At Clifford's birthday party, the children and their dogs give him some gifts, a big cake, and an extra-special surprise.

A girl is disappointed when she receives a chicken as a birthday gift from her abuela, until she realizes the chicken is planning a bigger present for her special day.

All of the animals in the forest go into hiding because the wolf is coming, but why they are hiding is the big surprise.

Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

"Summertime brings sun, fun, and Beaver's Birthday! But it also brings a lot of stress for Beaver as his friends take over his birthday plans. Will Beaver's fussy ways ruin his birthday and his friendships?"--back cover.

Franklin tries to come up with a special way to show his mother he loves her on her birthday.

Bobby wants a shark for his birthday, so he is disappointed when his parents get him a puppy instead--but this puppy turns out to be a bit of a shark herself.

"Henry Bear has very unusual parents. They encourage him to stay up all night, eat chocolate cake at every meal, and get into trouble with his teacher. But what happens when Henry Bear grows tired of indulging in childish things? Find out in this droll tale about making wishes with unanticipated consequences written and illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh, author of Fish, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called full-bodied...

Introduces such shapes as the cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder as Albert the mouse celebrates his birthday.

After canine friends Scrappy and Flappy play an unusual game of catch, Scrappy complains that everyone has forgotten his birthday, but Flappy surprises him.