She has been nominated for numerous awards such as the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Black-Eyed Susan Award, the Red Clover Award, and the Beehive Award. Rosemary Wells's books have received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Horn Book Magazine. Her Name, Yoko Learns to Read, Yokos Show & Tell.

My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood, written with Secundino Fernandez, illustrated by Peter Ferguson Yoko series: Yoko, Yokos Paper Cranes, Yokos World of Kindness, Yoko Writes.

The Christmas Mystery (illustrator only).

McDuff's New Friend reissued as McDuff's Christmas.

Max & Ruby in Pandora's Box – Max & Ruby's First Greek Myth.

Getting to Know You: Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites.

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Two Sisters and Some Hornets (1972), by Beryl Epstein and Dorrit Davis Buy Yoko's Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells (Illustrator) online at Alibris.

A Hot Thirsty Day (1971), by Marjorie W.

Impossible, Possum (1971), written by Ellen Conford.

Library of Congress catalog records imply that these six are children's picture books. 72.66 8 Used from 20.15 3 New from 67.75. Many of the animal characters, such as those in Max & Ruby, interact with one another much as humans would, while others such as McDuff – a West Highland Terrier – take on a more realistic role as the adopted pet of a young couple.

At the book's conclusion, she gains acceptance by hosting a school luncheon where everyone brings food native to their family. It is about a young Japanese kitten who is ostracized when she brings sushi in her school lunch. For example, Yoko tackles the thorny topic of racism.

In the children's journal Stone Soup, Wells explained that she writes using animals because it allows her to address sophisticated, controversial topics in way children can understand and adults can accept. A common theme in Rosemary Wells' stories is the use of animal characters rather than humans.