Product Description

Balloons and streamers decorate the living room and a fancy cake is waiting. What’s going on? A special party for baby Brenda, or Bun Bun as she’s called, for her very first birthday. So why is Bun Bun’s sister, Winifred, so put out? It should be her party, she thinks.

Winifred learns that she too had a first birthday, and a party of her own. What’s more, she has a special job: to help Bun Bun remember her first birthday party in years to come. A delightful first picture book by Richard Scrimger and Gillian Johnson.


From the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3839349 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-04
• Released on: 2003-03-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

From School Library Journal

PreS-K-This slice-of-family-life story explores young Winifred's discovery that the cake that her mother has just purchased and the festoonery that her father has just draped around the living room are all in anticipation of her baby sister Bun Bun's (aka Brenda) first birthday. Winifred mopes. After all, her birthday is supposed to follow brother Eugene's and, in her mind, it is her turn. Mother coaxes the pouty child out of self-imposed closet exile and reminds Winifred that she once celebrated a first birthday, even though she doesn't remember it. Winifred then finds consolation in the fact that she will remember more about the party than the birthday baby herself and be able to tell her about it. As guests arrive, Winifred is ready to celebrate with the certitude that her big day will be next. This homey little story is amplified and augmented by Johnson's pen-and-watercolor illustrations that flesh out the text and portray household objects and family in child's-eye proportions and perspective.

Sue Sherif, Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library, AK

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Review
?Bun Bun?s Birthday is a very special picture book. The text is infused with the zany sense of humour that award-winning novelist Richard Scrimger?has made his trademark?Bright and boisterous illustrations by Gillian Johnson?match Scrimger?s comic turns every step of the way. Scrimger and Johnson subtly turn a serious look at sibling rivalry into a story that will have young readers chortling with irrepressible laughter.?
?Quill & Quire

?Domesticity, delicious and otherwise, is writ and painted large in this collaboration by Scrimger?and Johnson.?
?The Globe and Mail

?Scrimger?s first picture book?springs from a deep familiarity with ? and affectionate humour for ? the passions and erratic habits of young kids?a kind, funny, deeply affectionate treatment of one of those ?life lessons? that adults often laugh at, but which are seriously distressing to children?This is a wonderfully light-handed, entertaining depiction of family life.?
?The Toronto Star

?This is a very special book, written with a zany sense of humour and great panache. Bright, boisterous illustrations make the book sing!?
?Brandon Sun


From the Hardcover edition. -- Review

Review
“Bun Bun’s Birthday is a very special picture book. The text is infused with the zany sense of humour that award-winning novelist Richard Scrimger…has made his trademark…Bright and boisterous illustrations by Gillian Johnson…match Scrimger’s comic turns every step of the way. Scrimger and Johnson subtly turn a serious look at sibling rivalry into a story that will have young readers chortling with irrepressible laughter.”
–Quill & Quire

“Domesticity, delicious and otherwise, is writ and painted large in this collaboration by Scrimger…and Johnson.”
–The Globe and Mail

“Scrimger’s first picture book…springs from a deep familiarity with – and affectionate humour for – the passions and erratic habits of young kids…a kind, funny, deeply affectionate treatment of one of those ‘life lessons’ that adults often laugh at, but which are seriously distressing to children…This is a wonderfully light-handed, entertaining depiction of family life.”
–The Toronto Star

“This is a very special book, written with a zany sense of humour and great panache. Bright, boisterous illustrations make the book sing!”
–Brandon Sun


From the Hardcover edition.