Birthday Boy


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A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for 9+ readers everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David’s inimitable and award-winning combination of wish-fulfilment, heart and hilarity, all brought to life by regular collaborator Jim Field’s witty, stylish illustrations.




The Ghost and the Birthday Boy


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Lily and Ian’s families come to Frederickport to celebrate Connor’s first Birthday. Bringing the in-laws together is not always easy, especially when uninvited guests from the spirit realm show up.




A Farmer Boy Birthday


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Almanzo Wilder celebrates his birthday by breaking in a pair of calves and sledding on his new sled.




The Birthday Boys


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A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.




The Birthday Boy


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"When something special...something good – or bad – happens to you, note the date. Years later...maybe more, maybe less...on that same date, something else will happen. I’m not saying what. It could be good. It could be bad. But it’ll be something you’ll remember. Note the date. It could be the same day and/or the same month. And if it is the same day and/or the same month, it is a date of fate."




MEET BiRTHDAY


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Birthday Boy


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Part of the "Twisters" series, which are first reading books made up of real stories with a beginning, a middle and an end, and turn-the-page appeal. Accompanied by bright, colourful pictures, which help develop visual literacy skills, this title features a birthday party and all the friends have arrived.




January's Child


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Rhymed text and illustrations describe characteristics of babies born in each month of the year.




Birthday Boy


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The Birthday Boy


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A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom learns a lesson about honesty on his brother's birthday.