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The Birthday Party
by Ann Chandonnet
illustrated by Kathy Fiedler
Ages 4-8

$11.95, paper
ISBN 0-9632596-3-6


After the birthday party on Mrs. Atkins' lawn, a little girl in a purple kuspuk recounts her adventures there to her mother, who sinks slowly down into her chair as the delights unfold in rhyme. Truly everything was fine (depending on your point of view) until that elephant arrived. This illustrated romp through the perils of peppermint pie, leaky garden hoses, compost heaps and large numbers of young birthday guests stimulates the imagination and tweaks the funnybone. Chandonnet, poet and author of historical fiction and cookbooks, has teamed up with watercolorist Fiedler to get right into the exuberant spirit of rollicking good time.

Illustrations for The Birthday Party are well integrated with the text, which tells the story of a little girl who comes home from a birthday party with a torn dress, scraped knees, and stories for her mother.

Chandonnet's use of rhyme and meter keeps the story moving along.toward the punch line..."

--Nancy Brown, Peninsula Clarion

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