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I am always a fan of a great birthday book, and Holly Surplice's Guinea Pig Party is definitely great. It is also clever in its concept, wonderfully rhyming and charmingly illustrated.
Guinea Pig Party starts with ten little guinea pigs partying in a line. As the party games begin, little things here and there cause the numbers to dwindle. There is a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey incident and pogo stick problem. There is a temper tantrum and a little pig who eats too much cake and makes an exit. When the birthday pig is all alone, a wish brings back all the party goers and happiness ensues. The final pages show the numbers from 1 - 10 with the happy little party pigs prancing around them!
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I reviewed the picture book Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred) by Josh Schneider earlier this year and LOVED it. Schneider is a hilarious author and a hilarious illustrator, as his rhyming story about Fred, who has a "to-do list you wouldn't believe," proves. Fred needs to stay awake to do things like practice his karate chops and warm up for a yelling contest while animals from all over
Ever since I read Bread and Jam for Frances (you can read my review/tribute of this book here) as a small child, I have been drawn to picture books with food themes - or characters. In light of this, I have no idea how I missed Terry Border's first book last year, Peanut Butter and Cupcake. Happily, I got the chance to read Happy Birthday, Cupcake, which combines one of my favorite
The Best Birthday Party Ever by Jennifer LaRue Huget is a standout book for so many reasons that it has been in heavy rotation at the story times I do at the bookstore since it hit the shelves a couple of weeks ago. First of all, as a longtime children's bookseller I can tell you just HOW FEW good books about birthdays there really are on the shelves. Granted, I think that finding a good plot for
Helen Oxenbury is illustrator of 2008's year's instant classic written by Mem Fox, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, happily now available in a padded board book at a very reasonable price. I first discovered her more than sixteen years ago when my mother-in-law gave my infant daughter a subscription to BABYBUG Magazine, a member of the superb Cricket family of advertisement free
Author Laura Numeroff, best known for her If You Give a... books is known and loved by every child I encounter at story time and by my own kids. Illustrator Dan Andresean, while maybe not a household name, is sure to have created the artwork for at least one or two books on your shelves at home. Most notably, Andreasean is the illustrator of the hugely popular American Girls series featuring
Dick King-Smith, who's most popular book is probably Babe: The Gallant Pig, was a farmer in England for twenty years before turning his trade to teaching and eventually writing children's books. His knowledge of and reverence for animals is evident in every book he writes. What I love best about Dick King-Smith, however, is the length of his books, most of which come in at 150 pp and are a 2nd
Did you ever read Lois Lowry's "The Birthday Ball"? Seems like the kind of thing you might enjoy. I just got it from the library on a whim last night; will see if either of the girls picks it up.
I love both Lowry and Feiffer and this seems like the kind of book I should have gobbled up right away...but I haven't yet. It's on my imaginary pile of books TBR, but nowhere near the top. As always, I would love to know what a REAL KID thinks of a book, so please drop me a line if the copy you checked out gets read.