was very busy today.
Even Pearl,
who had a list of things
to write and then cross off!
who had a list of things
to write and then cross off!
Well, everyone was busy,
except for Bridget.
except for Bridget.
"I guess I'll just have to blow out my
birthday candles alone," she thought out loud."
birthday candles alone," she thought out loud."
Bridget is keen to celebrate her birthday with friends. It's such a lovely day; she wants to spend it with them. As she visits with each one, she wonders if they might have time to get together later in the day. Royal is the first to say he can't be there as he's too busy with people and places to see.
Undeterred, Bridget moves on. With each successive invitation, she is met with excuses from her friends for not being able to get together. The turnabout happens when Pearl, having made her own excuse, hears Bridget's quiet reaction to her refusal.
"I guess I'll just have to blow out my
birthday candles alone," she thought out loud."
birthday candles alone," she thought out loud."
Off Bridget goes to pour birthday tea for her stuffed animal friends. While she is doing that, Pearl is busy worrying that she is the only one who has forgetten Bridget's birthday. As she speaks with each of the others, she learns that they now have a differeent response about the party. One is off to get a card; one is baking a cake; one is getting ready.
This time their answers add humor to the their original responses. Readers will be giggling. Imagine Bridget's happiness when her friends do turn up to help her enjoy the birthday they had all forgotten. Luckily, they don't share that bit of news.
Oliver Jeffers keeps readers' looking at the children involved in this funny tale by using plenty of white space on each and every spread. Details, visual jokes and expression-filled faces will hold attention, and add to their enjoyment of a story that elicits quiet, thoughtful conversation following the reading.
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