Birthdays Books

Every child waits all year for his or her special day; a birthday. The magic and joy of one little girl's birthday fill the pages of "It's My Birthday!" by Jacqueline L. Conway.

The story begins at the start of Tai's birthday party and takes the reader all the way to the end of the party. The simple, rhyming text describes the games, food, singing and gift-opening found at all successful children's birthday parties. In addition to the fun and laughter, "It's My Birthday!" teaches an important lesson to the reader. When a child begins to cry because she forgot to bring Tai a gift, the birthday girl assures her, "Gifts do not make a birthday party. Having you here has brightened my day."

The illustrations are bright and playful. Through their thickly-painted, childlike style, they show us Tai's birthday as if she had painted the pictures herself.

"It's My Birthday!" is a fun story. It also provides a nice reminder that enjoying time with friends and family is the most important part of your most important day.

My 3 year old really loves this book. I have read this book over, over, and over again in a matter of days of owning. This is already his favorite book (so he says).
Nice choice of colors and ink quality.

We're waiting to see more of your work!

My 3 year old really loves this book. I have read this book over, over, and over again in a matter of days of owning. This is already his favorite book (so he says).

Nice choice of colors and ink quality.

We're waiting to see more of your work!

It's My Birthday by Jacqueline, is a great book especially for younger children. I have read it and plan to give it as gifts to my children church class.

I look forward to reading the other books in the series.

I wish Jacqueline much success!

I have always been a fan of children's books and I find myself still buying them. It's My Birthday is a wonderful, cheerful, and colorful book. Many children can escape into the book and think of the happiness that one encounters as they mature throughout life celebrating birthdays. I have shown the book and read it to many, and everyone equally enjoys it. Two thumbs ups!

Writte specifically for children ages 4 to 8 by practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist Vania Braver and enhanced with the lively and entertaining illustrations of Cary Pillo, Party Princess is the newest addition to the "Teach Your Children Well" series from Child & Family Press. Party Princess is the story of young Madison, who wants to look extra beautiful for her big birthday party. But an accident with nail polish leaves terrible stains on her gorgeous dress! She feels terrible for a while, then finds a way to make herself feel better - by sharing a treasured gift with her best friend. The wisdom that she learns is "Beauty comes from the heart. You should feel good about yourself... especially when you realize that real beauty is what's on the inside of a person, not the outside." A positive and uplifting book with a meaningful and relevant moral, especially in today's appearance and fashion-driven world.

A wonderful book and part of a wonderful children's series! Dr. Braver helps parents teach their children well in a fun and creative way through her books. Children will also benefit and learn moral values from this fun series of books as well.

I'm an elementary school teacher and read this book to my class a few weeks ago. The kids loved this book, even the boys! They are still talking about it. They already knew the characters from Pinky Promise. There were so many great points to discuss afterwards. I used some of the activity sheets and teacher's guide from the author's website which were helpful. The illustrations are well done and compliment the book nicely. I highly recommend this book!

The story is warm, sweet and simply wonderful!!! Dr. Braver (visit www.drvanitabraver.com) captures the magic of story telling, accompanied by beautiful, whimsical illustrations. My children love the first book, "Pinky Promise". I look forward to collecting the entire "Teach Your Children Well" series. I'm sure all the books will be treasured for years to come!"

Dr. Vanita Braver knows that it is difficult to teach our children well.

For starters, she's a child psychiatrist who is the psychiatric medical director of the residential treatment center Bonnie Brae. She's also a mother.

She took much of what she learned in both roles to create her series Teach Your Children Well. The second book in that series, Party Princess, released in April 2005, is a book that features 6-year-old Madison and the lessons she is learning about morals.

Party Princess opens with Madison getting ready for a big day. She's put on a lovely pink dress and is thrilled with how beautiful she feels. As she welcomes her best friend Emily as the first guest at her birthday party, she decides that some of her mom's makeup would make her look even more the role of a party princess. Only like most 6-year-olds, she isn't quite coordinated enough to put on make-up without making a huge mess-including spilling sparkly red nail polish all over the bathroom counter and her dress.

At this point in the story, many parents are nodding their hands and ready to jump up and tell their stories about times that they as a child or their own children have done something similar. It is this familiarity that Braver strives for-putting her protagonist into realistic situations that both parents and children can relate to.

