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Children's Fiction Humorous Stories

Robyn's Party in the Park

by (author) Hazel Hutchins

illustrated by Yvonne Cathcart

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

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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."

Hazel Hutchins' profile page

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.'

Yvonne Cathcart's profile page

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.

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