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Do you crack open a piñata on your birthday? Do you eat long noodles? Learn all about different birthday customs of children around the world.

How many candles will be on your birthday cake this year? What flavor of cake will you eat? Learn all about cakes you can enjoy on your special day.

Birthdays are full of streamers, balloons, and presents. Get ready to celebrate in C Is for Cake!

Para el niño protagonista de este relato levantarse es un rito. El momento más delicioso es el desayuno caliente. Pero, ay, acaba de recordar algo: ¡mamá cumple años hoy! Con el cuidado poético habitual de Nesquens por el lenguaje, se recrea un día especial en la vida de un niño.

Annabelle is determined to have a birthday party that stands out from the rest. The moon seems like the perfect spot! But wearing spacesuits and partying in a place with no air create some challenges that Annabelle didn't expect. Will her out-of-this-world birthday still be a blast?

Para el niño protagonista de este relato levantarse es un rito. El momento más delicioso es el desayuno caliente. Pero, ay, acaba de recordar algo: ¡mamá cumple años hoy! Con el cuidado poético habitual de Nesquens por el lenguaje, se recrea un día especial en la vida de un niño.

Por mi cumpleaños hago una lista con todo lo que quiero que me regalen. Pero este año mis padres han hecho trampa y me han pedido que solo escriba cosas que no se pueden guardar. Lo que no saben es que tengo un montón de ideas chulísimas para mi nueva lista. A veces los mejores regalos no se encuentran en las tiendas sino en la imaginación.

Mariví recibe un fabuloso regalo de cumpleaños: un estuche de pastillas de colores. Hay que aplicárselas sobre la frente justo antes de dormir, y entonces...íLa verdad es que son unas pastillas muy, muy especiales!

Nestor se sent souvent différent des autres enfants. À la veille de son anniversaire, il trouve difficile d’avouer à ses amis ce dont il a vraiment envie pour sa fête, de peur d’être jugé. Entouré d’une famille aimante et d’une panoplie de peluches réconfortantes, il trouvera comment célébrer ses six ans en grand, comme il l’entend !

Mallory McDonald is turning nine! And she is ready to celebrate getting the past year over - one troubled with moving, starting a new school, making new friends, and sibling rivalry. Mallory wants her ninth birthday to be extra special. So instead of celebrating just one day, she plans an entire "birth month" celebration. But soon things aren't going according to plan, and Mallory fears that being nine may be just as difficult as being eight.

When Alyssa must spend the summer with her aunt, uncle, and bratty cousin Emily in Willow Falls she thinks it’s a good time to start over. She’ll be turning 13 after all. What Alyssa doesn’t know is that this charmed town has something big in store for her on her 13th birthday.

Everyone wants to give their friend Clifford a special birthday present. But the blow-up ball pops, the pinata gets smashed, the sweater is much too small, and the beauty parlor gift certificate just didn't seem right. Finally, Clifford gets the best present of all - his family there to celebrate with him.

It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited—after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating itself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .

Allie is super excited for the Twirltacular baton competition, until she finds out she has to go to Brittany Hauser’s birthday party instead. What’s a girl to do?

Jeffrey wants Saturn for his birthday, and he wants the moons, too - all 47 of them. After all, they'll make great nightlights! But he's not selfish; he'll share the rings with some of his friends at school and with his teacher, Mrs. Cassini. Facts about Saturn are woven seamlessly throughout this funny story as Jeffrey explains just what he'll do with his present and how he'll take care of it. His dad better hurry with the order, though, because shipping might take a while.

Stumbling onto an ancient wine press while walking her dog, amateur archeologist Jodie gets the best idea ever for a birthday surprise for her dad!

Brandon and his brother Riley want to surprise their mom on her birthday. They bake a cake and even make a piñata! They also make a mess. What will Brandon pick for his mom's present? Find out the many ways people celebrate their birthdays.

In these three stories, Alice wants a pig for her birthday, Alice competes with her brother in the Alphabet Game, and Rosie isn't so sure that Mum & Dad are doing the right thing in training Rosie to tell the truth.

Now that Rory is 12-years-old there is a long list of things that she is finally allowed to do. But she soon finds out that being twelve might not be all she thought it was cracked up to be.

A poignant—and laugh-out-loud funny—story about our busy lives and how we can fix our mistakes to show our friends how much we care by world-renowned artist and picture book creator Oliver Jeffers. It’s Bridget’s birthday, and she thinks it would be fun to spend the day with friends. But...