by Karen Katz
This book is a fun one to read to babies who are beginning to interact with their books. And it has a plot, unlike many baby books. It could probably be considered a "mystery" since you are trying to find baby's birthday cake throughout the book. The gender-neutral baby is dressed in a very wizard-like outfit and looks to be about one, even though (spoiler alert!) the cake in the end has 4 candles. Baby looks "under mommy's bed". I'm wondering if mommy and daddy are sleeping in separate beds, or if this is written for the single mom, which would be cool. But the last page has both mommy and daddy in it. I guess it could be mommy and boyfriend-of-the month. If so, kudos to Katz for keeping things modern!
While looking for the cake, baby finds ice cream in the refrigerator. I'm not sure why they are keeping the ice cream in the refrigerator. I know I don't keep it there. And it isn't just any old ice cream either, it's fancy triple scooped ice cream of various colors, with cookies and sprinkles and cherries on top! And, baby is eventually going to (spoiler alert!) have a freakin' CAKE too! Yeesh. Behind the wrapping paper, baby finds all his/her party "friends". These are teddy bears. The poor one or four-year-old doesn't have any human babies to help him/her find the cake? And, the poor one or four year-old is going to eat all those ice cream sundaes and cake alone?! When the baby finally (spoiler alert!) finds the cake, baby's parents are behind him/her cheering in happiness. They are practically identical to all of the parents on Southpark, down to the '60s clothing and the no-necks. That part is great, I have to admit.
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