History Creator / RosemaryWells

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While Yoko's mother is commonly seen happy and is never seen sad or angry, in the book "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" she actually gets stern with Yoko by telling her no in a more annoyed or disgusted tone due to Yoko wanting to bring her crystal doll, Miki, to school. Unlike the episode from the AnimatedAdaptation "The Taketombo" where she isn't mad at the Franks for breaking the taketombo (due to it being made of wood and easy to repair with glue). Yoko is afraid of showing the broken doll to her mother due to the glass being difficult to repair. Yoko's mother does forgive her after Yoko finally reveals the broken remains of Miki. Instead of having Yoko and her mother end up repairing it by themselves, they head to a hospital to give to a doctor who fixes Miki.

* ThousandYardStare: In "Yoko's Show-And-Tell", after the antique doll named Miki gets broken on the way to school after The Franks threw it to each other on the bus. Yoko throughout the story doesn't speak and gives a cold stare throughout school until she returns home. This is due to Yoko being guilty and scared of her mother finding out Miki is broken since Yoko disobeyed what her mother told her before she took the doll to school for show and tell. Mainly since the doll is very delicate.

** The first Literature/Yoko book was given an audio cassette by Scholastic in 1999 that was narrated by Vivian Bayubay.

* AudioAdaptation: Some of her titles have gotten their own audiobooks (Mostly from Weston Woods Studios), such as ''Hazel's Amazing Mother'' and the ''Mother Goose'' series including some made for Taiwan.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Those that haven't been made into television series have often been adapted as read aloud storybooks for home video, sometimes with animation.

* AudioAdaptation: Some of her titles have gotten their own audiobooks, such as ''Hazel's Amazing Mother'' and the ''Mother Goose'' series including some made for Taiwan.

* AdultFear: In the Yoko book "Yoko Finds Her Way", Yoko and her mother are preparing for there trip to Japan. However when Yoko decides to buy a red bean ice cream to keep her occupied during there wait for the plane to start. Yoko's mother ends up falling asleep, Yoko then decides to head to the bathroom to clean herself up. Yoko then tries to find her mother but ends up getting lost when she took the wrong door. Yoko then finds a female police officer who helps her find her mother. When her mother wakes up, she starts getting very worried and has to search everywhere for her daughter including the food court until she finds the airline pilot. In the end, they reunite and prepare for there plane to take off to Japan.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the animated series "Timothy Goes To School" some of her characters act alot more nicer than there were in the books.
** Charles's parents (Mainly his father) are alot more nicer than they were in the original book version "Shy Charles" [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_nl7l95uje51s8t8db.jpg where his father starts harshly calling him out on his shyness during a game of Football causing Charles to cry.]]
** Claude actually becomes friends with Timothy later in the series while in the original book version (Especially the 1981 version) never becomes friends with Timothy and continues not liking him.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Felix from the Bunny Planet series had a very unpleasant experience at the doctors when he was sick in the story "The Island Light"

* AlphaBitch: Grace The Cat and Tiffany the Poodle.

* AlternateContinuity: Some ''Yoko'' books have an alternate continuity from one another (the titular character stills starts her first day of school in each kind), such as the earlier "Yoko and Friends: School Days" series, and the later ''Yoko'' series with Angelo the mouse (essentially being a minor {{Expy}} to Timothy, who doesn't appear at all), Sylvia, and Olive.

