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Everyone in Morris's family is pleased with his Christmas present except Morris.

Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.

Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.

On Easter morning, when Ruby finds all ten of the marshmallow chicks hidden by the Easter Bunny, Grandma must quickly think of a way to make things fair for Max.

Max and Ruby spend so much on emergencies while shopping for Grandma's birthday presents, that they just barely have enough money left for gifts.

Brief rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell what happens when parents and children share twenty minutes a day reading.

Ruby tries to keep her brother Max from eating so many sweets by reading him an altered version of the story of King Midas.

Max's sister tries hard to get him to eat his breakfast egg.

Max learns a more sophisticated word than the ones his sister tries to teach him. On board pages.