By following the instructions in the coded message, Tim finds his birthday present.

Martha struggles to overcome her typical bad luck with Grandma Lucille by searching for an extra-special birthday gift, an effort that is challenged by Martha's doggy misperceptions.

Marshall Armstrong is a different kind of kid, but when he invites everyone to his birthday party, they begin to appreciate him.

At Walter's birthday party his guests are supposed to go for horseback rides, but his horse Rain has other plans on the day of the party.

After making a birthday wish, Fuchsia is able to conjure a fairy by blinking and saying "the fuchsia is now."

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

After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.

Rhyming text and illustrations describe all the activities associated with Jesse Bear's birthday party.

Birdie's excitement over her approaching birthday party fades when she finds that her favorite party dress is too small, and nothing at her mother's favorite boutique is quite right.