** Compare her [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mb0cXE5DL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg earlier]] [[https://readingwithrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img325.jpg illustrations for Max and Ruby]] [[http://rosemarywells.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/RW_MandR_BedtimeWEB1-292x300.jpg to their later]] [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51497%2BqmPtL._SX495_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg appearances]]. Wells older bunny designs including Max And Ruby before the mid 90's all had black noses and ears along with there noses looking more longer. Her designs for the mouths for her bunny characters were alot more wider and longer and the eyes and pupils were more smaller.
** Over the years, Yoko and her mother has slowly started looking more detailed as newer Yoko books came out mainly for the book covers. Starting in "Yoko Writers Her Name" [[http://jto.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p11-wells-a-20140908.jpg her fur looked more fuzzy and black stripes we're added near Yoko's eyes]]. In [[http://c383433.r33.cf1.rackcdn.com/9781423119555.jpg "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" her black strips are more darker looking and looked a little more realistic looking]]. Then in [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/A1dvmzfr3DL.jpg "Yoko Finds Her Way" her fur now looks not as fuzzy but her design looks a little different compared to her previous appearances]]. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fWXldVIjsFA/TVlnCdR1IVI/AAAAAAAAAH4/09TjUkB5byo/s1600/yoko.jpg Her design from 1998 - 2005]] looked a little chubby looking (Most notable is Yoko's head and body design). During her 1998 design along with the Yoko & Friends series and a couple Timothy books she would [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RHDQOofZL._SY397_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg sometimes be given a white color around her mouth,feet,]] [[http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1408455019l/120727.jpg and a black strip across her cheeks.]] Yoko's appearance in Yoko Learns To Read is the most notable example with her and her mothers design.
** Felix The Guinea Pig who appeared in the Emily series got a redesign in ''Felix Stands Tall'', the first book of the ''Felix & Fiona'' series.
** [[http://i43.tower.com/images/mm108710138/yoko-friends-school-days-bubble-gum-radar-book-rosemary-wells-paperback-cover-art.jpg Frank And Frank's designs would change in]] [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/64/28/3f/64283f010528fd5ca33a2583474ab3fe.jpg some of their appearances in Yoko & Friends.]]
** Doris looked different in "Hazel's Amazing Mother" compared to her current design.
** [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0fnoMqMZv54/UJVoiaDqafI/AAAAAAAAEe4/r9oJSoODg04/s1600/Timothy+Goes+to+School.jpg Timothy's design in the original version 1981 version of Timothy Goes To School looked more fuzzy looking and his face]] looked almost like Literature/LittleCritter until his appearance in the 1998 book Yoko. His mouth was also more wider when he smiles. When he showed up in the 1998 Yoko book, his design looked less fluffy but also more slimmer until he showed up in the Yoko & Friends series where he's given a smaller shaped mouth.
** Speaking of raccoons, Wells early designs for her raccoon characters looked alot more fuzzy looking and there tails were more thin compared to there recent designs as seen in "Benjamin & Tulip". This is especially notable when you compare Timothy and Claude's designs from there original appearances in 1981 to there recent appearances since 1998.
** Nora and her family's original design in "Noisy Nora" from 1973 looked semi-realistic and lacked pink colored ears. When she decided to make newer illustrations in the late 90's all of them were given a newer designs.
** Outside the character designs, her background and setting layout we're mostly white (Such as a white sky or a white house) her illustrations started looking more colorful by 1978 when she made Morris Disappearing Bag and even more colorful when Hazel's Amazing Mother was released.
* ArtShift: [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LhAdTbD3L._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg In the Baby Max And Ruby books]], only Max and Ruby are illustrated while everything is mostly real life photos or images.
** Some of her illustrations for Yoko in the Yoko series would switch from a colored pencil style which is also used in Yoko & Friends, to her traditional water colors common in any of her other books.
** In "Love Waves" Wells decided to use Pastel for the illustrations instead of her traditional water color style.

* AscendedExtra: Some of the characters that were in the ''Yoko & Friends'' and ''Yoko'' books has gotten more screen time and their own episodes in ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''.
** While Lilly hasn't been seen the most in some of the books. In the AnimatedAdaptation, she has around 4 or 5 episodes where she's the main character of the episode or a secondary character. The most notable would be "Don't Lost It Lilly" and "Lifesaver Lilly," both dealing with her forgetfulness problem. "Lifesaver Lilly" is the best example, which takes that issue more seriously unlike Don't Lost It Lilly since she really wants to take care of the school's class pet. But some of the students think she wouldn't do well as a pet owner. Despite the fact that Lilly herself owns a pet goldfish named Goldy. She even talks to herself alone on her bed about admitting that she's to forgetful to take care of the class pet.
** Claude only showed up in the original "Timothy Goes To School" book and hardly shows up in Yoko & Friends but has a bigger presence in the animated series.

