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Happy birthday to you! Okay, well, maybe your birthday isn’t this month, but we can all agree that birthdays are the best! Cake, ice cream, presents…what’s not to like? Celebrate birthday bliss with these fun books about everything from birthday wishes to the birthday song!
YOUTH These picture books will have kids counting the days until their next birthday! Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish
How Many Sleeps Til My Birthday? by Mark Sperring
There’s much to learn in these non- fiction titles. Weird But True! Birthdays: 300 Fun-tastic Facts to Celebrate (National Geographic Kids) Unwrap 300 wacky facts and pictures showcasing the hilarious history, crazy coincidences, awesome astrological beliefs, and surprising statistics behind birthdays. Happy Birthday to You! The Mystery Behind the Most Famous Song in the World by Margot Theis Raven In 1889, Patty and Mildred Hill, two Kentucky sisters, wrote the words and composed the melody of “Good Morning to All” for their kindergarten students. Initially written as a simple greeting and welcome, they later changed the words, and birthday celebrations were forever altered.
Like every small bear, Little Pip can’t wait until his birthday! How will Daddy Grizzle explain just how many sleeps there are to go? Your experienced readers won’t be able to put down this hilarious chapter book! Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett It’s the Birthday Bunny! No, wait…the Battle Bunny? After receiving a birthday book from his grandmother, Alex decides to hijack the surprise birthday party story and turn it into a battle between superhero and villain instead. Illustrations within illustrations and scribbled over text make for a doubly hilarious story that begs to be read over and over again. Are your kids up for some birthday trivia?
by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld Did you know there were rules to making a birthday wish? In fact, there are 10 rules! One rule, of course, is it must be your birthday. This charming picture book with endearing illustrations lays out all 10 rules of making a birthday wish. Maybe you know two or three rules, but do you know all 10? The Entertainer by Emma Dodd An entertainer in a big cuddly bear costume arrives at a little boy’s birthday party and delights the children with his antics and surprises, but is everything as it seems?
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14 JULY 2024 | BRPARENTS.COM
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