What might be less common is the response of the mother. While she is obviously frustrated and shares her disappointment with Madison, she doesn't yell, she doesn't punish, and she doesn't make Madison feel worse than she already does. Instead, she just sends her to change out of the beloved party dress into something less desirable, but not smattered with nail polish.

Throughout much of the rest of the party, Madison sulks. While her mother may not have yelled at her, Madison feels her disappointment pretty keenly and feels guilty about her misbehavior and unhappy with the consequence of not getting to wear the pretty clothes that she had so carefully dressed herself in.

Her mood is only restored after opening a present and getting the opportunity to make Emily feel good-an opportunity that she takes advantage of to the approval of her mother and the delight of her friend. At bedtime that night, she and her mom talk about the makeup incident and her mom reminds her that she is never to touch the makeup without permission. She also reinforces that Madison is pretty without makeup-that she is beautiful because of the spirit within her. Madison reflects on the day and said that she felt far better about sharing with Emily than she did about wearing her party dress.

As a woman who dislikes the pervasiveness of makeup and the message from the beauty industry and media that we must change ourselves in order to be beautiful, I found a lot of appeal in this short picture book. Madison discovers on her own that she feels a lot better from being a beautiful person than she feels from simply looking beautiful. She also discovers that efforts to beautify oneself physically can backfire and leave one looking ridiculous, wiping out all the time invested.

A device that Braver uses in both books are the appearance of Madison's stuffed animals. Wisdom the Owl, Honesty the Bear, Hope the Bluebird, and Courage the Lion all are good friends to Madison the way stuffed animals are to children. For the adult reader, their presence can seem a bit of overkill. However, our children are less jaded and the target audience of four to eight-year-olds will appreciate the presence of listening companions who seemingly whisper in Madison's ear as she drifts off to sleep, helping her to process the day's events and what's she learned from them.

Cary Pillo is the illustrator and she uses bright happy colors throughout the books. She does an excellent job of painting pictures that seem alive with both motion and emotions. She paints some of the most infectious smiles I've seen in picture books.

The book is published by the Child & Family Press, an imprint of the Child Welfare League of America. They are a publishing house who dedicate all of the proceeds from sale of their books to supporting CWLA's programs for children and families.

I always approach morality stories for children with a bit of trepidation. They too often fall into the category of being too didactic or absent of any sort of dramatic conflict whatsoever. Thankfully, Braver manages to avoid these traps. Party Princess is successful on two levels. First, it has a charming story for children that addresses the importance of self-esteem and developing an inner beauty. Second, it provides a good model for parents on how to respond to those frustrating situations-including a model on when to step back and let the child work out the problem.

Party Princess is the second book in the series. The first one is Pinky Promise. The third one is due out in April 2006.

A very informative book, for finding out information on Stars. The illustrations are excellent, a thumbs up to the illustrator, he should go far with his abilities. Keep up the good drawings.

This is a great book to sit back, relax and read. I found it to be a great stress reliever, and my time passed so quickly as I couldn't put the book down. Hope everyone enjoys this book as I did.

The birthday directory is an amazingly fun and interesting. I found it informative and hard to put down. It's full of interesting tidbit's.I highly recomend it for schools and student's and a must for libary's! It's worth the pick up.

The illustrations in this book are great

Are you one of those people who constantly forgets to send birthday cards to those you love? What about people you don't even know (the famous, near-famous, and infamous)? What about people who no are longer capable of celebrating their birthdays (i.e., the dearly departed--hey, it's the thought that counts). Yes, dates can be tricky to remember, especially if you find calendars and clocks to be offensive. THE BIRTHDAY DIRECTORY is your answer to all of these problems. It includes names, dates, and background information for thousands of people. Athletes, musicians, movie stars (adult and legit), writers, artists, and politicians are just some of the character types you will find between its covers. A large number of strange b&w illustrations have been added to spice things up. Entrees are listed by month, making it easy to see who was born on the same day as you. I was pleased to discover that Abe Vigoda (A.K.A. "Fish") and I share the same birthday. Abe Vigoda!!! Now, that's what I call trivia. Could anyone ask for more?

Wow, this book is a real keeper for my girls when they get older! It's so nice to read a book that we can all relate to and inspires us in our quest for heaven. This story could easily be about any of us, just a normal girl in a normal family. A great example of living St Therese of the Child Jesus philosophy, "doing ordinary things EXTRAORDINARILY well"!

