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Another year older, another year wiser—birthdays let us celebrate who we are and who we are growing to be. Readers will explore how people around the world celebrate their birthday, and the customs and traditions that define these birthday celebrations: birthdays in America, birthdays in Mexico, doljanchi in South Korea, and a Soul Day celebration in Ghana. This hi-lo narrative nonfiction series celebrates diverse cultures while highlighting how expressions of joy and connection are all part of the human experience.

From starsigns and the Chinese zodiac to birth stones and personality traits, this book is the complete guide to what the date of your birthday means for you. Have you ever wondered about the astrological significance of your birthday? Where the stars and planets align in the sky when we are born helps shape our personality and strengths. What does your star sign mean? What are your birth crystals, flowers and lucky talismans? Find out about the folk rituals associated with the month of your birth and their significance. There is also a day-by-day guide to what happened on your birth date in history, plus fun ideas of creative birthday gifts and activities suited to each sign. This book will uncover the details of your place in the cosmos by looking to the stars and help you celebrate yours and friends birthday in harmony with your astrological calendar.

Everyone has a birthday! But do you know that birthdays are celebrated differently around the world? Explore the history of birthday traditions in countries such as the invention of the birthday cake in Greece, why noodles are eaten in China, and why in Russia they pull on an ear! It's a global celebration.

Easy to follow birthday gift craft instructions for makerspaces, home activities, and classrooms.

Every kid's favorite day is his or her own birthday. It's a special day to celebrate with family and friends. This title covers what each child might experience on this exciting day. Complete with simple text and colorful photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Inspired by memories of fantastic family birthday parties, mother-and-daughter team Nikki Tate and Dani Tate-Stratton researched the history of birthdays in order to answer such questions as, How much does where you grow up influence the way you celebrate getting a year older? Have people always celebrated birthdays? The more they investigated, the more they realized that there's a lot more to birthdays than cake, presents, a few games and perhaps a goody bag. They discovered there are as many ways to observe birthdays as there are places in which to do it.

A young girl celebrates her birthday with her family and friends. She has a fun-filled party with her friends as readers learn about traditional birthday celebrations and practices, told from a child's point of view. A picture-word glossary is included. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title Make a Wish.

If your class has 23 or more students, there's more than a 50% chance that two or more students share a birthday. How is this possible? Learn about probability with this simple exercise.

Dinosaurs love to celebrate birthdays. The prehistoric creatures know how to throw a party, too! These fun dinos are getting ready for a big bash, and beginning readers ready to explore are invited to the party! With strong picture-text correlation, readers dive into both the setup and fun of a birthday party. Watching mom and dad dinos getting things ready and seeing friends arrive is a reading adventure readers will never forget, with colorful illustrations to help establish the early literacy skills and set a foundation for future reading success.

Everybody has a birthday, but not everyone celebrates it in the same way! In fact, there are many different birthday customs and traditions around the world. In this joyful book, readers will learn about Name Day celebrations in Greece, different coming-of-age traditions, and more.

For a young child, there's nothing more exciting than a birthday party. This book takes a fun look at a child's birthday with the help of color photographs and strong picture/text correlation. With a strong narrative set in a family environment, beginning readers will love diving into a birthday party filled with friends, family, and presents! Games and a birthday cake highlight what is always a special day for a young child.

A colorful board book full of rhyming riddles that celebrates every child's favorite day of the year--birthdays! Another addition to the Little Series of board books.

It's never too early for students to start mastering algebraic skills. They are important building blocks for competency in math. Critical concepts dealing with operations and simple algebraic methods are explored, including addition and subtraction techniques, simple word problems, and decomposing numbers. Helpful images engage readers, and accessible text makes each skill easy for them to understand. Subtraction word problems are addressed through the fun and familiar context of a child's birthday party. Written to reflect the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, this title familiarizes readers with standard K.OA.A.2. This book should be paired with'My Birthday Surprise'(9781477719794) from the InfoMax Math Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers It's somebody's birthday! There might be 364 days each year without birthday cake, but that doesn't mean you can't celebrate. Ramp up the birthday excitement (or weather the post-party blues) with this collection of brilliantly colored birthday-themed photographs. Babies and toddlers will love flipping through the simple and colorful photos while older children can create and recreate birthday parties of their own. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and ideas to kids.

This simple and entertaining book introduces readers to counting and the concept of birthdays.

Brandon and his brother Riley want to surprise their mom on her birthday. They bake a cake and even make a piñata! They also make a mess. What will Brandon pick for his mom's present? Find out the many ways people celebrate their birthdays.

How do you celebrate the day you were born? In North America, children invite their friends and families to birthday parties where they play games and eat birthday cake. Some other countries have different birthday traditions. Learn how birthdays are celebrated around the world and why some ages are considered more special than others.

As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out—Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear at the window and the front door opens... But things are not as they seem in this suspenseful, clever story, and it's the reader who's in for the biggest surprise of all!

What kind of birthday party would you like to have? Have you always wanted to be an astronaut? Do you love rainbows? Do you find a roomful of monsters appealing? Or perhaps you're a budding artist? No matter what your interests, you can put together a party that is truly yours. All that's required are some scissors and paste and a few easy-to-find household materials. THE BEST BIRTHDAY PARTIES EVER! has everything you need to know to plan and create twelve dynamite theme birthday parties. Each party section included clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions for making invitations, table decorations, party hats, favors, and creative cakes. Also, there are instructions for lots of games to play at each part, as well as a craft for your guests to make and take home. So, have fun putting your party together, enjoy your best birthday party ever – and happy birthday!