Biscuit's Birthday: A Story Plus 6 Activity Pages for Kids!

Biscuit

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

It's Biscuit's birthday, and he's having a party! Join his friends in helping him celebrate. There are eight pages of activities at the end of the book, including a word search, maze, matching game, and more. This is a sweet book for a beginning reader's birthday party, or just to share with your little puppy.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, 1st Grade, Fiction

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Capucilli lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and children. They have a chocolate Labrador retriever named Huckleberry, who likes to watch the author at work.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story is another forgettable iteration of the Biscuit formula. The cute little puppy gets up to some mild mischief while the little girl does something special for him; this time it's a birthday party.

But the fact that Biscuit is having a birthday does bring up some questions I have had about this series. I always assumed Biscuit was a Golden Retriever puppy, but if he is a now year old as the single candle on his "cake" suggests, then he would be significantly larger if he were a Golden. So is he some sort of mixed breed? Of course the little girl could just be playing birthday on a random day or celebrating his "one-month" or "first-quarter" birthday, I suppose. Or the author may have the same frozen-in-time literary conceit in mind that has kept Maggie Simpson in diapers for more than three decades. Is Biscuit a perpetual puppy? That seems most likely.

Also, as a cataloguing aside, my 2005 version of this book is entitled, Biscuit's Birthday, but it contains the exact same pictures and stories as the 1999 Happy Birthday, Biscuit! with the addition in the back of the book of six pages of activities (word search, maze, connect-the-dots, color by numbers, word jumble, circle the right objects) and an answer page. So it's a deluxe edition of sorts.

[Avett Huggins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to read about Biscuits birthday on little man’s bday!

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story. Not sure what breed of dog looks like this on their first birthday. And why doesn’t the little girl have a name?

[Margaret Chind · Rating 3 out of 5]

The description of a consumable book does not fit what I'm reading. However there is probably various versions. Another cute story to share with Biscuit. Also included in the Biscuit Storybook Collection.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Biscuit has a birthday party for his first birthday which includes two of his animal friends. This is a very basic book easy to read but super cute for a young reader-listener.

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

He's older but not wiser... maybe he is cuter.