Happy Birthday, Cupcake! by Terry Border
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Source: I'd Rather Be at the Beach Hardcover, 32 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate
Happy Birthday, Cupcake! by Terry Border, which is for ages 5-8 and which my daughter received from Vicki, is a cute little picture book. Kids have cupcakes for their own birthday parties, but what kind of birthday party would a cupcake have? Cupcakes, muffins, and other food stuffs would have a tough time in certain party situations, and the photos are amusing. Cupcakes and others with little bendable metal arms, and during a limbo, a cupcake could lose her frosting.
Cupcake and her friend muffin are contemplating carious birthday party adventures, and each time muffin brings up the reasons why certain parties might not be a good idea. The puns are entertaining for adults as well, but its the visual fun that will keep younger readers engaged, along with the rhymes. These photos are fantastic little art pieces that are whimsical and endearing.
Happy Birthday, Cupcake! by Terry Border was a great little book for my daughter to practice the sight words she's learning in preschool. My daughter loved the end of the book, but I loved the limbo party best. We had a great time giggling and pointing out some great party fun and silly moments.
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About the Author:
Terry Border has spent the vast majority of his life in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. He graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. in Fine Art Photography in 1988. Then, because he wanted to be practical and not be an artist (he is from Indiana after all), he worked as a commercial photographer for many years. In 2006 he started what he calls his Bent Objects project, mainly because all the other blog names were already taken. Basically, the project concerns adding wire to ordinary objects to help pose them as living characters, usually telling a story, and then photographing them.
Mr. Border has two books containing collections of his Bent Objects published by Running Press, and is now working on a children's book for Philomel (a footprint of Penguin Publishing). He has a contract with Universal Publishing to make 2013, and 2014 wall calendars, and supplies American Greetings with various greeting card images. There are also, supposedly, several Bent Objects jigsaw puzzles for sale somewhere in the world, but he has never actually seen one in person.
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