IT’S CELEBRATION TIME AT THE LIBRARY!
from the bookshelf
For most of us, our birthday is the best day of the year. Whether yours is coming up or months away, these fun reads will make any day feel like a celebration. Help your littlest readers plan their perfect birthday with Julie Fogliano’s When’s My Birthday? In this enthusiastic rhyming book, you’ll follow along with the narrator as she recites all the things that make celebrating her birthday so fun. Alongside Christian Robinson’s illustrations, Fogliano captures the pure excitement and anticipation we’ve all had leading up to our special day. Finding a cockroach in your house is another familiar
feeling to most New Orleanians. Your Birthday Was the Best! by Maggie Hutchings and Felicita Sala flips the script and takes us into the perspective of one friendly cockroach who decided to join in on the birthday festivities. The curious critter has a great time, but things take a turn when he falls asleep after eating too much cake. Not everyone wants to celebrate their birthdays the same way, and Todd Parr does a great job encouraging empathy and inclusion in The Birthday Book . Parr explains that your birthday is all about you, so you should have the right to spend it how you want to — whether it’s alone, in the spotlight at a
big party, receiving lots of presents, or lots of hugs. You might know what your birthstone is, but what else do you know about it? Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem by Sarah Glenn Marsh and Hallye Webb takes middle grade readers through the full history of these 12 stones — where they are mined, how and why they were popular, and how best to harness each stone’s energy. Have you ever wondered how many people share your birthday? How much the winner of the world birthday cake-eating championship ate? How to measure the number of birthdays different fish have had?
Thanks to Weird But True! Birthdays: 300 Fun-tastic Facts to Celebrate by National Geographic , kids can party all year round with wacky facts and fun pictures about hilarious history, crazy coincidences, amazing astrological beliefs, and surprising statistics behind birthdays. Teens interested in astrology are sure to love Shelley Von Strunckel’s The Birthday Book: What the Day You Were Born Says About You. Readers will learn how to use their birthday to identify key personality traits and entertain friends and family by revealing theirs. By harnessing the power of astrology in an entertaining and informative way, you’ll
learn about the dates, numbers, colors, and even foods with which each person is most compatible. Anyone who watches anime has surely dreamed about sampling the beautifully animated food that’s so often featured in the genre. With Bake Anime: 75 Sweet Recipes Spotted In and Inspired by Your Favorite Anime by Emily J. Bushman , you don’t have to imagine what they taste like, you can make them yourself. From the soufflé pancakes in Your Name to the custard Taiyaki from My Hero Academia , anime fans are sure to have a blast with this charming cookbook.
Kacy Helwick is the youth collection development librarian for the New Orleans Public Library’s collections and acquisitions department. Marie Simoneaux is the media and communications coordinator for the New Orleans Public Library.
10 JULY 2023 | NOLAFAMILY.COM
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