"Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game, she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday...

A little princess decides that two birthdays would be better than one, and three better than two, until every day becomes her birthday, but she soon realizes that the more birthdays she has, the less special they are.

When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present.

Children from around the world share how they celebrate their birthdays, from the importance of a first birthday in Hawaii to the celebration of Shichi-Go-San in Japan.

Nancy is furious when she cannot go to her friend Bree's butterfly-themed birthday party, but her family's outing might just be extraordinary enough to make her feel better. Includes facts about butterflies.

Katie looks forward to celebrating her birthday at school, and then finds a way to make it even more special when her friend Pedro mentions that he has a summer birthday.

It's Dad's birthday. Jack and Anna will bake him cupcakes. Will Dad be surprised?

A little boy receives a red toy car for his birthday and enjoys pedaling it many places with other friends who follow him riding other cars, bicycles, wagons, and scooters.

As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out—Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear at the window and the front door opens . . . But things are not as they seem in this suspenseful, clever story, and it's the reader who's in for...

Molly Mouse and her friends struggle to come up with ideas for birthday gifts for their friend Turtle.