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When's My Birthday?
★"A gift of a picture book that's at once nostalgic and fresh."―Kirkus Reviews, starred review
In this enthusiastic celebration of all things BIRTHDAY, acclaimed author Julie Fogliano and award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson bring you the perfect birthday book! 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! Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor Award When's My Birthday? is a School Library Journal Best Book, a Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book, an NPR Best Book, a Chicago Public Library Best Book, and an ALSC Notable Children's Book.
Book Details
- Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
- Publish Date: Sep 5th, 2017
- Pages: 40
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 11.10in - 6.30in - 0.50in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9781626722934
- Recommended age: 03-06
- Categories: • Holidays & Celebrations - Birthdays• Humorous Stories• Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
About the Author
Fogliano, Julie: - Julie Fogliano is the New York Times bestselling author of And Then It's Spring and If You Want to See a Whale as well as the poetry collection, When Green Becomes Tomatoes. Recipient of the 2013 the Ezra Jack Keats award, her books have been translated into more than ten languages. Julie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and three children. When she is not folding laundry or wondering what to make for dinner, she is staring out the window waiting for a book idea to fly by.
Robinson, Christian: - Christian Robinson is an illustrator, author, animator, and designer. He is a Caldecott Honoree and illustrator of #1 New York Times bestsellers Last Stop on Market Street (by Matt de la Peña), The Bench (by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex), and Something, Someday (by Amanda Gorman). His solo projects include Dad; Another, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; and the New York Times bestseller You Matter. He has won three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors, including one for Nina: A Story of Nina Simone (by Traci Todd).
Praise for this book
* Buoyant and perfectly childlike, meant to be read aloud with gusto and a keen sense of urgency.--School Library Journal, starred review
*A gift of a picture book that's at once nostalgic and fresh.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review *There might be a more perfect picture book about birthdays out there, but you'd be hard-pressed to find it.--Booklist, starred review "With playful illustrations and text that bounces like a bouquet of balloons, if you were to blow out your candles and wish for a perfect birthday book, this is what you'd get." --NPR