"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...

The Aldens start a business producing birthday parties and find themselves investigating a series of robberies taking place during their parties.

A child presents ten essential rules of birthday wishes, from planning the right party through having the right dessert--with a light to blow out--to keeping the wish secret.

"Pirates are a dangerous and dirty lot, but when they get an invitation to a little girl's birthday party, they're simply delighted ... but Pete the pirate parrot makes them clean up before they go. No bath, no cake."

On the day before a critical med school interview, straight A college student Jeff Chang gets a surprise visit from his two best buds to celebrate his twenty-first birthday. In no mood to party, Jeff finally agrees to a single drink, which quickly leads to an over-the-top, out-of-control night filled with epic beer pong, smoking hot coeds and one angry buffalo. Can Jeff's friends get their plastered pal cleaned up in time for his morning appointment?...

Boa is hoping to enjoy his best birthday ever, but most of his friends' gifts are very disappointing.

Annie and her pet rabbit, Snowball, invite Henry and Mudge to a dress-up birthday party, but there is some confusion about what the guests are supposed to wear.

"Every child in the world has a birthday. But how children celebrate this occasion depends on where they live. In this latest addition to the Around the World series, award-winning author Margriet Ruurs explores the fascinating ways that children experience birthdays. You'll meet fourteen kids from different countries, each celebrating a birthday according to their local traditions. Bram from Belgium never gets to sleep in on his birthday - his family...

Who took Kitty's presents? Why are Kitty's friends so bizarre? Readers will laugh out loud at Kitty's feline mood swings, and they'll be touched by the heartwarming visit from a surprise guest. Who doesn't love cake and presents and party games? Bad Kitty, of course.

"This picture book celebrates, through words and images, the best birthday gift of all--a whole day that is yours to unwrap"--