Today is Princess Magnolia's birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving ... Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closet, ditches her frilly clothes, and becomes the Princess in Black! She rushes to the goat pasture, defeats the monster, and returns to the castle before her guests discover her secret. But every time Princess Magnolia is about to open her presents, the...

Shares ideas for first-time home entertainers, outlining ten fully photographed party plans for such events as birthdays and baby showers while offering suggestions for food and drink preparations, decorating, and having fun while hosting.

"Eliot prepares a birthday party for his canine friend, a big dog named Tiny"--

Plan the perfect party! Popular blogger and style maven Kara Allen offers you all the inspiration you need to turn your special moments into unforgettable memories. In this full-color guide you'll find a wide variety of party themes to choose from, plus tips and tricks that will wow your family and friends for truly spectacular soirees, no matter what the occasion!

On Christmas Eve, snowmen hold a party in the center of town and celebrate with food, music and dancing, and presents.

"When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother's bachelor party, she expects a certain amount of debauchery. She brings their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening, leaving her Westchester home to the men and their hired entertainment. What she does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards...

Discusses the history and lore of Halloween and includes instructions for making costumes, decorations, and invitations and planning games, activities, and menus for Halloween parties for different age groups.

"What do the animals at the zoo do when the gates close at night? They boogie until dawn!"--

The third-graders from Bailey School are invited to an end-of-the-year feast at the home of their creepy teacher Mrs. Jeepers, but when a thunderstorm knocks out all the power in her broken-down mansion home, the kids begin to fear they may be the main course.

HORROR & GHOST STORIES, CHILLERS. The neighborhood witch is getting ready for the biggest night of the year! Helping her are Ogre and Olaf and all of their friends-zombies, ghosts, and mummies. But will trick-or-treaters come to the party? Or will the witch and her monster friends have to eat all the creepy-crawly treats by themselves? A tour de force for the nationally bestselling artist Brandon Dorman, who is a marvelous visual storyteller, says...