* AsideGlance: One of Well's signature illustrations styles is having her characters stare at the viewer. Mostly on the cover of a book or in some of the pages in her books.
** Most of the Max And Ruby books features Max staring at the viewer for some of the covers.
** Timothy does this in the original cover of ''Timothy Goes To School''.
** Yoko can be seen staring at the reader in ''Yoko'', ''Yoko Learns To Read'', ''Yoko's Show And Tell'',''Yoko Writes Her Name'', and in a few ''Yoko & Friends'' books such as ''Mama, Don't Go!'' along with her mother, and ''The Halloween Parade'' along with Timothy.
** Yoko is also seen staring at the viewer in the first page of Yoko Finds Her Way while eating a lollipop and Yoko Learns To Read while raising her hands up.

** Some of her Mother Goose illustrations has some of the characters staring at the viewer.
** [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2eg9sc_emilys-first-100-days-of-school_tv In the end of the animated version of "Emily's 100 Days Of School"]] she winks at the viewer once it finally gets to 100

* BunniesForCuteness: Very common in any of her books starring or featuring bunnies. Especially in the [[http://www.buildingalibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/emil100_vid.jpg Emily]], Max And Ruby, and Bunny Planet series.
* BathtubScene: An innocent and G rated example, in the Yoko book Yoko Learns To Read. She is seen taking a bath in the nude while talking to her mother about her fear of failing class due to not understanding English language and writing since she's used to how its done in Japanese.
* BlandNameProduct: The animated version of Emily's 100 Days Of School would bring up BNN (Bunny News Network) when ever a number gets to 10 or 20.
* BreakoutCharacter: Yoko debuted in the 1998 book "Yoko" where she would become Timothy's best friend. She would later get two book series starring her such as Yoko & Friends and the main Yoko books. Yoko would also become one of Well's most beloved characters.

* BearyFriendly: Edward from the Edward The Unready series.

** Speaking of Yoko, how about her mother? [[http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171565442l/106539.jpg In the books she is seen wearing Tabis]] but is completely barefoot in the TV series.
** In the Bunny Planet series, Clare is mostly barefoot but is seen wearing blue slippers when shes walking out in the cold snow.

* CatsAreMean: While Grace isn't mean, she does get pushy or bossy with others. But she can be nice most of the time. This is most notable in the later episodes of Timothy Goes To School where she acts much nicer when Juanita is the new student in class.

* CanonImmigrant[=/=]CanonForeigner: Juanita was exclusive to AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'', only showing up in the final two episodes. After the show ended in 2004, Wells decided to give Juanita a cameo appearance in the book "Timothy's Tales At Hilltop School" and a Yoko & Friends book "Make New Friends"
** Louise was also created for the Max And Ruby series but ended up showing up in some of the books made during the shows run.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the older Max and Ruby books, Ruby was more of a DeadpanSnarker and sometimes strict with her brother Max. [[http://www.newvideo.com/wp-content/themes/hybrid-newvideo/tools/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/NNVG227191.jpg&w=640&h=360&q=95 She also used to get easily annoyed and irritated with Max's tricks.]] In the newer Max And Ruby books starting in the early 2000s, [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51497%2BqmPtL._SX495_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg She becomes more nicer and playful around Max]] but still a ControlFreak.
** Doris another character created by Rosemary Wells who showed up in AnimatedAdaptation of Timothy Goes to School and the "Yoko & Friends" book series. Started out as an antagonist in the 1985 book "Hazel's Amazing Mother" as one of the bullies that teases Hazel by throwing her hat around and messing up Hazel's doll. Near the end of the book, she ends up along with the other two male bullies fixing up Hazel's doll and putting some of Hazel's things back to normal when her mother arrives. When she reappeared in the 1998 "Yoko" book and "Yoko & Friends" series along with Charles and Nora. Doris became more tolerable but would sometimes be pushy and get's annoyed very easily during certain situations. While she did end up apologizing to Hazel in the original book she appeared in. It's still pretty jarring to see Doris like this compared to how she acts in her later appearances.
** One of the oldest characters created by Wells is Nora, who debuted in the ''Noisy Nora'' book in 1973. In the book she is very mischievous and would be seen knocking down various furniture in her family house. When she showed up in Yoko & Friends and the animated version of Timothy Goes To School. She no longer acts mischievous but instead acts more like a BrattyHalfPint.

