FP Library Book Lists

Mouse has baked a special treat for Little Bird's birthday! But delivering it to his friend isn't easy--not when everyone he meets along the way offers to trade something for a piece of cake. . . . Will there be any cake left for the Birthday Bird when Mouse arrives or will they have to find another way to have their cake and eat it too?

Scaredy Squirrel is planning his own birthday party for one - but despite his detailed plans, things get out of control when the party animals arrive. He'd rather celebrate alone quietly in the safety of his nut tree and avoid those pesky party animals (ants, clownfish, ponies and Bigfoot). When all his excessive plans are thrown up in the air like confetti, will Scaredy play dead and cancel? Or will he face the music?

Caveboy has quite the rock collection. Cavegirl adores her tool collection. As their big day approaches, Cavegirl trades her beloved tool collection for a special gift for Caveboy. Meanwhile Caveboy trades his treasured rock collection for a special gift for Cavegirl. When it's time to exchange presents, these two cavekids are in for one mammoth surprise.

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.

Join our excited narrator as she lists all the things that will make her birthday the BEST birthday. When's my birthday? Where's my birthday? How many days until my birthday? I'd like a pony for my birthday and a necklace for my birthday. I'd like a chicken for my birthday. I'd like a ball to bounce and bounce. I'd like a big cake on my birthday with lots of chocolate on my birthday and lots of candles on my birthday 1,2,3,4,5, and 6!*

Everyone has a birthday, and from riotous birthday parties to the excitement of being one year older, having a birthday is the highlight of the year. All little dinosaurs love to get presents, and this new board book will be an immediate favorite. From brightly colored birthday hats to Ceratosaurus-sized cakes, these pre-historic party goers teach us how to say Happy Birthday!*

It's Mr. Tortoise's birthday, and he can't wait to eat cake with his friends. But there's a hitch! Mr. Tortoise can't remember how old he is, so his friends don't know how many candles to put on the cake. And they won't stop (or slice) until they figure out the mystery. Could Mr. Tortoise be as many years old as there are sections on his shell? He's twice as big as the smaller tortoise . . . so is he twice as old? After the partygoers work through a variety of possibilities, they find their way to the answer with a simple bit of addition.

The most important rule is #1: It must be your birthday. Once that's out of the way, the most important elements of every year's most essential holiday, including singing; closing your eyes and making a wish; blowing out candles on a cake, then settling into bed and dreaming of your wish coming true.*

The town of Mossy Pockets is getting ready to throw a birthday party for Bigfoot, who doesn’t seem to like birthday parties. All the townspeople gather together on the top of the hill where one small party goer creates one huge mess and everyone finds out the truth about Bigfoot and how he really feels about birthday parties.*

Patience might be a virtue but waiting is so hard! On a beautiful sunny afternoon, Bear can't sit still because he's got a surprise planned for his good friend Hare. He hustles and bustles and scuttles about. But when, in his excitement, he makes a mess of things, can he set it all right before Hare shows up?*