You Have to be Nice to Someone on Their Birthday

by Barbara Bottner, Tatiana Mai-Wyss (Illustrator)

When everyone forgets her birthday and she is sent down to the principal's office by her teacher, Rosemary loses all hope for her special day, but when the next day comes and realizations are made, Rosemary's wishes for a perfect day finally come true!

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Barbara Bottner, New York Times best-selling author, is a screenwriter, TV writer, and writing coach, who began her multi-hyphenate career as an artist and actor. Designing off-Broadway sets in the ’60s led her to performance and following her career in theatre, she began writing and illustrating books for children. In total, she has written over 40 books in all areas of children’s literature including Young Adult, Middle Grade, chapter, and "I Can Reads". Several of her award-winning picture books have been animated and translated into multiple languages.

Reviews

[Aurora]

Wasn’t very engaging to me. 😅

[Pinky]

Rosemary has a horrible birthday when her parents forget it and the terrible cousins arrive from out of town. She behaves rather badly until she finds out it wasn't her birthday, the following day is.

[Annabel Rodriguez]

(5 yo)

She thought her birthday was on the same [weekday}, but instead her birthday was tomorrow. It was her teacher's birthday that day, the day she thought it was her birthday. She didn't get the blueberry breakfast.

[Amy]

Her birthday has been forgotten and she is having a bad day. Maybe it is somebody else's birthday, too?