Violent is the word for Curly (1938): Class is in session at the exclusive Mildew College for Women, where Professors Howard, Fine and Howard teach the shapely student body their famous nonsense song, "Swinging the alphabet." You natzy spy! (1940): The King of Moronica is overthrown, and three paperhangers are chosen to take his place: Dictator Hailstone, Field Marshall Gallstone and Minister of Propaganda Pebble. No census, no feeling (1940): Three...

"It's Little Robin's birthday, and all the zoo animals want to help him celebrate! Yet with each animal comes different ideas from around the world. So how does one plan the perfect birthday party? First, there's music! As all the eager creatures join in for a birthday song, what should have been harmonious music turns into chaos: mooing, yelping, braying, and squawking! And then there's the food! Everyone has their own favorite meals, and no one...

When the man with the yellow hat tells George that he is planning a surprise, of course George is curious. Before long George finds a hat, noisemakers, decorations, and games. It must be a birthday! But whose birthday is it? That's the surprise!

"The bug on a bike is riding somewhere, but no one quite knows the destination. But that doesn't stop all the other animals from following along"--

Forced to invite her nemesis to her roller-skating birthday party, Aleca Zamm struggles to hide her ability to stop time while searching for a fellow Wonder.

Friends Houndsley and Catina are sad because they do not know when their birthdays are, but they solve the problem in a thoughtful and creative way.

"When the Johnson family gathers for a family reunion to celebrate the birthday of Uncle Wesley, the family’s patriarch, it becomes a day filled with fun and games, favorite foods, a little arguing, and lots of dancing. Readers will leave this picture book feeling like they just spent the day with a family they will want to visit again and again and again"--Book jacket.

It's Franklin's birthday! Luna and all the villagers are planning a surprise party, and Franklin's family are visiting from the moon. While the party is being set up, Luna takes Franklin book shopping. They find a padlocked book of fairy tales, which the bookseller tells them is full of dangerous magic. Luna's tortoise, Neil, can't help picking the lock but when he peers inside, the book swallows him whole. Franklin and Luna dive into the book to...

In these three tales Bertie turns a pink birthday party into a mess, faces and fails the challenge of being polite for an entire day (fortunately), and mistakes his mother's flower arrangement for garbage.

"It's Eddie's birthday! He's looking forward to a party filled with fun, games, and ...dragons? Ziggy and Arthur show up, and their idea of a good time involves eating everything in sight and making a mess of all the magician's tricks. Is Eddie in for the wrong kind of birthday surprise?