A vibrant, humorous and moving story about friendship that is filled with wordplay and imaginative characters to spark creativity in readers of all ages Butternut and Buttercup are like two peas in a pod. It's Buttercup's birthday and Butternut doesn't want to spoil their sweet friendship with a sour gift. He visits old and new friends for advice and goes on an exciting exploration of food and friendship, where he discovers so much more than the perfect...

Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.

After choosing a special gift for his sweetheart, Jack chases it all the way to her house just in time for her Christmas party.

Even though his older brother and sisters offer to let him share their birthday presents to their mother, Tommy wants to give her a special present just from him.

A professor tries to assemble Frankenstein's body parts so that the monster can enjoy his birthday cake, with unexpected results.

Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she just cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping, but none of the places they stop seem present-worthy--Katie is disappointed, but when she gets home a big surprise is waiting for her.

Despite Bear's efforts to ignore his birthday, Mouse will not rest until his friend celebrates.

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.

When the little mouse, Contrary Mary, appears to be unhappy at her most unusual birthday party, her father knows just what to do to get her to laugh.

A mother and child fill a cart at the supermarket with everything from grapes to paper towels, finishing off with some very special items.