** Timothy in the original 1981 version of "Timothy Goes To School" always wished to see Claude mess up including hoping he falls into a pile of mud and was shown crying a couple times in the book. This was removed in the later release of "Timothy Goes To School" in the 90's and his later appearances in the other books featuring him and the animated series.

** Speaking of Yoko & Friends, the majority of the characters (Except Yoko) haven't made a reappearance in any of the newer Yoko books. With the exception of The Franks And Doris who show up in a couple Yoko books.
** Before Yoko existed, Timothy's original friend Violet from the original version of "Timothy Goes To School" hasn't been spotted in any of the Yoko & Friends books including the latest illustration of Timothy Goes To School where she get's replaced by Yoko.
** Grace The Bunny from the original 1981 version of Timothy Goes To School got replaced by a another character named Grace The Cat who showed up in Yoko & Friends.
** Timothy also hasn't shown up in any of Wells recent books since the book tie-ins for the Nelvana animated series in the early 2000s.
* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Wells made two Max And Ruby books that contained two stories from Greek Mythology. The first called [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/61c0mv408el_sx432_bo1204203200.jpg "Max And Ruby's First Greek Myth Pandora's Box"]] has Ruby reading Max about "PandorasBox" and the second called [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/51f15z23kbl_sx419_bo1204203200.jpg "Max And Ruby's Midas Another Greek Myth"]] is about King Midas.

** [[http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1178318816l/784677.jpg Juanita who shows up in the later Yoko books]] is a cute Spanish cat and a new student.

* {{Dedication}}: Wells would usually dedicate some of her books to some of her relatives and other people she knows such as "Yoko Writes Her Name" which is dedicated to Brenda, and also gives thanks Satoko Naito and Junko Yokoto. Felix Stands Tall is also dedicated to Val with the message "For My Val"

** [[TeasingCreator Wells did joke that Yoko's father currently works at Mitsubishi Office in Tokyo,Japan according an email she sent to one fan]].

* DatedHistory[=/=]ScienceMarchesOn: In the book ''Emily's First 100 Days Of School'' which has 100 pages which has events related to the number. [[http://www.sunshine-book.com.tw/images/upfile/2011/2011112416432437172.jpg Was the 9th page, where Emily and her the other students tell how many planets for the Solar System, Pluto is included in it.]] this was made years before Pluto was no longer a planet.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Wells made two books dealing with Divorce and coping with death both gearing towards older readers. Same goes for the other books she made without her signature animal illustrations such as "Red Moon" which is set during {{The American Civil War}} and "Through The Hidden Door".
** Rosemary Wells was the author of the 2012 book "Following Grandfather". While a children's book, the book is alot more darker and serious since it deals with a young mouse named Jenny coping and mourning the loss of her grandfather.

* DistaffCounterpart: Sylvia and Olive from the Yoko book "Yoko Writes Her Name" and "Yoko Learns To Read" are basically the cat versions of The Franks except they aren't brothers and are prone to teasing and not are alot more intelligent and smarter than the Franks.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The original 1979 version of [[http://www3.alibris-static.com/maxs-first-word/isbn/9780803760660.gif ''Max's First Word'' had Max's overalls colored white and was only 6 pages long.]] The original 1979 book was very small compared to rest of the series, with the exception of ''Baby Max And Ruby'' which also had small sized books.

* {{Expy}}: Grace The Cat served as a replacement of Grace The Bunny from the 1981 version of Timothy Goes To School. Including sharing similar personality traits and both are seen with Claude most of the time.
** The female cat duo Sylvia and Olive who showed up in the later Yoko books such as "Yoko Learns To Read" and "Yoko Writes Her Name" both looked very similar to Grace minus them being rich.

** Yoko herself is pretty much a cat version of Timothy's original friend from the 1981 version of the "Timothy Goes To School" book.
* FantasticRacism: Used in ''Yoko'', in which the titular character, a Japanese kitten, is ostracized for eating sushi at lunch the same thing happens when she brings in ice cream with beans and they find it weird.

* FriendToAllChildren: Janet The Bunny Queen from ''Voyage To The Bunny Planet''.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Mostly some of the male animals characters such as Timothy,Frank and Frank, and Fritz. Timothy is sometimes seen wearing overalls in some of his appearances in Yoko And Friends when he isn't wearing his blue and white shirt.