Though this is a simple story it portrays family life in an inspiring and thoughtful manner. The author has a knack for drawing valuable lessons of faith and love from the ordinary events of a teenage girl's life. Anyone reading this book will be captivated by this charming setting and its inhabitants. I highly recommend this little book.

This was a great book and I really enjoyed it. I wanted to keep reading it and was annoyed when I was interrupted. I'm looking forward to the sequel because I didn't want it to end. My favorite part was when Peter looked at the snowman and saw that it did look awfully funny. The book was very captivating, it made me feel like I was in it. Double Thumbs Up!

Just the book you sought out to read in your early teen years. You know, when you wanted to read about someone like ordinary you going through the same usual daily life - with a few new life experiences, sometimes difficult to understand in the moment. A book that makes you laugh, makes you think. And wonderful artwork to boot!

Birthday Snow

Bravo to Mrs. Niemaszyk for writing an authentically Catholic story for our pre-teen and early teen daughters to enjoy! There are not enough good Catholic stories out there. Mrs. Niemaszyk's attention to details makes it easy for the reader to immerse herself in Gina's life. The family, the friends, and even the bus ride are all so real.

When I read this book I could not put it down. Now that I've found it here I can't wait to get a copy to share with my daughter. I'm sure she too will enthusiastically read it in one sitting.

Looking forward to the sequel!

Cheyenne Wilde can't believe just how bad her sixteenth birthday was. I mean, who would have ever suspected her parents were actually vampires! Worse yet, it turns out that Cheyenne is actually a Vanator, a vampire born to hunt evil. Now she finds herself caught in the whirlwind of adolescence with two clicas of vampires warring for her allegiance. Meanwhile, a new teenage boy has caught her eye and it's all Cheyenne can do not to stare whenever Ryan is around. How will Cheyenne handle all the pressure? Can she defeat the evil stalking her while remaining as normal a teenager as possible?

The world building is spectacular in CAVE OF TERROR. From the everyday scenes involving gymnastics to the heart stopping moments of fear in the cave and elsewhere, Amber Dawn Bell does a great job at crafting the overall atmosphere of the storyline. The ambiance is crucial to the tale as the reader buys into the world of the vampires, a world quite unlike the stereotypical vampire.

Amber Dawn Bell has written a tale that is pure fun, both for young adults and adults alike. Cheyenne is a likable heroine, wanting to do the right thing while trying to enjoy life as a teenager. Her dedication and loyalty to her friends and family is admirable, especially as circumstances get increasingly out of control. Parents will appreciate Cheyenne's sense of ethics while young adults will relate to the emotional turmoil Cheyenne experiences. Excellent!

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Amber Dawn Bell captures the essence of adolescence and the excitement of young love in Cave of Terror. Bell starts the story out on a high note and captivates the reader from the first page to the last page. The main character in the story was Cheyenne Wilde. She was okay with being different from the popular girls in her high school, but on her 16th birthday she learned that just how different she was. Cheyenne found out that she was a vampire and not just any vampire but a Vanator, the chosen one. As one can imagine this information was not well received and to make matters worst Cheyenne had no time to adjust! Through this journey of discovery, Cheyenne finds her lifemate Ryan. This story keeps the reader on the edge of their seat and each page comes to life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good story.

"Cave of Terror is a thoroughly attention-grabbing young adult paranormal romance. This first book in the Vânãtor series is compelling and a fast read. It captures the energy of young first love and spins an intriguing romance for young Cheyenne Wilde, the first Vânãtor in five hundred years--born to hunt evil. Can't wait to see what fate has in store for Cheyenne Wilde, her soul mate Ryan, and her best friend, Mandy...
Evil beware...There's a new Vânãtor in town!" ----Tamara J Kulick

Cave of Terror by Amber Dawn Bell

Sixteen year old Cheyenne Wilde has just been thrown into a new life... of sorts. She thought the most exciting thing about being sweet 16 was getting her drivers license, little did she know that becoming a vampire would be just as exciting but maybe not as cool as she thought. She was a straight A student, a pretty good gymnast, and a creature of the night. Umm not exactly a creature of the night, she could still walk in the daylight, eat regular food, and fall in love. Doesn't seem so bad does it? How about getting stalked and bitten by an evil vampire Prince? Ok, so you see Cheyenne is the first vampire-evil hunter, aka Vanator born in the last 500 years and the vampire Prince, Constantine, wants her for himself.

