When big sister Ruby finds Max’s bedroom an absolute mess, she quickly launches into a cleaning spree and tells him exactly what goes where. Max follows along behind her, rescuing treasured things such as sand, an old Easter egg, gum-on-a-string, and a melting popsicle by putting them all into the pocket on the front of his overalls. Wells’s mixed-media illustrations cleverly highlight Max’s mess by using collage to illustrate the items he puts into his pocket. (Ages 3-6)

Max's room is a mess. There is sand from his toy dump truck, a swarm of escaped ant farm ants, a rotten Easter egg, and a stray piece of gum-on-a-string. It's definitely time to clean up. Max's always-efficient sister, Ruby, is quick to take charge--and of course Max wants to help. But since Max has ideas of his own, the clean up doesn't turn out exactly as Ruby has planned....