Birthdays Books

This book is one of my favorites. Birthday cakes are covered for children, adults, men, women. There are a variety of ideas and also a good number of basic skills that can be used to design and create your own cakes. Cakes ranging from easy to more difficult are shown which allows this book to be an asset no matter the level of the decorator.

I was looking forward to getting this book.I was disappointed that it has alot of the same cakes and ideas that several of my other books already have.If you don't have any books on fondant or only have a couple, then i would suggest getting this book.It has lots of picture's & does a good job on explaining what to do.

I just recieved this book about a month ago, and how amazed I was. There are so many wonderful ideas in this book. It's a must for any cake decorator to have in there collection! It has full, easy to follow, color page instructions for each of the cakes, including recipes for cakes and icings used. There's a Volts Wagen cake that they shaped out of regular square cake. Awesome! The barbie cake is so beautiful, any little girl would fall in love with it. I could keep going on and on. I totally recommend this book, and hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

I bought this book to give to a long time friend who was the guest of honor at a surprise birthday party. While it is funny, some of the remarks are a little off-color. Also it is really aimed at men (which the guest of honor was, fortunately.) I don't think women would find the jokes about balding and impotence funny.

60 is the new 40, or so I've concluded from this punchy joke book for the well over 50 set. A fun book that will surely produce knowing groans for those of us closing in on our second adulthood.

An entertaining look at the aging process. The author has a keen eye and sharp wit when it comes to our obsession with staying young. There are lots of memorable quotes and quips to share with friends and family. I found it to to be a nice little conversation piece and welcome addition to our coffee table. Guaranteed to amuse and highly recommended for all!

this book was great. it describes your personality down to the teeth. Everyone's birthday I referenced, was right on the nose.

This book is worth having in your collection. It gives a new meaning to your horoscope. It isn't just about what your sign is. This book gives the answers to why two people could be of the same sign, but completely different. It is also interesting to see what number you are, which gives you even more insight.

"Your birthday is more than just the day of the year you were born. Each day in the yearly cycle in its distinct vibrations and contains its own unique characteristics. The influence of your day of birth is one of the dynamics that distinguishes you from other people. It's a defining factor in who you are and who you hope to become." - From the book

A New Age counselor for over 30 years, author Phyllis Vega has provided seekers with exciting, practical information in books like Power Tarot, Celtic Astrology, and Your Magickal Name. In What Your Birthday Reveals About You, Vega applies her extensive knowledge of numerology and astrology to create 366 distinct profiles for each day of the year.

A lively, up-to-date guide to self-awareness, this book is divided into three sections: Part One covers the 12 signs of the Zodiac, including a relevant mythological tale conveying the symbolic meaning of the sign, Character and Personality, and Relationships. Part two explains the nine basic numbers of numerology, and the profiles for each of these root numbers. Part three, the 366 birthdays of the year, gives a comprehensive reading for each birth date. Each birthday profile contains insight on fostering natural abilities in challenging in meaningful ways, as well as noteworthy birthdays and observances associated with that day.

Melding numerology and astrology, Vega paints 366 fascinating portraits that reveals secrets and highlights strengths, revealing accurate personality quirks, motivations, preferences, and paths to fulfillment.

My birthday is November 6, and I found my profile to be eerily accurate. Here is a portion of what Vega writes for this profile:

"The charming, gregarious, and seemingly easy-going outer façade of those celebrating birthdays today camouflages as a tougher, more intense inner nature. You actually are all that you seen--idealistic, judicious, fair-minded, and honorable. But there is a part of you that his shrewd, secretive, and mistrustful of the motives of others. Moreover, you refuse to settle for quick answers or superficial assessments. You want to believe in the goodness of humanity, so you optimistically hope for the best. However, you've seen too much of the dark side of human nature not to be prepared for the worst."

My husband, a fellow Scorpio, was born on October 27. Two plus seven equals nine, so his numerical vibration for that day is nine. However I've never found the nine profile to describe him accurately in ANY numerology text. Nines are usually characterized as ambitious go getters and compassionate crusaders, and Vega highlights this in her October 27 profile. As a result, his profile is mostly inaccurate.

However, in addition to the incredible accuracy of my own profile, my dad's profile (July 11) was also quite accurate. The author mentions how these ones side step conflict with aplomb and make great managers. My Dad has served as a manager in several jobs, and he does indeed retreat into his shell when conflict arises on the home front.

At 479 pages, What Your Birthday Reveals About You brims with mythos, symbolism, personality traits, compatibility issues, sticking points, and more. Readers only need to know the day and month of birth to access amusing and often intriguing profiles of friends and loved ones. While this book may not be a 100% accurate manual (what book on human personality CAN be?), it is thorough, engaging, and informative. What Your Birthday Reveals About You would be a great ice-breaker at parties and would no doubt provide some interesting fodder at family reunions and gatherings!