As a teenager that has never been kissed she thought it totally lucky that a totally hot guy was into her. But he also seemed into the schools preppy cheerleader. A girl that has never so much as had a crush has had her world upturned by the good-looking new kid at school, Ryan. There are instant sparks, but only time would tell the truth of what and who Ryan is. Cheyenne is the protector of her clica ( group of vampire/panther shifters) and has no idea how to access her powers, when she is forced to make a life altering decision, all becomes clear.

Cave of Terror by Amber Dawn Bell is the perfect Young Adult read for those girls that enjoy a little bit of chick-lit with a hint of paranormal romance. Ms. Bell weaves her words perfectly entwining real teen emotions, thoughts, and feelings; all-the-while keeping it clean and enjoyable. I would absolutely read another book penned by the talented Amber Dawn Bell. 5 Hearts

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My husband (a fan of romance but not of paranormal) and I (not really a fan of either) both read Cave of Terror and LOVED IT! I found myself reading faster and faster, hardly being able to wait to see what happened next.
The story is positive, youthful, funny, suspenseful...I was surprised and pleased to try a different genre and enjoy it so thoroughly.

I really don't believe in the foundations of what the author uses to create this encyclopedia, but I have to say, my girlfriend and I thought that the description for my birthday fit very well - about 90% accurate. It was funny because my girlfriend DOES believe in these things and her birthday was maybe 10% accurate. As you can tell, we had a good time reading these, but nothing more...

Bought a copy for my girlfriend's family, office secretaries, and myself. Lots of fun. You'll find out something more about yourself and your friends.

I ordered this book to complete the set, half thinking I would use it only once. On a whim I took it to an art gallery/party (fun casual blast) and set it on the counter while I worked so guests could read it. Almost everyone stopped to check it out, and all said it was very close or dead on accurate. A lot of people wrote down the name and asked where I found it. Take this to a gathering, it will be appreciated.

When i first heard about this book,i was only mildly and atrabiliously interested in this latest horoscope book on the topic of 'personality-divination'.I didn't know what to think about it.I thought that it was just some kind of a door-stop for soothsayers. I saturninly investigated whether it was nonsense or something profound.This forecasting birthday book is amazingly accurate indeed! I was impressed by the foretelling essense of what one could expect for one's birthday.For the astrological based predictions,this book is metaphysically of high eminence.The tarot,numerology,color-codes and wiccan postulations are quite rational and persuadable.I analyzed all the days within the book,and was awestruck by the revelations for anyone's date of birth.This is not trite 'Horoscopus-Pocus'!I think this book was established and based upon the evidence ,of many other past authors, through the years gone-by.In the years to follow,this book will gain in popularity,i would attest to this.Simply because it will be proven orthodoxically correct for astrology scholars on dates of birth and their personality associations.I can't think of another birthday-divination tome around ,that could match this one yet.

This book was inspirational from the very moment I picked it up and turned to my Birthdate of November 18th, it described me perfectly, even nailing my choice of careers perfectly, and even knew about the fact that I am an inspiring writer as well, how refreshing to pick up a book and it tell you so much about yourself that you knew, but just wanted someone else to reaffirm for you. Perfect fit in my case! It nailed my wife's birthday as well. We plan on taking it with us to our family get togethers during Christmas and New Year's to see how accurate it is for our other family members. This book is highly recommended to all, although I recommend buying it at Barnes and Nobles, where you can get it for 20 bucks brandnew, instead of the 33 dollars that Amazon will charge you.

Emma Lea's First Tea Party is a beautiful book, both in content and illustrations. The children in my third grade classroom loved the book, and enjoyed how Emma Lea's problem got solved. We do a lot of talking about problem-solving of all sorts, and the relationships in Emma Lea's family make this extra special. The wonderful birthday celebration gives examples to kids of ways to give of themselves without having to spend money. Isn't that what it should be all about? This is a great book with many different life lessons to be shared. The illustrations are beautiful and captivating for children, which truly add to the story of a loving family.

Emma Lea's First Tea Party

Emma Lea is finally old enough to participate in her grandmother's yearly, birthday tea party. She gets ready, has her hair fixed in a grown-up way and the excitement builds. Emma Lea feels special when she see's the grown up table, set with delicate tea cups and yummy treats.

