THE FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY

About the Book

The concept was born at my daughter Kylee’s first birthday party. After a long day of running around gathering supplies to throw a great party, my son Joshua tugged on my shirt and asked, “Dad who had the first birthday party?” To save myself from having to answer a million questions, I pointed to a greeting card that Steve and I had just completed, and which featured four brightly colored dinosaurs having a birthday party. To make a long story short, over the years Joshua and Kylee asked a million more questions (at least, it felt like a million more), and the story evolved into this book. Since then, the family, in association with Dreammation EFX Studios Inc., Dreammation Digital Media Group, and a handful of non-profit organizations, has performed the story of The First Birthday Party on radio, television, at the Kids Fair, L.A. Children’s Hospital, the Special Olympics, the Foster Care Service, the YMCA, the Boys & Girls Club, and at Child Safety Awareness events across America.

About the Author

This book is dedicated to everyone with a birthday. Happy Birthday If today is your birthday, we hope it’s the best day of your life. The First Birthday Party is a fun, engaging story about how the very first birthday party came about with a special group of dinosaurs millions of years ago. The illustrations are entertaining and vivid. We hope you enjoy your visit to the enchanting land of Chucklegigglenu. The Work For more than sixteen years, Steve Harpster and I have have worked on creating numerous products including shoes, greeting cards, board games, banners, and maps, just to name a few. I believe Steve Harpster is one of the most gifted illustrators in the world and would like to thank him for being a great friend as well as for assisting in the creation of this book.