Birthdays Books

I remember this book from when my older daughter (37 years) was a little girl. It was one of her favorites, and mine, too. About a little bird who announces repeatedly to all her friends that her birthday is coming, and then reacts with a captivating humility when they all remember and bring gifts. The rhythm of the verse is terrific, and even though I haven't seen the book for probably 30 years, I can still recite lines from it.

As usual Ursula Curtiss does her magic charm. I was immediately enthralled by the events of the story she created. How simple it all seemed. All she had to do was deliver a birthday gift to her partner's sister. What harm could there be in that! Unfortunately, what she is led into is murder and mysterious neighbors who are not what they seem. Mrs. Curtiss really knows how to create a mystery that hooks me immediately. Lydia Peel innocently enters into a web of intrigue that endangers her life and confuses her idea of love. It is well worth your time to read. Mrs. Curtiss has done it again.

This book is not only educational, but its fun for kids to read. This book focuses on fire safety and how a smoke detector saved a families life. This is definately a book that should be kept by the nightstand. Jim Laster did such an excellent job. All three of his books are excellent!

My daughter loved this book, even though she received it at age 6, which is probably at the high end of the appropriate age for this. She still loves board books, and there are plenty of stickers to decorate with. Great gift for any little girl's birthday party!

This book clearly deserves more than five stars.

Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Birthday in the Fun Palace was one of her picks.

In this heart-warming story, Moonbird flies back from earth to the moon, where he is from. He misses his family and friends, especially his nephew, Little Wingy. It's Wingy's birthday, and Wingy wants to go for an adventure. Moonbird takes Wingy to the Great Intergalactic Fun Palace, a sort of amusement park in a space station. Along the way and at the amusement park, they do many good deeds and have great adventures.

Some of the lessons in this book include the rewards of helping others, taking time to be with your family, and being tolerant of differences. Any parent should be proud to share those lessons.

But what I liked most about the book is that it introduces your child to science fiction. Most children receive little reading introduction to that genre until they are much older, and many of the first stories they read can be a little frightening. This one will open their minds, without scaring them.

Another benefit is that this book can be the basis for "make believe" play with your child. Some of the fun parts of the book involve dancing in zero gravity, and being able to do difficult things easily because gravity is gone (like pull a space ship by hand). You can take an ordinary situation, and ask your child how it would differ if it occurred on the moon or in space. You can begin to teach basic science facts in this way.

As we enter an era of advanced biotechnology where the shape of animals may change, the ideas in here of living basketball hoops that run away from the players will not be so farfetched. You can have fun with these whimsical concepts as well, by talking about what inanimate objects would be more fun if they were animate.

After you finish enjoying and speculating about this book, I suggest that you and your child take these concepts one step further and consider what life would be like in a city under the sea. In that way, you can help your child understand inner space as well as outer space.

Go as far as imagination can take the two of you!

The Birthday Journal is a brillant book! I always HATE having to transfer birthdays every single year to new planner pages. I truly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those, like me, who find re-copying birthdays each year a completely redundant task! With the Birthday Journal all of my birthdays to remember are right there for me. I commend the author on his idea and putting it into print. WAY TO GO!!!!

I think That this book has some great illusions and is a veryusefull book for just about anyone

As long as you use the book the way it is intented. In conjuction with the Let's Go 2 student book, read the first story after the mid-term test and read the second story after the final test. It be will a great addition to help any young student learn English.

The littlest mouse is turning two, and he has a cowboy-themed party to celebrate. With all the fun and do-si-doing, balloons are popped and the cake is smashed. But the little mouse's siblings and friends save the party from disaster with quick thinking. All ends well, with the littlest mouse getting his birthday wish.
The text is terrific to read aloud, and the illustrations are bright and fun. The tiny cowboy mice and huge cupcakes and balloons are adorable. A great gift for a birthday child.

As a boy is set to celebrate his 17th birthday, some strange,haunting memories are stirred up as he is reminded of the arson death of another 17 year old, supposedly started by our hero 12 years ago when he was only 5. Is his mother's new male friend, the father of the victim, really harassing and threatening him, or is this just imagination gone wild!? You won't really know until the very end, but we get some unique family history, psychiatric treatments, and a lot more! A short, very creepy read worth a few hours!