** Wells even made two books about a mothers love of there children. Such as the book [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PG-sMdb0L._SX466_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Only You"]],[[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E39YbnpnL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Love Waves",]] and "Carry Me".
* HalloweenEpisode: The Yoko & Friends book "The Halloween Parade" which introduces Muriel a preschool kitten.
* HeelFaceTurn: Near the end of Hazel's Amazing Mother, Doris ends up apologizing to Hazel after messing with her hat and tearing up her doll. She ends up sowing Hazel's doll back together along with the other two bullies who also fix Hazel's doll carriage. Doris also became more tolerable when she returned in Timothy Goes To School, Yoko & Friends and the animated series.

* Literature/TheBible: In Emily's 100 Days Of School, a toy figure of Noah's Ark is seen and brought up by Emily's father.

* JapaneseHolidays: In "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" Yoko and her family are celebrating Girls Day

* {{UsefulNotes/Kimono}}: Yoko's mother is always seen wearing this. Yoko herself is seen wearing a Kimono in "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" and in a flashback in "Yoko's Paper Cranes" including in one Yoko & Friends book "When I Grow Up". She is briefly seen wearing one when she's visiting the library in "Yoko Learns To Read".
* KarmaHoudini: A non villainous example, in the original 1981 version of "Timothy Goes To School" it ends with Timothy and Violet becoming friends after getting tired of Claude's behavior around him throughout the book such as telling him about what clothes he wear to school or both wearing the same shirt. In the animated adaptation, after Claude pushes Timothy on the ground. He goes back to playing football with The Franks and Yoko gives a piece of her mind knowing Claude's behavior around Timothy. Claude does become friends with Timothy in a later episode of the show after he teaches Claude how to swim.
* KindHeartedSimpleton: Lilly and The Franks who commonly show up in Yoko & Friends.

** Yoko is always seen wearing her red shirt and yellow dress. However in "Yoko's World Of Kindness" she is seen wearing blue shirt with white flower pocodots and in "Yoko Finds Her Way" and "Yoko Learns To Read" she is seen wearing a purple dress. In Yoko's Show-And-Tell she is seen wearing a blue skirt while wearing her red shirt. Yoko is also seen wearing a different colored dress and skirt in the Yoko & Friends book "The School Play" where she's seen wearing a yellow shirt and blue skirt.
** While Yoko's mother is always seen with a Kimono with different colors in a few Yoko and Timothy books. In the AnimatedAdaptation of Timothy Goes To School she is seen wearing the same outfit when ever she shows up.
** Lilly The Fox is the most notable, since she is mostly seen wearing a blue skirt and a green shirt (Orange in the TV series). In the Yoko & Friends series, [[https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1185761460l/1604734.jpg she is shown wearing a dress with overalls and a yellow shirt.]]

** Wells herself has been writing and illustrating books for 44 years and is currently 72.
* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: The recurring dog twins Frank and Frank are both male while most of the cat characters are female such as Grace,Juanita and Sylvia and Olive who showed up in the book "Yoko Learns To Read" and "Yoko's Writes Her Name". Yoko herself is the most notable female cat character.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Yoko gets this reaction in "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" after her antique doll named Miki gets broken in school since her mother told her no but she disobeyed her.

** This is also very common in her illustrations for various Mother Goose books. Such as her character [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qnpi7YoOu44/TgNpK0FBYXI/AAAAAAAAH6w/x6pXl_7xWCU/s400/opiewells.jpg Nora showing up in a couple of her illustrations of a Nursery Rhyme.]]
* MeaningfulName: In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Timothy Goes to School''. Nora [[NoIndoorVoice talks very loud]] and in one episode Fritz refers to Nora as "Noisy Nora" which is a reference to the original book which Nora debuted.
* NoAntagonist: Especially notable in the "Yoko & Friends" series. However some of the students (Mostly the characters that existed before the series and the character Yoko existed) featured in the books and the animated series stared out as an antagonist to a certain character.

