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Max and Ruby
Shopping
The popular bunny siblings now appear in a brand-new board book series?but as their baby selves. Baby Max is mischievous as ever while he helps Baby Ruby fill the shopping cart with good things to eat. With lift-the-flaps novelty elements as well as eye-catching accents of foil or glitter, this irresistible board book will introduce the very youngest readers to the beloved bunny pair, who star in their own show on Nick Jr. and Noggin.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
12 pages, Board Book
First published May 28, 2009
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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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July 8, 2021
Another adventure with baby Max and Ruby.
This one was also cute. If anything cuter than the prior Max and Ruby book because it was in rhyme. Rhymed books are just easier to read to small children, the structure gives continuity, keeps interest, and all-importantly, tells you when to breathe and pause. I liked it.
I still don't particularly like the Max art, but I was transported to my childhood because the artist used real pictures of nostalgic food items like Carnation homogenized milk, or Aunt Jemima Grits or Crisco Lard. Things that we've either stopped selling, or nobody uses anymore, but things I remember filling the grocery story when I was young.
Story: Rhymes about what process of shopping
Art: Meh
Price: $5.99
This one was also cute. If anything cuter than the prior Max and Ruby book because it was in rhyme. Rhymed books are just easier to read to small children, the structure gives continuity, keeps interest, and all-importantly, tells you when to breathe and pause. I liked it.
I still don't particularly like the Max art, but I was transported to my childhood because the artist used real pictures of nostalgic food items like Carnation homogenized milk, or Aunt Jemima Grits or Crisco Lard. Things that we've either stopped selling, or nobody uses anymore, but things I remember filling the grocery story when I was young.
Story: Rhymes about what process of shopping
Art: Meh
Price: $5.99
March 6, 2024
Max and Ruby will always be among my favorite children's book series. I read them as a child, and now I read them to my daughter. Max's mischievous hijinks are always pleasing for parents and their little ones.
Seeing Max and Ruby's trip to the story is entertaining for children. Parents will enjoy seeing real product brands they purchase at the store among the fictional store shelves.
Seeing Max and Ruby's trip to the story is entertaining for children. Parents will enjoy seeing real product brands they purchase at the store among the fictional store shelves.
September 25, 2022
Baby Max and Ruby go grocery shopping.
The illustrations are Rosemary Wells’s artwork collaged with photographs and include a silver foil element.
The illustrations are Rosemary Wells’s artwork collaged with photographs and include a silver foil element.
September 18, 2014
This is a Rosemary Wells book; thus, it features bunnies.
Here, the bunnies go shopping at the grocery store. All sorts of products are tossed into the cart, including recognizable brands collaged into the traditional Wellsian artwork. Haha! The product placement is so bizarre. While sitting in the cart, baby Max cradles in his arms a box of Amy's frozen mac and cheese. And there's a container of Horizon organic yogurt. These bunnies are kind of hippies.
It's cute, it's fun, and kids won't realize it's weird.
Here, the bunnies go shopping at the grocery store. All sorts of products are tossed into the cart, including recognizable brands collaged into the traditional Wellsian artwork. Haha! The product placement is so bizarre. While sitting in the cart, baby Max cradles in his arms a box of Amy's frozen mac and cheese. And there's a container of Horizon organic yogurt. These bunnies are kind of hippies.
It's cute, it's fun, and kids won't realize it's weird.
December 7, 2010
Natalie and I go shopping quite often, so I thought she might like the familiar things in this book, such as the shopping cart. It has pictures of many foods she knows and a nice rhyming scheme. We used to watch a lot of Max and Ruby, but the shop times changed so it is very rare that we catch it now. In general, it bothers me that that there are no parents in these books, but this one is okay because the grandmother is bringing them shopping.
April 10, 2013
Time to shop for lunch with Max and Ruby! What will they buy? Can they eat it all?
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LOL! Gotta love that they show brand names on several of the items, which tells you who sponsored this book.
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LOL! Gotta love that they show brand names on several of the items, which tells you who sponsored this book.
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April 12, 2010
Super cute baby Max and Ruby board book with rhyming text. I enjoyed the real photographs of food and couldn't help but laugh at the product placement of food brands such as Horizon Organic yogurt and Annies Mac acd Cheese.
May 28, 2009
Lots of product placement, but cute pictures.
March 16, 2011
love the use of mixed media... very sweet
July 3, 2013
This is a cute little book for fans of Max and Ruby!
April 24, 2017
The Shopping: Baby Max and Ruby book is about Baby Max, a playful, naughty bunny riding in a shopping cart while his sister Ruby fills it with groceries. The creative story uses rhyming words as the two bunnies make their way through the store. The lesson in this story is that any task that may seem boring or unenjoyable can be made fun with the right attitude. It also is great for teaching rhyming words in the classroom. Rosemary Wells used animals as the subject for this story which allows her to address serious and sophisticated topics to children with animals, so it is easier for them to understand and makes the lesson less harsh. This is a great little book for home and school. Beginning readers will gravitate towards her work because the illustrations are adorable, soft, and lighthearted. This book had me smiling the whole way through and loving every picture.
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