It's My Birthday

It's My BirthdayBy: Helen Oxenbury Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury What could be better than sharing a birthday cake with the friends who helped to bake it? Its one lucky toddlers birthday, and of course there must be a cake. So the child asks some animal friends to gather ingredients, one by one: the chicken an egg, the bear some flour, the cat the butter and milk, the pig a pinch of salt, the dog some sugar, and the monkey a bunch of cherries for the top. After they

The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago

a mysterious new princess

but no less powerful

you'll never look at poo

But the news is hopeful

sake-pouring nights at a hostess bar where Ama first learned that a soft heart was a dangerous thing

He’s digging a hole to China

set against the glorious backdrop of King Henry’s court

For chefs Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann

the rooms are magic

Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name

pregnant or already has a young baby