** While Claude later got nice around Timothy in some of the books. In the original "Timothy Goes To School" book he not only thought Timothy's clothes were unnecessary to wear at school and is constantly seen showing off. As days pass Timothy starts getting more sadder and depressed after hearing Claude's comments and is later seen crying into his mothers chest and doesn't want to go to school anymore. The original ending had Claude and Grace The Bunny laughing at Timothy and Violet while Timothy and Violet are ignoring what they say about them. This ending was changed in the animated series where Timothy befriends Yoko and she tells him to ignore Claude and end up playing tag with eachother. After Timothy gets pushed by Claude since the football was about to hit Yoko and he tried to protect her from getting hurt by trying to catch it.
** Sylvia and Olive from the Yoko series are mostly seen making fun of Yoko such as leaving mean and rude comments about her, mock her Japanese handwriting and her language, and the way Japanese books have to be read at least in "Yoko Writers Her Name". Near the end of the book, the class start learning Japanese handwriting and even write there names in Japanese. Sylvia and Olive get very upset and embarrassed since they couldn't graduate kindergarten because they didn't partiticpate with the other students. Yoko notices this and starts feeling bad for the two and is kind enough to teach them in the end.
* NoNameGiven: Miss Jenkins was refereed to as "The Teacher" in the 1981 version of "Timothy Goes To School" until her reappearance in the 1998 Yoko book and the later release of "Timothy Goes To School" with newer illustrations.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Even though the Max And Ruby series has been around for 36 years. Max has always been a toddler.
** Timothy (created in 1981) and Yoko (1998) also hasn't shown any signs of aging and have been in Kindergarten for years. Yoko even graduated in "Yoko Writes Her Name" but is still stuck in kindergarten. Which is even stranger since in the book "Yoko Writers Her Name" shows her graduating kindergarten but is still in Kindergarten in the later Yoko books.
* NurseryRhyme: Illustrated a couple ''Mother Goose'' books in the [[TheNineties 1990's.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While Yoko's mother is commonly seen happy and is never seen sad or angry. In the book "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" she actually gets stern with Yoko by telling her no in a more annoyed or disgusted tone due to Yoko's doll named Mimi being sent by her grandparents which is made of glass. Unlike the episode from the AnimatedAdaptation "The Taketombo" where she isn't mad at The Franks for breaking the taketombo (Due to hit being made of wood and easy to repair with glue). Yoko is afraid of showing the broken doll to her mother due to the glass being difficult to repair due to the size of it. Yoko's mother does forgive her after Yoko finally reveals the broken remains of Mimi. Instead of having Yoko and her mother end up repairing it by themselves. They head to a hospital to give to a doctor who is able to perform doll surgery on Mimi.
** Speaking of sadness, in the book "Yoko Finds Her Way" her mother actually ends up getting very worried at the Rising Sun Airlines due to Yoko getting herself lost. She actually starts to cry when she continues searching for her daughter at the food court.

** Juanita the spanish cat also only showed up in "Make New Friends" but did make a cameo in "Timothy's Tales At Hilltop School"
* OhCrap: Yoko's reaction in "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" when she realizes her antique doll named Miki got broken on the bus after The Franks decided to toss Miki on the bus. [[ThousandYardStare Throughout school Yoko is so upset about Miki being broken that she couldn't eat during lunch, sing or even write]]. She didn't talk at all during school while holding a ThousandYardStare until she gets home. Miss Jenkins decides to call her mother due to how odd Yoko was behaving at school. When Yoko's mother drives her home from school she tells her that sweet bean candy and soup will cheer her up. It doesn't work until Yoko says "No" when Yoko's mother decides to get Miki.
** Yoko and her mother both get this reaction in "Yoko Find Her Way". Yoko since she realizes she's lost and her mother when she realizes her daughter is missing.

* RetroUniverse: The Max And Ruby series appears to be set sometime in between the 1940's and 1950's mainly since Wells appears to have fond childhood memories of that era.

** Claude is seen doing this in the Timothy Goes To School book and in the earlier episodes of WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool.
* {{Spexico}}: Juanita is a Spanish cat. But her home resembles the type of house you would find in Spain and the way her parents dress in the TV series and some of the books appears to resemble the style you would mostly see in Mexico.

