Birthdays Books

After ordering this book just after looking at the sample pages from Amazon, I'm amazed. The writing is excellent and the illustrations are detailed and beautiful. Harvey bakes a cake, step by step, doing so just anyone really would do it. The book even includes a recipe so you can bake it yourself with your child!

This is a good book for Kwanzaa traditions. In the story Chris is un-happy because his birthday is on Christmas Day and he has a little sister that does somrthing! He is upset because if he has a birthday nobody will come because of the holiday observance. He gets a surprise. Also Chris wants to be a paperboy and get a bike, but his family is having finantial problems. He gets plenty of good surprises and heart warming moments with his family. This is an excellant, heart-warming book.

This book is a wonderful teaching tool for the classroom, especially for kids who are bilingual. The book tells the story of a young Spanish speaking boy on his birthday. You will be invited into his world and learn how he celebrates. Learn what he does at his school and what subjects he loves! Let kids explore Ricky's world with this vivid childrens book.

Ray Martin and John Greenweed were both born on October 8. Both of of them want to have their tenth birthday on the 8th and invite the whole class. John decides to have a party at the batting cages. To make his party boys try to get John to shorten his party hours so everyone can go to both

Hilda Hen's Happy Birthday has been my 2 year old daughter's favorite book for two months running. We love the beautiful illustrations. We can tell that Mary Wormell knows chickens first hand and their funny & quirky personalities. We have a "Hilda" also,and her name is Henrietta. Like Hilda, she also thinks that the flower bed is her personal dust bath.

As per the Book Description above, this work was produced in honor of Dr. E. Earle Ellis. Works like this contain articles which relate to an area of research to which the honoree him/herself made significant contribution. In the case of Dr. Ellis, that contribution has been long lasting, diverse, and deep. That is saying a lot in our day of micro-specialization. To do justice to the description of this work, then, it is necessary to give the contents of the book in detail. So below is a table of contents, of sorts, divided according to the areas of research addressed in the book. For each section, the article titles and the names of their respective authors are presented. Incidentally, a review of those authors' names offers full justification for the "internationally renowned" tag attached to them in the Book Description above.

The festschrift is divided into four sections:

I. E. Earle Ellis

"A Biographical Sketch" by Gerald F. Hawthorne
"Curriculum Vitae"

II. Gospels and Acts

"Performing the Past: Gospel Genre and Identity Formation in the Context of Ancient History Writing" by Samuel Byrskog
"Ecclesial Reading of the Gospel of Mark" by James W. Voelz
"'This is that': The Authority of Scripture in the Acts of the Apostles" by Loveday Alexander
"The Estate of Publius on Malta (Acts 28:7)" by Richard Bauckham

III. Paul's Letters

"Romans and the Origin of Paul's Christology" by Paul W. Barnett
"Justification and Eschatology in Paul and Qumran: Romans and 4QMMT" by N. T. Wright
"Paul's Use of Habakkuk 2:4 in Romans 1:17: Reflections on Israel's Exile in Romans" by Mark A. Seifrid
"Did Paul Write Galatians?" by Harold W. Hoehner
"The Structure of 1 Thessalonians 1-3" by Seyoon Kim
"The (Greek) Old Testament in Philippians: 1:19 as Parade Example--Allusion, Echo, Proverb?" by John Reumann
"Old Testament Intertextuality in Colossians: Reflections on Pauline Christology and Gentile Inclusion in God's Story" by Gordon D. Fee
"to soma tou christou in Colossians 2:17" by Sang-Won (Aaron) Son (NOTE: The title uses the actual Greek letters, not the transliteration as given here.)
"Once More: Luke-Acts and the Pastoral Epistles" by Rainer Riesner
"Accountant Paul" Frederick W. Danker
"Merits and Limits of the 'New Perspective on the Apostle Paul'" by Klaus Haacker

IV. Perspectives on New Testament Interpretation

"The Place of Exegesis in the Postmodern World" by Donald A. Hagner
"Biblical Ethics: Multiplicity and Unity" by Birger Gerhardsson
"Changes to the Exegesis of the Catholic Epistles in the Light of the Text in Editio Critica Maior" by J. K. Elliott
"Translating [ho] Christos in the New Testament" by Marinus de Jonge (Again, the original contains the Greek.)
"Werner Georg Kümmel 1905-1995 Ein Neutestamenter im 20. Jahrhundert" by Otto Merk

Seldom can a review adequately summarize and evaluate a work of this kind because to do so would require comment on all of the articles individually and thus result in an all too long review. So no such attempt will be made here. Yet, a comment or two is in order.

The biographical sketch by Hawthorne will offer a surprise or two about the life of Dr. Ellis, even (and especially) for those who know him personally. The curriculum vita is 12 pages long and includes a list of 157 publications by Ellis. This demonstrates that Dr. Ellis contributed far more than is generally known.

All of the articles could/should be spotlighted, but suffice it to say that each will enlighten the reader and will aid in others' research in their respective specialties. Those writing commentaries, monographs, and articles should become conversant with the articles in this work before considering their research completed.

Houndsley is sad. He doesn't know what date his birthday is on. When he tells Catina, she seems sad, too. She doesn't know, either. In fact, she doesn't know what day to celebrate her birthday, either.

Houndsley didn't mean to make Catina sad, so he decides to make her a surprise. Little does he know that Catina has a plan, too!

Young readers will get a lot out of this book. Birthdays are so important to children that they tend to obsess about it. What about those who don't get to be so excited for their birthdays (for whatever reason)? After reading this short chapter book, kids may be inspired to do something special for others. Even if they aren't, they will still enjoy the sweet illustrations and kind message.

Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
03/05/2007

We received this book as a gift, and while it is a warm and fuzzy story, I would not recommend it for Christian families who want to explain the true meaning of Christmas to their children.

This book partners Santa and Jesus as equals and does nothing but confuse the young reader about why we celebrate Christmas. The story is silly and preposterous. One day my children will find out that Santa is make believe, and I don't want them also questioning the existence of Jesus.

If you want to read a story to your children about "How Christmas Began", why not go to Luke 2 in the Bible and get the official story. This one we can all do without.

I have so enjoyed reading this book with my children especially around Christmas. I love the way it connects Santa Claus and Jesus and gives more meaning as to why we give presents at Christmas. This book is a must-have for your children's book collection. Great Christmas gift too! All the families I give it to LOVE it!

This is a great interactive book filled with bright, colorful, cute illustrations and easy-to-read/easy-to-understand completion sentences. My kids enjoyed completing the book with photos and drawings of their own. This scrapbook is a fantastic keepsake!

If you have a child who shies away from birthday parties or other big events, you'll relate to this book.