History Creator / RosemaryWells

* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] ''Fiona's Little Accident'' is about Fiona thinking this will happen to her. Her very visible and obvious PottyFailure is seen by the entire class during a major presentation that she and her best friend Felix are doing. She runs and hides, but Felix tells her to come out, telling her that nobody will even remember it by the end of the day. As it turns out, he's right, as the entire class's attention is drawn by their classmate Victor's goldfish-swallowing trick.

* InvisibleParents: Especially in ''Literature/MaxAndRuby''.

* SweetDreamsFuel: All of her books are like this. Especially Yoko, Yoko & Friends, and Bunny Planet.
** Another book by hers would be great to read around bedtime [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PG-sMdb0L._SX466_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg "Only You"]] and [[http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384015518l/18166918.jpg "Stella's Starlight".]]
** Muriel in the Yoko & Friends book "The Halloween Parade" doesn't talk very often due to her being a preschool aged kitten besides saying short words like "Hurt" and "Chain Saw".

* 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 In the ninth page, where Emily and her the other students tell how many planets the Solar System has, Pluto is included in it.]] this was made years before Pluto was no longer a planet.

Not to be confused [[IThoughtItMeant with a film ]] which also contains the word [[Film/RosemarysBaby Rosemary in it.]]

Not to be confused [[IThoughtItMeant with a film ]] which also contains the word [[RosemarysBaby Rosemary in it.]]

* BathtubScene: An innocent and G rated example, in ''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 doing it in Japanese.

* 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".

* 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" and the Yoko & Friends book "When I Grow Up". She is briefly seen wearing one when she's visiting the library in "Yoko Learns To Read".

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Even though the Max and Ruby series has been around for 36 years, Max has always been a toddler and Ruby has always been a child.

Rosemary Wells (1943 -) is a prolific creator of children's picture books and has also written for older audiences. Her two most popular franchises, which have also been adapted for television, are ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' and ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. Some other popular titles by her include the ''Bunny Planet'' books, the ''Edward the Unready'' series (later rereleased as eBooks under the banner "Edward Almost Ready"), the ''[=McDuff=]'' series and ''Emily's First 100 Days of Kindergarten''. Her nonfiction titles have included ''Help Children Cope With Divorce'' and ''Getting to Know You: Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites''. Some of her works titled at older audiences include ''Mary on Horseback'' and ''The Miraculous Tale of the Two Maries''. In all, she has written well over 100 titles. Her most recent series are the ''Kindergators'', about a group of young alligators, the ''Sophie'' books, about a high-spirited two-year-old mouse, and ''Felix & Fiona'', which revives her Felix the guinea pig character, but also adds a new friend for him named Fiona.

* PottyFailure: The upcoming ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Fionas-Little-Accident-Felix-Fiona/dp/0763689823 Fiona's Little Accident]]'' is about the title character being so excited for show-and-tell that she forgets to take a bathroom break and has an accident.

* 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]]

* AdultFear: In the Yoko book "Yoko Finds Her Way", Yoko and her mother are preparing for their trip to Japan. However, when Yoko decides to buy a red bean ice cream to keep her occupied while waiting for the plane, Yoko's mother ends up falling asleep, Yoko then decides to head to the bathroom to clean herself up, and later tries to find her mother but ends up getting lost after taking 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 their plane to takeoff.
* AdultsAreUseless: At least in "Benjamin & Tulip" Benjamin's aunt doesn't even think about calling out Tulip or her actions for beating up and starting a fight with him.

* AttackOfThePoliticalAd: In her picture book ''Otto Runs for President'', the ads for as school election start about halfway decent, with Charles's side promising meat in the cafeteria and Tiffany's promising more mirrors in the girls' bathroom, among other thing. They quickly descend into Tiffany insinuating that Charles is a cheater, and Charles insinuating Tiffany of spending class dues on hairspray, and soon become worse than insinuations. "TIFFANY: Wrong on hairspray! Wrong for Barkladelphia School!" Meanwhile, Otto ignores both campaigns, quietly speaks to everyone in the school about what they actually want out of a school president and what the school needs, then passes out cookies with his campaign platform. He wins the election.
* 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. The original releases for "Timothy Goes To School" and "Benjamin & Tulip" also came with audio cassettes a few years later after there original release during the decade it was published. Today you can currently be able to purchase the audio book version of Timothy Goes To School and Benjamin & Tulip on Amazon.com
** The original release of "Timothy Goes To School" gained it's own audio cassette tape made in 1982 a year after the original books released which was narrated by Dan Diggles complete with it's own soundtrack mostly themed to blues/jazz style music.
** The Benjamin & Tulip book also gained it's own audio book that was released in 1975 narrated by Frances Kelly. Most of the music heard in the audio cassette were 70's era synthesizers.
** The first {{Literature/Yoko}} book was given an audio cassette by Scholastic in 1999 that was narrated by Vivian Bayubay.
** The complete ''Voyage to the Bunny Planet'' is available in an audio edition both on the Amazon audiobook site Audible and on Playaway, a format often found in libraries. It includes both music and sound effects, as well as a soothing female narrator.
** ''Helping Children Cope with Grief'', one of her titles for adult readers, has been released as an audiobook.

* AnAesop: Usually, though not always.

* 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.

* BearyFriendly: Edward from the ''Edward the Unready'' series.
** A couple of bears are shown in the "Mother Goose" series
** The book "Only You" focuses on a baby bear and a mother bear.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Most of her furry characters.
** Yoko is usually barefoot, but in ''Yoko Writes Her Name'' she is seen wearing red shoes.
** 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, Claire is mostly barefoot but is seen wearing blue slippers when she's walking out in the cold snow.

