking mix up. Max gets his sisters gifts: tiara, fairy wings and magic wand. And Ruby gets his gifts. The "problem" though is that Max likes the gifts in his stocking. He decides to play dress up.
When Max started playing with his sister's gifts I was worried that the book would make a big deal about toys for girls vs. toys for boys but it doesn't exactly do that. Instead Max has to swap gifts with Ruby because she's disappointed that she didn't get the gift she wanted and that was intended for her. However, she also enjoyed playing with her brother's robot dress up toys so they decide to share the gifts.
I liked the sharing solution because it avoids the more typical gender stereotyping that picture books so often fall into. I also like the positive reinforcement of sharing and being comfortable playing outside of "normal" conventions. It would have been perfect though if Ruby had seemed more comfortable with Max wanting to share her gift.
December 17, 2008
Santa forgot his glasses and gets Max's and Ruby's Christmas stockings mixed up.
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