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My birthday is 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours away. Today I'm starting to plan my party. So what if the Big Day's not exactly around the corner? This little girl is planning her party now. She has to, if she wants to have the best birthday party ever. She'll have the tallest birthday cake in the world, plus camels, elephants, a ferris wheel (of course), and a castle . . . with a moat. Kids will laugh out loud at the girl's wild plans, and love the oh-so-sweet ending, which involves a modest but fun party. Jennifer LaRue Huget and LeUyen Pham brilliantly capture what it feels like to be the Birthday Girl—a feeling many children will relate to.
My birthday is 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours away. Today I'm starting to plan my party. So what if the Big Day's not exactly around the corner? This little girl is planning her party now. She has to, if she wants to have the best birthday party ever. She'll have the tallest birthday cake in the world, plus camels, elephants, a ferris wheel (of course), and a castle . . . with a moat. Kids will laugh out loud at the girl's wild plans, and love the oh-so-sweet ending, which involves a modest but fun party. Jennifer LaRue Huget and LeUyen Pham brilliantly capture what it feels like to be the Birthday Girl—a feeling many children will relate to.
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About the Author-
JENNIFER LARUE HUGET is the author of Thanks A LOT, Emily Post!, which received a starred review in Booklist, and How to Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps. She is a columnist for the Washington Post. LEUYEN PHAM is the illustrator of Lenore Look's acclaimed Alvin Ho series; Kelly Dipucchio's Grace for President, a New York Times bestselling book; and Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry series. She is the author and illustrator of Big Sister, Little Sister.
Reviews-
April 1, 2011
K-Gr 2-When her birthday is more than five months away, a six-year-old girl starts planning her party. She'll make her own invitations and blow up 9000 pink balloons. There will be cake and ice cream galore. As the countdown continues, her imagination goes into high gear, and she adds a magician named Merlin. Girl guests will get real tiaras and boys will get clown hats with bells. Dad will build a castle complete with towers and a moat. There will be elephant rides and a Ferris wheel. The President of the U.S. and the Queen of England will send cards. A squadron of fighter jets will fly overhead in formation. Finally there will be a parade and fireworks. When the big day finally arrives, there is a normal party with her family and friends, a couple of balloons, ice cream, and a cake with seven candles. "I'm having the best birthday party ever. Just like I planned." And then she starts the new countdown and plan for next year. The cartoonlike watercolor illustrations are predominantly pink and exuberant. There is a lot to look at as the girl's flight of fancy gets more and more involved, including party-favor hamsters parachuting out of an airplane and Grandma scuba diving in the moat, about to come face-to-face with a dragon. Kids will enjoy this one.-Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
April 15, 2011 Grades K-1 Energetic watercolor artpredominantly pinkby the illustrator of the Alvin Ho series complements Hugets first-person narrative about a girls eager anticipation of her birthday. This irrepressible young party planner begins early (My birthday is 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours away. Today I started to plan my party), and the level of her absorption comes through in the image of her forlorn hamster, sitting alone in his cage, wearing a party hat and looking as if he needs some attention. Itd be possible to dislike this ambitious party girl, who expects nothing less than cards from the president of the U.S. and the queen of England, free hamsters for all the party guests, a parade, and more. Thankfully, the character is redeemed when the actual event arrives and features simple balloons, a cake with only two layers, and other regular seven-year-old party fare. A testament to grand aspirations and humble satisfactions alike.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)
July 1, 2011 Although it's five months away, a girl starts planning her birthday party, which she would like to include thousands of balloons, fifty-seven guests, etc. In a refreshingly down-to-earth turn, she isn't disappointed (hence readers won't be either) when her party resembles that of a typical middle-class child. Pham's illustrations make the real party look just as much fun as the fantasy version.
(Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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