* SpinOffBabies: She made a few books called ''Baby Max And Ruby'' which shows Ruby as a young child and Max as a young baby.

* SheAlsoDid: Worked on some of the Illustrations for some of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein songs. [[https://singbookswithemily.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wells.jpg?w=285 Some would end up as a songbook]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Charles The Mouse is a rare male example. He is mostly very quiet around others and runs away when a certain person come up to him.

* SmugSmiler: Claud at least in the animated series.

** She was the author (But wasn't the illustrator) of the 2012 children's book "Following Grandfather". Unlike her other books such as Max And Ruby and the Yoko Series. This is a chapter book and deals with a female young mouse dealing and coping with the death of her grandfather. It's alot more serious and sadder compared to her other children's books featuring anthropomorphic animals.
* SweetDreamsFuel: All of her books are like this. Especially the Yoko,Yoko & Friends, and Bunny Planet.

** Doris (A Girl) and a dog and a wolf (Two boys) from Hazel's Amazing Mother
* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The majority of her works would sometimes take place at a certain decade such as the 1950s,1970s, or between the 1980s and 1990s.
** While the Literature/MaxAndRuby series is still ongoing since 1979, the setting would sometimes be a mix between the 1940s and late 70s since the characters still use old fashioned radio to lesson to music and a radio show. But the characters are never seen owning any televsions. Which is odd since in one of the later books and a couple episodes of the animated series would sometimes show a character owning a handheld video game called the Game Bunny.
** In the Yoko & Friends, Yoko series and the animated version of WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool appears to be set during the late 90s but the characters are dressed in clothes that are mostly common during the 70s and 60s while they still own 50s and 60s style cars.
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: In the Yoko & Friends series, Lilly is the only student that is seen wearing shoes along with Miss Jenkins.
* TheIngenue: Both of her characters Yoko and especially Lilly are prone to this. The most notable example for Yoko is in the book "Yoko Finds Her Way" and "Yoko's Show-And-Tell".
* ThoseTwoGuys [=/=] [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: The dog twins Frank And Frank who show up in the Yoko series and Yoko & Friends

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Excluding the adults, the only way to tell which Kindergartors are male or female is that the latter wears a bow on her head.

* TheFaceless: In the "Bunny Planet" story "First Tomato". Clare is seen walking behind two humans walking out in the snow but only there legs and upper parts of there bodies are seen.

** However her very first book Unfortunately Harriet from 1972 was the only book where there was a human as the main protagonist instead of an anthropomorphic animal.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: In her interview for Japan Times, Wells brought up that the first Yoko book was based on an actual event her daughters told her about a student who got made fun of because of the lunch they have.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Well's wrote a book in 1998 book ''Yoko'' which deals with racism. The book is about a young kitten named Yoko who is Japanese. In the book, she's getting ready for her first day at school and everything goes fine. Until lunchtime, when Yoko reveals that she's having sushi for lunch, and every student in the school (except for Timothy) makes fun of her for it. This being a children's book, they all accept her in the end. This made it into an episode of the Timothy Goes to School AnimatedAdaptation.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Just about all of her books she made since 1973. Some books such as the Emily series,Hazel's Amazing Mother,Yoko & Friends books, and the original Timothy Goes To School book world have various animals such as cats,bunnies, and cats.
** Some of the other character books series such as Max And Ruby(Except the book "Max And Ruby At The Warthogs Wedding"), Yoko Finds Her Way, Noisy Nora,Shy Charles, Morris Disappearing Bag, Felix Stands Tall, and Benjamin & Tulip. Would bet set in a universe all populated by a single animal species such as Max And Ruby only showing bunnies and Benjamin & Tulip only showing raccoons.
** This trope is avoided in her books geared towards older readers where there are no anthropomorphic animals present and is alot more serious and realistic and she doesn't do illustrations for any of them. This is most notable in her non-fiction books "Helping Children Cope with Grief: Facing a death in the family" and "Helping Children Cope With Divorce (Overcoming Common Problems)" where it's mostly text and are very serious.

