Other Title: Zeke Meeks versus the big blah-rific birthday
Other Title: Big blah-rific birthday
Summary: Zeke Meeks will be nine soon, but he is not looking forward to a party that his sisters want to take over and nobody but his closest friends want to attend - but the alternative is going to Grace Chang's party on the same day, and she is really scary
Summary: Martha B. Rabbit faces hardship when a trio of wicked rats steals her carefully stored supplies. Bravely, she sets out into the snow in search of a solution to her troubles. After a scary encounter with a fox, she arrives at the guesthouse of Mr. Gnome, and from there a new life for her begins
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Follows the challenges - and dramas - faced by Lily Max, a 12-year-old fashionista who loves creating and wearing radical outfits. When she sets her heart on winning the Snow Queen crown for best-dressed girl at the school ball, she embarks on her most ambitious design project yet - but arch-enemy and major suck-up Violet Hughes plots the sneakiest scheme to beat her.... (Publisher)
Picture Corgi edition
Summary: Joe is nervous about his first big party, and as Mum walks him along the darkening street to his friend's house, his imagination starts to run wild. They search for the right place, looking through the windows, wondering "What if...?" while making surprising discoveries along the way
Paddington has a knack for smelling out things and his sharp nose, supported by marmalade sandwiches, leads him into many adventures.
Summary: Mum has lost her basket of knitted things. Violet wants to make Mum feel happy again. And she may just have the perfect plan: a surprise formal occasion just for Mum
Summary: Stanley, Rasmussen and the rest of the Great Galloon crew are on their way to the greatest party ever held: Count Heinz-Marie von Forbes-Martinez of Eisberg's birthday party. Not everyone is in the party spirit though poor Captain Anstruther is still searching for his kidnapped bride, Isabella, but he thinks the key to winning her back may lie in the heart of the Chimney Islands. Can he attend the party AND be reunited with his beloved
Symphony Smythe just wants a normal birthday part. One with ice cream, cake and fizzy drinks. But her mum and dad have, other, healthier ideas - and a menu that includes raw broccoli.
Can Symphony stop her birthday party from turning into a huge embarrassment?
Other Title: Cool down caper
Original idea and characters created by Nancy Bevington
In the beginning Mad Dog the Chef created recipes for purely selfish reasons - to get a decent feed. But his new-fashioned cuisine didn't say a secret for long.
The news of Mad Dog's food travelled the telephone poles like wildfire. Soon every dog in the neighbourhood had picked up the scent and tasted on of his culinary delights.
It wasn't long before he was creating delicious treats and meals for everyone.
Summary: Attending her first party, Piggie follows "party expert" Gerald the elephant's advice on what to wear, with surprising results
Summary: Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise
New Zealand author
First published: 1978
Pbk. ed
On cover: The ladybird with a big heart
On back cover: A Cinderella story with a difference
Ella the ladybird works hard every day, cooking, cleaning, tidying and polishing - but her wasp stepsisters never, ever say thank you.
Then one day an invitation arrives for the Grand Bug Ball - could this be Ella's chance to find true love?
Summary: The story of a birthday party that doesn't go quite according to plan
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite and she can't wait for her friend Bree's Butterfly Birthday. But when Nancy finds out she has to go to her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary party instead, she is furious! (Mad is far too plain for how she feels).
In this magical story, everybody's favourite fancy girl gets a surprise lesson in fancy from her own grandparents. Maybe fancy runs in the family after all!
Other Title: Zeke Meeks versus the big blah-rific birthday
