Festival/ Celebration Picture Books

Auch, Mary Jane The Easter egg farm 1992
Bateson-Hill, Margaret; ill. Karin Littlewood Leah’s Christmas story 2006
Baumgart, Klaus Laura’s Christmas star 2000
Bailey, Linda; ill. Bill Slavin Stanley’s party 2003
Bollinger, Peter Algernon Graeves is scary enough (Hallowe’en) 2005
Bunting, Eve; ill. Emily Arnold McCully That’s what leprechauns do (St Patrick’s Day?) 2005; ill. Iza Trapani The wedding 2003
Butler, Dorothy; ill. Elizabeth Fuller My brown bear Barney at the party (birthday) 2001
Cazet, Denys The perfect pumpkin pie (Thanksgiving) 2005
Chichester Clark, Emma Melrose and Croc (Christmas) 2005; Happy birthday to you, Blue Kangaroo! 2006
Child, Lauren This is actually my party (birthday) 2007
Clark, Katie; ill. Amy Huntington Grandma drove the garbage truck ( Fourth of July) 2005
Daly, Niki Happy birthday Jamela! 2006
Dewan, Ted Crispin and the best birthday surprise ever 2006
Dodd, Lynley Slinky Malinki’s Christmas crackers 2006
Drewery, Melanie Matariki 2003
Duncan, Tracy; ill. Bruce Potter Grandad’s medals (NZ—Anzac Day) 2004
Durant, Alan; ill. Franco Rivolli The flamingo who forgot (birthday) 2007
Ellwand, David Alfred’s party : a collection of picture puzzles (Birthday) 2000
Evans, Cambria Martha Moth makes socks (Birthday) 2006
Farrer, Maria; ill. Deborah Hinde Santa’s kiwi holiday 2005
Fleischman, Paul; ill. Barry Root The birthday tree (Sophisticated in content) 2008
Foreman, Michael Cat in the manger (Christmas) 2001
Friedman, Laurie; ill. Lynne Avril Cravath Love, Ruby Valentine (Valentine’s Day) 2006
Garland, Sarah Eddie’s kitchen and how to make good things to eat (birthday) 2007
Gilmore, Rachel; ill. Alice Priestley Lights for Gita (Divali) 1994
Graham, Bob Oscar’s half birthday 2005
Hague, Michael The nutcracker (Christmas) 2005
Hannken, Catherine; ill. Trish Bowles Fiapule 2006
Hawkins, Colin and Jacqui Witch pigs (Birthday) 2005
Hedderwick, Mairi Katie Morag and the birthdays 2005

Hendry, Diana; ill. Jane Chapman The very snowy Christmas 2005
Henkes, Kevin Lilly’s big day (Wedding) 2006
Hoy, Catriona; ill. Benjamin Johnson My Grandad marches on Anzac Day 2006
Joosse, Barbara M.; ill. Giselle Potter Ghost wings (Day of the Dead, Mexico) 2001
Klise, Kate; ill. M. Sarah Klise Why do you cry? (Birthday) 2006
Kloster, Melanie; ill. Jenny Cooper The reluctant little flower girl 2008
Koppe, Susanne (re-told by); ill. Lisbeth Zwerger Nutcracker (E.T.A.Hoffmann)
(Christmas) 2004
Leeson, Christine; ill. Jane Chapman The snow angel (Christmas) 2006
Look, Lenore; ill. Yumi Heo Henry’s first-moon birthday 2001
Morpurgo, Michael; ill. Michael Foreman The best Christmas present in the world (Sophisticated Picture Book) 2004
Morrison, Yvonne; ill. Deborah Hinde A Kiwi night before Christmas (includes audio CD) 2005
Nordqvist, Sven Pancakes for Findus (birthday) 2007
Schur, Maxine Rose; ill. Brian Pinkney Day of delight : a Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia 1994
Scott, Anna-Miringa; ill. Errol McLeary Chimney-less at Christmas (NZ—includes CD) 2004
Stanton, Karen; ill. Rene King Moreno Papi’s gift (birthday) 2007
Thomas, Valerie; ill. Korky Paul Happy birthday, Winnie! 2007
Torres, Leyla The kite festival 2004
Van Allsburg, Chris Probuditi! (birthday—Sophisticated Picture Book) 2007
Vander Zee, Ruth and Sneider, Marian; ill. Bill Farnsworth Eli remembers (Rosh Hashanah) 2007 (Sophisticated/Senior)
Vrombaut, An Dear Dragon 2005
Waddell, Martin; ill. Jason Cockroft Room for a little one (Christmas) 2004
Watts, Irene N.; ill. Kathryn E. Shoemaker A telling time (Purim) 2004
Wells, Rosemary Max counts his chickens (Easter) 2007
Willis, Jeanne; ill. Tony Ross Mayfly day (Celebration of a mayfly’s one day of life, told in haiku) 2006
Winter, Jeanette Nino’s mask (Mexican fiesta) 2003