My 3 year old twins adore anything to do with birthday parties and presents and this charming book supplies that along with the virtues of hard work - a wonderful book for young children.

You can purchase this identical book NEW ! It has been retitled "Angelina's Birthday". The two books are identical in every way except the title! Don't purchase both (like I did) thinking you're going to get two different stories!

It is a cute book, with another nice moral: Angelina has a bicycling accident which ruins her old bike, then spends the week working to earn money to purchase a new one. All her friends and family see how hard she has worked and pitch in to buy the bike and give it to her as a birthday surprise.

I am the mother of a 2 1/2 year old girl who has adored this book for 6 months. Every night before bed the only thing she wants to read is "Hilda". The best thing about all Richard Scarry's books, besides his delightful sense of humor, is the multiple things happening on each page. Each night we are able to find new things and talk about different aspects of Hilda's lengthy trip (she takes a bus to a train to an oceanliner to a car to an airplane) all to reach Lowly Worm's birthday party today. To read the same story every night and keep it interesting without falling asleep oneself gets challenging at best, but Richard Scarry's story helps make reading the same story easy.

Children really adore pop-up books, especially those with little windows to open, wheels to turn to change the image, and levers to push and pull. The maximum fascination seems to come from ages 2-4, and this book is a cornucopia of pop-up fun for such a child. If your children are like mine, they will spend many hours happily interacting with the materials in this book. Each time, they will want to manipulate each item at least once!

The story is the weak part of this book. I graded the book down to reflect this weakness, although I thought the book's design and use of pop-ups are terrific.

To put all of those pop-ups together, the scenes had to change a lot. The book opens (pun intended) with Hilda Hippo reading her letter from Lowly Worm to find that she's been invited to his birthday party. To go to the party, she takes a bus to the train station. On the train, she has a fine meal. The train arrives at the dock where she boards an ocean liner. After she debarks, she drives in a Hippomobile at an airport. There, she gets a ride in Rudolf von Flugel's private plane. The last page describes what happens when Rudolf and she arrive at the party.

The travel process doesn't make much sense, so you'll just have to encourage your child to laugh at the silliness and enjoy it. The story only progresses on pages 1, 11, and 12.

Here's how the book is designed. Each time you open a page, you are looking at a giant pop-up scene that fills half the area (and blocks out the back, which you cannot see). The pop-ups are all over the page, so there are many different items. In addition, windows and other items to manipulate are everywhere, with some on the pop-ups and some not. After you have read all of the pop-ups facing one way, you turn the book upside down (from your original perspective) and read it going the other way.

In the end, Lowly Worm says, "Why, this is the best birthday ever." I suspect that you and your child will be saying that this is the best pop-up book ever.

Such a large and complicated pop-up book is undoubtedly going to get heavy use. Some parts will be torn and rendered unusable. You should plan to reinforce any parts you see starting to wear as soon as that happens. These are cardboard items, so Super Glue and transparent tape work well. If you think your child may want to have a fairly pristine copy to treasure for future generations, you could buy more than one and store one of them away for when your child is physically easier on books.

If your child likes this book, I also suggest getting other interactive books for your child. My four children all went through many copies of Pat the Bunny as their starting point for "touch and see" books.

Another good activity to use with your child is to play plenty of peek-a-boo starting before age one. Pop-up books are all about peek-a-boo, and allow you to continue the wonderful fun!

Have a ball!

In A Birthday Basket for Tia, Cecelia, a little girl of about 5-7 anos (years) of age decides to put together a birthday gift basket for her aunt who is turning 90. She gathers all of her aunts favorite things including a teacup, red ball, mixing bowl, book, flower pot, and flowers. Her aunt arrives to her surprise party and enjoys removing each gift from the basket. Then she dances with her neice without the aid of her cane. All throughout the book Cecelia's silly cat Chico plays by getting into the basket, sitting on the book, and putting her face into the flowers. This book is so understated in it's simplicity, the message of love and family comes through undiluted.

Girls ages 5-7 should enjoy this book. It's 2nd grade reading level, but short enough that it could be read to a younger child in under 15 minutes. Some words are in Spanish such as anos, noventa, bizcochos, and hierbabuena, but the meanings are easily decipherable by non-Spanish speaking readers.

In the late Fall of 1992, I read A BIRTHDAY BASKET FOR TIA (Macmillan) by Pat Mora. (I received it as a gift from a special friend and mentor.) I had never read a children's book written by a Mexican American author, so I read it with anticipation.

