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There's a thief on the loose in Tuptown, and the annual Butterfly Ball will be canceled unless someone is brought to justice. Luckily, Pigsticks has crime-fighting in his blood and a magnifying glass in his hand. Will Detective Pigsticks and his keen-eyed assistant, Harold, solve the crime in time to save the ball?.

In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," a child is filled with excitement and anticipation while helping with preparations for the next day's birthday party, and even an ice cream emergency cannot spoil the day.

Instead of a super-cool celebration, Harry Hammer’s birthday party turns into a super-colossal embarrassment! Why do his parents always make him feel like a big baby hammerhead in front of his friends and his arch rival, Rick Reef? Harry decides he’d be better off alone and leaves Shark Point for faraway waters. But he comes face-to-face with a giant squid who hasn’t had his lunch yet! Uh-oh…is the birthday boy on the menu?.

"In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and activist Jerome Smith. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry--that the black folk assembled didn't understand politics, that they weren't as easy to talk to as Martin Luther King, that they were more interested in witness than policy. Every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in that room. Dyson believes we need a return to that discussion, talking across the chasm of color, with hope as our guide"--Adapted from publisher info and text material.

"Believing her life to be much more glamorous than it is in reality, a cat with a big imagination is convinced that a family surprise party must be for her"--Provided by publisher.

Half-fairy, half-vampire Isadora Moon wants a normal human birthday party, but will her parents be able to meet her request?.

"Princess Peppa is having a royal ball! But first, she must invite the guests, decorate the castle, and help the royal baker make some tasty treats"--Back cover.

Join the party as the Sesame Street gang throws a fiesta, complete with floats, costumes and Elmo's favorite new dance, the Conga-Wiggle.

Eva is planning a big sleepover for her "hatchday" celebration, but one of her friends, Sue, does not seem to want to attend--so Eva must find out what is bothering Sue, and help her get over her first-sleepover jitters.

Unicorn Princess Bloom asks the human girl Cressida to help with final preparations for her birthday party, but when they discover quails destroying the party decorations and realize that the invitation to Princess Bloom's best friend has gone astray, they fear the celebration will be ruined.