I read this book with my granddaughter, Autumn, who is nine. We each took a turn reading. These are her comments:
"I like the pictures and I want to read the second Emma Lea book. Sometimes I feel like Emma Lea, when my sister gets to do everything, because she's older."

The illustrations in Emma Lea's First Tea Pary are beautiful, the book is hard cover, with a wonderful dust jacket.

This is a very special book about family traditions, bonding and growing up. The story of Emma Lea is delightful. If you like Fancy Nancy, you will love Emma Lea.Fancy Nancy

I read Emma Lea's Tea Party and was immediately moved to send it to my niece Emma. She is 4 years old. She absolutely loves the book and thinks it is about her. Such a beautiful tale with illustrations to match. A little girl can weave fantasies about this book. I can hardly wait until the next Emma Lea book!

I'm always looking for fun stories to read to the kids at our family get-togethers. I loved this book and so have the kids and adults with whom I've shared it. In this story Emma Lea is excited and feeling very grown-up because she has finally been invited to her Grammy's birthday party. Grammy's birthday is celebrated every year at a very special tea party with her mother and aunts. But the party doesn't turn out quite the way Emma Lea imagined it would. The way she handles the situation, with some wise support from her Grandpop, make this a valuable lesson for kids and adults alike. It's a sweet story and nicely illustrated too.

Beautifully written - beautifully illustrated. A wonderful book to be read with an adult or read alone.

I have ready many reviews on the Froggy books, but for me and my daughter, WE LOVE THEM!!! The main complaint I hear it that Froggy has bad manners. It's a book. It's my job to teach my daughter how to behave, not a fictional book. I do alter the book slightly. When Froggy's mom or dad calls his name they say F-R-O-O-O-O-G-G-G-Y-Y-Y and he answers W-W-H-H-A-A-A-T-T. We change that to Maam or Sir depending on who is calling him. My daughter thinks it's cute and sometimes I'll say FROGGY!!! and she says maam?!? If you have a child you can't handle, then don't buy the book but to everyone else, it's GREAT so I absolutely recommend it.

My kids love the repetitive noise making throughout the book. Illustrations and stories of endearingly disaster prone Froggy are entertaining. These are always cute!

My daughter (30 months) loves this book. We have to read it everyday. She is intrigued by Froggy putting together all of the ingredients to bake a cake. She also loves the "flop flop flop" of froggy "flopping" off to another area. It's a very charming story. I'm going to look into the other froggy books. (Illustrations are great!)

My son and I love to read FROGGY books. He's a cute, clumsy, and the funniest frog. What spectacular creativity on the Author's part. Wonderfully amusing!!!!!

My 23 month old loves this book! He thinks its funny that froggy spills as he makes this cake, this is one of his favorite books, well written and illustrated. Now I want to get more froggy books!

When Flan Floods old friend, Liv, from elementary school comes to visit, she wants to show Liv how exciting and fun she is. Or how fun she is trying to be. When Flan attends Liesel Rieds sweet sixteen birthday party, she meets celebrity Sarah Beth Benny and they decide to have their own sweet sixteen for Flan, even though she's only turning 14. Girls We Love is a wonderful book and J. Minter does an excellent job of revealing the drama in a teenagers life, from boys to just being popular. For example, Flan just broke up with her boyfriend, Jonathan. She wants to get back together with him, but now she thinks he likes Liv, but Liv actually likes Flans brother Patch. This is a fiction book and is suited for young teens. Girls We Love is the first book in the Insiders Girls series, and even though I have not gotten a chance to read the other books, I plan to. I know tons of people will love this book just like I did.

When Flan Floods old friend, Liv, from elementary school comes to visit, she wants to show Liv how exciting and fun she is. Or how fun she is trying to be. When Flan attends Liesel Rieds sweet sixteen birthday party, she meets celebrity Sarah Beth Benny and they decide to have their own sweet sixteen for Flan, even though she's only turning 14. Girls We Love is a wonderful book and J. Minter does an excellent job of revealing the drama in a teenagers life, from boys to just being popular. For example, Flan just broke up with her boyfriend, Jonathan. She wants to get back together with him, but now she thinks he likes Liv, but Liv actually likes Flans brother Patch. This is a fiction book and is suited for young teens. Girls We Love is the first book in the Insiders Girls series, and even though I have not gotten a chance to read the other books, I plan to. I know tons of people will love this book just like I did.