At the same time, I became angry because I had never read a picture book and much less a young adult novel by a relevant author of my ethnic group. Why hadn't anyone offered such children's books to me when I was a young boy coming of age in Magnolia, the East side barrio of Houston? Nevertheless, I hugged the book and read it again and again in the company of other young(er) Latinas and Latinos in Houston and San Antonio public schools. Who would have thought?

Since then, I have shared the book in English and Spanish, too, with educators and readers. So many readers--of all ages and colors--have met the young girl named Cecilia, the silly cat named Chica, and her loving aunt. An advocate for children, Pat Mora's picture books continue to share the written word and celebrate the narrative of many Latinas and Latinos living in the United States. Muchisimas gracias, Pat Mora.

Toddlers love this book. The language is repetitive and they love anticipating what will happen next. It also gives them a chance to work with recognizing animals and their sounds. I think it is a must for infants and toddlers!

Our 7th month old daughter has loved this book since she was about 3 months old. Its a simple story with repeatitive words. Its vibrant and colorful, with pop-out figures on every page. It is one book that will calm her and actually makes her giggle. It is a great book for allowing your baby to interact because there are flaps that need to be lifted on every page. It just delights us to see how much she enjoys this simple little book.

I bought this book for my son (3 years). He was thrilled by the sequence of the story.

The colors are wonderful, the pictures are large and the book was succesful in attracting the attention of my son right till the end.

If you don't want your kid to ask you to read a story over and over in the same day, then don't buy this book;)

Cynthia is a little girl who is a pony lover. All she really wants for her birthday is a pony. She gets a goldfish from her parents instead. She is a little upset. Cynthia talksto the fish about her feeling. He tells her that he's a magic fish and all she had to do it take him to the lake and set him free. When she does he said her wish will come true. She puts him in the stroller and sets off for the lake. She wished for a pony. While on the way to the lake she gets to know the fish better and start to really like him. She decides to keep the fish for her pet!


What did you like or not like about the book?

This book is by the creator of the Nick Jr show Oswald. The pictures are done in the same style as the tv show. Fans of the show will also enjoy this book


Would you recommend the book? Why or Why not?

Yes.It shows that even if you don't always get what you wish for things can turn out just fine!

This is a dear, sweet book about being happy with what you have. "The Birthday Presents" is Paul Stewart's short but sweet tale about two pals, a rabbit and a hedgehog, and how they go about trying their darndest to pick the most wonderful possible birthday gifts for each other.

Deciding that Rabbit's hole is just a mite dark, Hedgehog bottles up a bunch of moonlight. Simultaneously, Rabbit worries that Hedgehog might be bothered by the sunlight while sleeping out in the open--so he packs up a mossy box of darkness. Of course the pals are disappointed when they open their gifts, but they later figure out on their own the good wishes behind each gift--and the best way to put the gifts to real, everyday use.

Any small child can begin to learn from this book the secret of choosing to be happy with what you have, instead of worrying about what you don't have, and parents and kids alike will get a kick out of Chris Riddell's vivid illustrations.

The Birthday Presents is such a wonderful book. Poor Hedgehog and Rabbit don't know when their birthdays are. They decide they will celebrate them together and go about choosing a gift for each. Each of them chooses a gift with love and care. You can almost feel how much thought they put into their gift. This book focuses on the act of giving, not just the gift itself. A great book for any age!

Dr. Hoffman has brought together a myriad of highly articulated statements offering insight into the heart and soul of graduating. The hallmark of every entry is a love of life, a call to the unselfish creative life,the conquest of fear,and of the goodness and nobility of serving others.

When one reads a Hoffman book one must be prepared to think deeply and to consider the well spring of your life. Every selection offers a taste of wisdom. Practicality is clearly stated and spirituality too. The Creative Spirit of Life can be seen hidden deeply in the words and pages of this splendid gift book.

If one wants to turn "Graduation Day" into a spiritual event that addresses the inmost heat and soul of a person,,,then this book is a true gift to the soul of the graduate.

It would be a wise "graduate" that considered the meaning of this marvelous little book and it would be a wise SOUL that offered this treasure as a gift to a graduate. I recomend it.

Birthdays are intensely personal events, some happy, others bittersweet. This book provides insights into how celebrities reacted to, celebrated, mulled over and contemplated their own birthdays or those of relatives and friends. Among the little-known tales: What Bob Dylan did on his 30th, Marilyn Monroe's "steamy" rendition of "Happy Birthday" to her "friend," JFK, the gift sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov bought for himself and the birthday poem Anne Frank's father wrote her while the family was hiding from the Nazis. It's a gift book that both entertains and puts perspective into birthdays.