On a rainy day, Madame Coco and her dogs have a costume party.

"It's just like magic! The new boy staying at Starwatcher Towers is supposed to do a magic show at a birthday party, but he's not very good. His tricks are always going wrong! Luckily, Cassie has a few tricks up her own sleeve, like a brand-new charm for her bracelet. Can she use it to add some real magic to this party--and make another wish come true?"--Page 4 of cover.

Before Lewis's birthday party, Gilbert's mother wisely substitutes a toy for the frying pan Gilbert wants to give Lewis.

Sara's Russian grandmother has requested that there be no presents at her seventy-eighth birthday party so Sara must think of a gift from her heart.

Zelda's beagle, Fred, has many napping places, which he makes great use of before, during, and after her birthday party.

Noisy Nora finds a surprising new site for her birthday party when her mother will not let her invite all of her classmates to her house because it is too small.

When Cake is invited to his first birthday party, he goes out and buys a new hat so that he will look his very best at the party.

Posy Peyton and her friends are very sad that she will be moving away, but when they try to cheer themselves up by baking a pie, they realize that Posy's leaving does not have to mean saying goodbye.

A rhyming story that tells of a group of animals, monsters, and witches who prepare such a frightening Halloween party that their expected trick-or-treaters all run away.

Friends Houndsley and Catina are sad because they do not know when their birthdays are, but they solve the problem in a thoughtful and creative way.