Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

by Terry Border (Author) Terry Border (Illustrator)

Happy Birthday, Cupcake!
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
From the creator of Peanut Butter & Cupcake comes a birthday book starring everyone's favorite dessert!

What's a cupcake to do when she needs to plan her birthday party? In this hilarious, kid-friendly homage to food and birthdays, Cupcake runs through tons of ideas while her best friend, Blueberry Muffin, finds reasons why they won't work: Soup gets seasick; Donut melts in the sun; someome might get squashed during musical chairs; and Cupcake is not very good at limbo (her icing might get sliced off!). Just as Cupcake is ready to crumble, Blueberry Muffin has one last idea that just might save the day.

With laugh-out-loud visual gags (like a band made up of beans--the musical fruit, of course), this book is sure to put a birthday smile on any kid's face (and on adult faces as well).

Praise for Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

As in his earlier picture book, Border's characters are skillfully crafted food items with basic wire limbs arranged in simple landscapes....Preschoolers will be delighted with the visual mayhem.--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Peanut Butter & Cupcake

Border's witty food comedy will lure children who are hungry for clever visual entertainment.--Publishers Weekly

[Z]any creative photographs. [A] read-aloud hit.--School Library Journal
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Kirkus Reviews

"Preschoolers will be delighted with the visual mayhem, although parents may cringe at the quantity of junk food depicted."

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Praise for Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

"As in his earlier picture book, Border's characters are skillfully crafted food items with basic wire limbs arranged in simple landscapes....Preschoolers will be delighted with the visual mayhem."—Kirkus Reviews
Terry Border
Terry Border is the author of Peanut Butter & Cupcake; Happy Birthday, Cupcake!; and Milk Goes to School. He is also the mastermind behind the Bent Objects project, which has been lauded in media all over the world, spawning books, calendars, greeting cards, and puzzles. He lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399171604
Lexile Measure
510
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Philomel Books
Publication date
July 20, 2015
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
JUV017100 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Birthdays
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Parties
Friendship in children
Food
Birthdays

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