* CanonImmigrant[=/=]CanonForeigner: Juanita was exclusive to AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'', only showing up in the final two episodes. After the show ended, 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 show's run.

* CallBack: The 2011 Yoko book "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" deals can count as a callback to the Timothy Goes To School episode "The Taketombo" which deals with Yoko bringing something to school only for it to break before showing it to the rest of the students. The only difference is that in the 2011 book Yoko's mother actually gives her a stern warning about bringing it to school and Yoko ends up having to take the broken pieces when she gets off the bus. Yoko actually gets nervous and a bit scared when her mother deicded to let her leave school early because of how bad she was taking it.

* 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 In the ninth page, where Emily and her the other students tell how many planets the Solar System has, 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 a lot darker and serious since it deals with a young mouse named Jenny coping and mourning the loss of her grandfather.
* DogsAreDumb: Subverted with Frank and Frank, while they aren't dumb they are prone to causing trouble mostly for curiosity or feel like having fun.
* DemotedToExtra: Doris and The Franks were main characters in Yoko & Friends (The Franks debuted in the 1998 book Yoko and Doris also made a reappearance in the same book) but in the later Yoko books are mostly background characters.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Even though the Max and Ruby series has been around for 36 years, Max has always been a toddler.

* OhCrap: Yoko's reaction in "Yoko's Show-And-Tell" when she realizes her antique doll named Mimi 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 Finds Her Way". Yoko after she realizes she's lost and her mother when she realizes her daughter is missing.

* ProtagonistTitle: The 1998 book "Yoko" which introduces the titular character.
* ProtagonistAndFriends: The "Yoko & Friends" series which mainly focuses on Yoko and her other class friends at Hilltop School.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Pleasantly averted in her ''Kindergators'' series, which actually features anthropomorphic alligators. Some of the children behave badly at times, but this only because they are young and still learning; none of them are actually truly mean or nasty.

* SmugSmiler: [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WiJ4rxaEox0/hqdefault.jpg One of Max's signature facial expressions]] is making a smug expression when he attempts to trick his sister.

* {{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.
* SignatureStyle: Having her characters [[AsideGlance staring at the reader.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: While Charles never spoke until the end in the original book version of Shy Charles. He did speak in the TV series and in Yoko & Friends.

* SharedUniverse: It appears that the characters from Yoko & Friends, Timothy Goes To School, Emily's 100 Days Of School, and Hazel's Amazing Mother all take place in the same universe as shown in Yoko's World Of Kindness.

* SmoochOfVictory: [[http://rosemarywells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Felix-Stands-P81.jpg While not a victory smooch, Felix appears to get pecked on the cheek by Fiona in "Felix Stands Tall".]]
* TheQuietOne: While Charles does talk, he's mostly the quietest character in "Yoko & Friends" and the animated series. Even after he becomes less shy as the books and episodes go on.

* TheHeart: Yoko's main role in her book appearances and in the WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool

* 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.

** 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 were mostly common during the 70s and 60s while they still own 50s and 60s style cars. Television sets are also absent.
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: In the Yoko & Friends as well as the animated series, Lilly is the only student that is seen wearing shoes along with Miss Jenkins.
* TheIngenue: Both 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".

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Excluding the adults, the only way to tell which Kindergators are male or female is that the latter wear bows on their heads.

* 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.
* TokenHuman: While humans rarely show up in any of Wells books (Except for the ones geared towards older readers). She did do illustrations of a couple human characters in the "Mother Goose" books back in the 90's and two humans are seen in the [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs6rpu_voyage-to-the-bunny-planet_shortfilms Bunny Planet story "First Tomato" at least in the animated adaptation.]]
** 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.

** To a lesser extent "Yoko Writes Her Name" where two female students make for of her Japanese writing. This time she doesn't cry unlike the 1998 book but looks hurt and confused about her Japanese hand writing.

* FurryConfusion: In the Emily series, Emily's family own a non anthropomorphic pet dog despite one of the class members being a talking dog.

* {{Flashback}}: The first half 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.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Mostly some of the male animal characters such as Timothy, the Franks 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.

* 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.

* 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 "Yoko Learns To Read" and "Yoko Writes Her Name". Yoko herself is the most notable female cat character.

* MouseWorld: Often with rabbits, which can be seen in the "First Tomato" story from the "Bunny Planet" series.

* 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 in which Nora debuted.

'''Rosemary Wells''' (1943 -) is a prolific creator of children's picture books and has also written for older audiences. Her two most popular franchises, which have also been adapted for television, are ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' and ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. Some other popular titles by her include the ''Bunny Planet'' books, the ''Edward the Unready'' series (later rereleased as eBooks under the banner "Edward Almost Ready"), the ''[=McDuff=]'' series and ''Emily's First 100 Days of Kindergarten''. Her nonfiction titles have included ''Help Children Cope With Divorce'' and ''Getting to Know You: Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites''. Some of her works titled at older audiences include ''Mary on Horseback'' and ''The Miraculous Tale of the Two Maries''. In all, she has written well over 100 titles. Her most recent series are the ''Kindergators'', about a group of young alligators, the ''Sophie'' books, about a high-spirited two-year-old mouse, and ''Felix & Fiona'', which revives her Felix the guinea pig character, but also adds a new friend for him named Fiona.

** Over the years, Yoko and her mother have slowly started looking more detailed as newer Yoko books came out mainly for the book covers. Starting in "Yoko Writes 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 were 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 and looked a little more realistic]]. Then in [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/A1dvmzfr3DL.jpg "Yoko Finds Her Way" her fur is 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 (most notable is Yoko's head and body design). During her 1998 design along with the ''Yoko & Friends'' series and a couple of ''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 mother's design.