A joyful picture book that celebrates every kid's favorite day of the year, full of adorable art from the illustrator of Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site and I Wish You More. The most important rule is #1: It must be your birthday. After that's been established, a crew of hilarious animals help picture book pros Tom Lichtenheld and Beth Ferry take readers through a joyous romp that covers the most important elements of every year's most essential holiday, including singing; closing your eyes and making a wish; blowing out candles on a cake, then settling into bed and dreaming of your wish coming true.

Dora and Boots are off on a special adventure in Wizzle Kingdom to help the Birthday Wizzle make birthday wishes come true. Based on a brand new episode, this adorable story is the perfect precursor to Dora's own upcoming birthday celebration in autumn 2010!

Marie the kitten cannot sleep! That night, Duchess and O'Malley were throwing a huge birthday party for their friend Scat Cat, and poor Marie wanted nothing more than to go to the party. But Duchess forbid the kitten from going. Determined to attend, Marie disguises herself as an adult cat and sneaks in—but will her cover be blown? Don't miss this adorable tale as Marie joins the grown-ups for a party of a lifetime!

Daniela's sad on her birthday, wishing the world could see her as the girl she knows herself to be inside. When Tulip the Birthday Wish Fairy reads her wish, he learns something new, breaks a few rules, and helps Daniela with her wish.

Grace hates her best friend Ryan for stealing the guy Grace has a crush on and then making out with him at Grace's birthday party. When it's time to blow out the candles and make a wish, Grace keeps it simple: she wishes Ryan would die. But birthday wishes don't really come true, right? The Birthday Wish is a young adult short story with paranormal/ supernatural elements: 4,200 words. Keywords: young adult, ya, teen, birthday, wish, paranormal, supernatural, fairy, death, best friends, short read

Wishing won't change the past. If it could, Catherine Barton would have never seen her marriage annulled by her husband's interfering socialite parents. And Cat wouldn't be left alone to raise her daughter, Sunni. It's been many years since Jonah Shelton was forced to annul his marriage to Catherine. Since accepting Christ, Jonah has wanted to make up for the cowardice that ripped him from Cat's arms and broke her heart. When Sunni's tenth birthday wish is for a daddy, will she get more than she bargained for?

The Birthday Wish - Early Reader - Children's Picture Books