Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A series of animals demonstrate how to observe a birthday properly through 10 rules in this tale by the creators of Stick and Stone. Yet it immediately and amusingly becomes clear that every rule has exceptions. "It must be your birthday" and "your age should have increased by one," doesn't apply to certain creatures: "If your life cycle is a month or a week or sniff, sniff, only a single day, please celebrate immediately!" A party is necessary and balloons suggested unless "you are a rhinoceros, a swordfish, a sea urchin, or pointy in any way." "Combining rules" is okay, too, so "If you are a frog, consider using fireflies as your candles AND your dessert." Lichtenheld's exuberant mixed-media illustrations offer all the fun of a birthday fete, and images of cartoon critters partying in their own way (an aloof moose blows bubbles on the back of an elephant) fortify Ferry's droll message that there are no intractable rules for celebration. Ages 4 8. Author's)