When Flan Floods old friend, Liv, from elementary school comes to visit, she wants to show Liv how exciting and fun she is. Or how fun she is trying to be. When Flan attends Liesel Rieds sweet sixteen birthday party, she meets celebrity Sarah Beth Benny and they decide to have their own sweet sixteen for Flan, even though she's only turning 14. Girls We Love is a wonderful book and J. Minter does an excellent job of revealing the drama in a teenagers life, from boys to just being popular. For example, Flan just broke up with her boyfriend, Jonathan. She wants to get back together with him, but now she thinks he likes Liv, but Liv actually likes Flans brother Patch. This is a fiction book and is suited for young teens. Girls We Love is the first book in the Insiders Girls series, and even though I have not gotten a chance to read the other books, I plan to. I know tons of people will love this book just like I did.

Have you ever felt like no matter where you are, drama follows you everywhere you go? Meet Flan Flood. An average New York City girl who just happens to be having a sweet sixteen party when she's turning fourteen. In Girls We Love, J. Minter does an excellent job of pulling all teens into this girl's life. Between the parties, boys, and celebrities you can say it's anything but ordinary. With Flan's best friend from kindergarten Liv coming to visit, and Patch her older brother all caught up in his friends, Flan has no time for the constant worry about what her ex-boyfriend Jonathan is doing. With all that is happening will Flan's party be a success or a total disaster?


This realistic fiction novel is definitely one of my favorites. I can relate to events going on, like all the drama. But also there are things happening in Girls We Love that I love reading about because they interest me. Including the hot parties with celebrities and going shopping with your new movie star best friend. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone. I guarantee you will fall in love with this book just like it did.

Have you ever felt like no matter where you are, drama follows you everywhere you go? Meet Flan Flood. An average New York City girl who just happens to be having a sweet sixteen party when's she's turning fourteen. In Girls We Love, J. Minter does an excellent job of pulling all teens into this girl's life. Between the parties, boys, and celebrities you can say it's anything but ordinary. With Flan's best friend from kindergarten, Liv coming to visit and Patch, her older, brother all caught up in his friends, Flan has no time for the constant worry about what her ex-boyfriend Jonathan is doing. With all that is happening will Flan's party be a success or a total disaster?

This realistic fiction novel is defiantly one of my favorites. I can relate to thing going on, like all the drama. But also there are things happening in Girls We Love that I love reading about because they interest me. Including the hot parties with celebrities and going shopping with your new movie star best friend. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone. I garntee you will fall in love with this book just like it did.

I fell upon this book in my university library on a cold, miserable, lonely afternoon. I sat under a maple tree and reading it suddenly I am uplifted, inspired renewed and in love with the verse of Corso, so much so that I had to not only own it but write essays about it, I am, like so many others saddened and grieving that he is so understated. "Marriage" is particularly delectable, though my favourites would have to be "Hair" and "Park". Corso gives what so many poets do not; a joyous and truly wonderous love of words, such that my own writer spirit is awakened. I recommend this book highly to any with a youthful, playful spirit. This is for the artist's heart. Corso has moved me, for you I hope he will do the same.

I recomend this book to everyone.it is funny,intellegent,and thrifting

Perhaps the man who along with Allan Ginsberg altered the way poetry was written and percieved. This is by far his most eclectic collection, featuring the masterful BOMB (perhaps the ultimate epithath for the 20th century) and the brilliant and moving MARRIAGE, POWER, CLOWN and POLICE more of the contents that show what a clever witty deep commentator Corso is. Poems you can mull ove? Definatly! Poems you can analyse? Undoubtable! But here is a collection you can read again and again and enjoy again and again.

This was the first Beat book of poetry I ever read, in my teens, and I felt compelled to read more. So I moved on to Ginsberg, and others. There's a poem in this collection that I get a real kick out of and I absolutely love. It's called "Marriage." Very funny and amusing. These poems are really unconventional and highly imaginative in their use of language and free form.

David Rehak
author of "Poems From My Bleeding Heart"

Gregory Corso must have been sitting in an empty room, with nothing more to think of than the emotions controlling his mind. In this book of poetry, the reader will gain a new appreciation for his work. The Happy Birthday of Death is one of the most powerful, and intense collections of writing available.