McKinney Library Kid's Catalog

An excited Bear mistakenly believes that Rat has given him a boat for his birthday.

When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.

Perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie, this beginning reader offers a laugh-out-loud story about birthday cakes, turnips . . . and friendship! Pig and Mouse are hard at work baking the best birthday cake EVER for Cow. But it would be a lot easier if Duck wasn't hanging around, yammering on about turnips or some nonsense. (Sheesh!) With all this silliness going on, how will they manage to throw Cow a spectacular birthday party? Well, as it turns...

Guests at Little Frog's birthday party include the red fox, the purple butterfly, the orange cat, and other colorful animals. The illustrations are designed to demonstrate the concept of complementary colors.

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 midnight spooks come around when the bell in the rickety tower bongs twelve times.

Carl the rottweiler and the toddler in his care watch the preparation for Carl's surprise birthday party.

Todd chooses a cat from the animal shelter for his birthday present.

After making a birthday wish, Fuchsia is able to conjure a fairy by blinking and saying "the fuchsia is now."

Ever since Uncle Clayton gave Nate a dinosaur costume for his birthday, Nate has been misbehaving by acting like a dinosaur, and his sister can hardly wait for her birthday to see what Uncle Clayton brings to her.