* {{UsefulNotes/Kimono}}: Yoko's mother is always seen wearing this. Yoko herself is seen wearing a Kimono in "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" and in a flashback in "Yoko's Paper Cranes" including in one Yoko & Friends book "When I Grow Up"

** The cat duo Sylvia and Olive who appear in the Yoko series such as "Yoko Writes Her Name" and "Yoko Learns To Read" are mostly making fun of Yoko's Japanese such as her Japanese writing, her reading skills, and her reading books from her culture from right to left.

** In the Yoko & Friends, Yoko series and the animated version of WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool appears to be set during the late 90s but the characters are dressed in clothes that are mostly common during the 70s and 60s while they still own 50s and 60s style cars.* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: In the Yoko & Friends series, Lilly is the only student that is seen wearing shoes.

* MilestoneCelebration: The book "Yoko Writes Her Name" came out on the 10th anniversary of Yoko's first book appereance. Even the story is similar to the 1998 book.

* NamesTheSame: There are two characters with the name Grace who appeared in Timothy Goes To School.
** Grace The Bunny from the original 1981 version of Timothy Goes To School
** Grace The Cat who debuted in the Yoko & Friends series and later showed up in the other books featuring Timothy

* NamesTheSame: There are two characters name Felix. There's Felix The Guiana Pig from the Emily series and "Felix & Fiona" and there's the bunny named Felix from the Bunny Planet series.

* FunnyAnimal or TalkingAnimal: The majority of her children's bookw

* {{Flashback}}: The beginning of "Yoko's Paper Cranes" shows a very young Yoko still living in Japan with her grandmother Obaasan and her grandfather Ojiisan. Where it shows her grandmother feeding cranes at the end of the pond and tells Yoko they stay for a few months then leave Japan. Her grandfather also teaches her how to make paper cranes.

* HalloweenEpisode: The Yoko & Friends book "The Halloween Parade".

* TheHeart: Yoko's main role in her book appearances

* CanonImmigrant[=/=]CanonForeigner: Juanita was exclusive to AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'', only showing up in the final two episodes. After the show ended in 2004, Juanita showed up in more of the ''Yoko & Friends'' books such as [[http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1178318816l/784677.jpg "Make New Friends"]] and [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hfDZzUMdL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "The Halloween Parade"]] which shows Juanita getting more used to life in Hilltop School. She even made a cameo in the book "Timothy's Tales At Hilltop School".

* FunnyAnimal or TalkingAnimal

* NoAntagonist: Especially notable in the "Yoko & Friends" series. However some of the students (Mostly the characters that existed before the series and the character Yoko existed) featured in the books and the animated series stared out as antagonist to a certain character.

** Sylvia and Olive from the Yoko series are mostly seen making fun of Yoko such as leaving mean and rude comments about her, mock her Japanese handwriting and her language, and the way Japanese books have to be read.

** Timothy (created in 1981) and Yoko (1998) also hasn't shown any signs of aging and have been in Kindergarten for years. Yoko even graduated in "Yoko Writes Her Name" but is still stuck in kindergarten.

* CharacterTitle: The 1998 book ''Yoko''.

* AlternateContinuity: Some ''Yoko'' books have an alternate continuity from one another (the titular character stills starts her first day of school in each kind), such as the earlier "Yoko and Friends: School Days'' series, and the later ''Yoko'' series with Angelo the mouse (essentially being a minor {{Expy}} to Timothy, who doesn't appear at all), Sylvia, and Olive.

* AlternateContinuity: Some ''Yoko'' books have an alternate continuity from one another (the titular character stills starts her first day of school in each kind), such as the "Yoko and Friends: School Days'' series, and the ''Yoko'' series with Angelo the mouse, Sylvia, and Olive.

* {{Anthology}}: The Yoko book "Yoko's World Of Kindness" combines 6 stories from the Yoko & Friends series.

** Sylvia and Olive from the Yoko series

* DarkerAndEdgier: Wells made two books dealing with Divorce and coping with death both gearing towards older readers. Same goes for the other books she made without her signature animal illustrations such as "Red Moon" which is set during TheAmericanCivilWar and "Through The Hidden Door".

** Speaking of sadness, in the book"Yoko Finds Her Way" her mother actually ends up getting very worried at the Rising Sun Airlines due to Yoko getting herself lost. She actually starts to cry when she continues searching for her daughter at the food court.