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When's My Birthday?

by Julie Fogliano

Counting Down to a Birthday

Critically Recognized
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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor Award

    Received the Picture Book Honor Award.

  • Editorial selection

    Chicago Public Library Best Book

    Selected as a Best Book.

  • Critical praise

    Kirkus Reviews starred review

    Starred review describing the picture book as nostalgic and fresh.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Counting Down to a Birthday

A child’s birthday is still ahead, but the questions have already begun: when is it, how many days remain, and what might the celebration include? The narrator’s wish list moves from a pony and a chicken to a bouncing ball, chocolate cake, and candles. Birthday anticipation gives these everyday questions and extravagant requests a shared focus, capturing the stretch of waiting as well as the pleasure of imagining the day itself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children who like birthday-themed picture books
  • Families counting down to a birthday

Themes

Birthday anticipationWishes and presentsCelebration

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Book overview

★"A gift of a picture book that's at once nostalgic and fresh."―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

In this enthusiastic celebration of all things BIRTHDAY, acclaimed author Julie Fogliano and award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson bring you the perfect birthday book! Join our excited narrator as she lists all the things that will make her birthday the BEST birthday.

when's my birthday?
where's my birthday?
how many days until my birthday?

i'd like a pony for my birthday
and a necklace for my birthday.
i'd like a chicken for my birthday.
i'd like a ball to bounce and bounce.

i'd like a big cake on my birthday
with lots of chocolate on my birthday
and lots of candles on my birthday
1,2,3,4,5, and 6!

Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor Award

When's My Birthday? is a School Library Journal Best Book, a Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, aKirkus Reviews Best Picture Book, an NPR Best Book, a Chicago Public Library Best Book, and an ALSC Notable Children's Book.

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