Angela Mitchell (text) & Sarah Horne (illustrations)(Maverick Books) It is Princess Lolly’s 89th birthday and she cannot wait to see her special birthday jelly. But that jelly is looking particularly grumpy and is refusing to wobble. A jelly that doesn’t wobble, who has ever heard of such a thing? So each guest gets a go …
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Willow Valley: Birthday Fun
Tracey Corderoy, with artwork by Hannah Whitty(Scholastic) It’s Riley the Mouse’s birthday today. He can’t wait for his party and have lots of fun with best friends Starla the Badger and Horatio the Hedgehog. But things don’t quite go to plan when a misunderstanding about a toy boat ends up with Riley and Horatio falling …
Muffin and the Birthday Surprise
Clara Vulliamy(Orchard Books) Muffin the yummiest small brown bear has an exciting day ahead: it is Flora and Fizz’s birthday today and they are having a party. Muffin sets off to the party with a bag-full of iced buns for the twins, but gets a little peckish along the way. Once he gets there, there …
Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School
David Mackintosh(HarperCollins Children’s Books) When Marshall Armstrong joins the school of our young narrator, it becomes clear fairly quickly that he is different. In fact, everything about him is slightly odd; Marshall is obviously rich, a little bit eccentric and prone to all sorts of medical issues. He is rather unique, but he just does not …
Peggy’s Lost Pennies
Gretel Parker(Templar) Far away in a valley nestled among the hills, live the cute creatures of Puddletown. And today is a special day, as it is twin sisters Peggy and Meggy Goose’s birthday today. Peggy has been saving her pennies for a while so she can afford to buy Meggy what she has always wanted: …
You Can’t Eat a Princess!
Gillian Rogerson (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations) (Scholastic) It is Princess Spaghetti’s’ birthday party and all is set and ready to go: the giant chocolate cake, the chocolate milkshake, the chocolate spread sandwiches (notice a theme here?). But where is her father, King Cupcake? He has been kidnapped by aliens! Nobody seems to want to …
Rita and Whatsit
Jean Philippe Arrou-Vignod (text) Olivier Tallec (illustrations)(Zero to Ten) It’s Rita’s birthday today and she is feeling a bit grumpy. She doesn’t like any of her presents; they are either too small too big or too … middle-sized: she doesn’t know where to start …. until one starts leaping! Inside she finds a little dog …