Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
Robyn's Party in the Park
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2005
- Category
- Humorous Stories, Peer Pressure, Chapter Books
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 5
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 9
-
Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780887806636
- Publish Date
- Jul 2005
- List Price
- $14.95
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887806629
- Publish Date
- Jun 2005
- List Price
- $5.95
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
When Robyn starts planning her birthday party, her mother makes just one rule: everyone from Robyn's class has to be invited. This isn't what Robyn has in mind, mostly because of the Three G's who can make a lot of trouble when they are all together. When Robyn delivers the invitations, her best friend Marie acts very strangely. Then Robyn delivers the last invitation to Jessica Johnston only to find out that Jessica is having a birthday party the same day. Her parents have ruled that she is allowed to invite only six friends. Robyn isn't one of them, but Marie is. Now Robyn can see the wisdom in her mother's rule, but she is determined that this won't ruin her party.
In the newest story, Robyn shows how an unexpected event doesn't have to derail her party but can be used to make new and better party plans.
About the authors
Hazel Hutckins est l'auteure de plus de 30 livres pour enfants, y compris l'album illustré primé Mattland, une œuvre qui est aussi illustrée par Duan Petricic. Hazel vit à Canmore, en Alberta.
After many years of juggling writing, raising her children, and making a home with her now deceased husband, Hazel spends her days writing full time. Winner of Writer's Guild of Alberta Award for Children's Literature, she has written children's short fiction for Chirp, Chickadee, and Cricket.
When answering where the inspiration for A Second is a Hiccup came from, Hazel comments, "I decided to see if I could find other ways to describe time. When the writing began to flow in poetic form - and when I came up with the engaging title line A Second is a Hiccup - I knew I had begun a labor of love. The book went through many incarnations....in one version I actually brought in centuries and eons! Good grief! But it finally returned to exactly what it should be...immediate, simple and close-to-home. It is my sincere hope that children of all types will enjoy finding and celebrating, among the pages, the many ways they spend their time."
YVONNE CATHCART is an illustrator living in Toronto with her husband and son. She has illustrated many children\s books and also paints and makes animal sculptures and puppets.'
Awards
- Winner, Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection
Librarian Reviews
Robyn’s Party in the Park (First Novels)
When Robyn invites the whole class to her birthday party, she’s in for a few surprises. But she takes the initiative to make new plans and ends up having the best day ever.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2006.
