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.

"This wonderful cookbook gives endless inspiration for eating good food--and lots of it--with family, friends, and neighbors.... These festive appetizers, salads, sides, main dishes, and desserts are easy to transport and perfect for any potluck event." -- Page [4] cover.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

When Karen and Nancy get into a big fight before Karen's first sleepover party, Nancy doesn't come. A new girl comes instead and she is no fun.

In her own inimitable style, the girl who loves to use fancy words provides tips on how to host the perfect tea party, describing how to behave, food and drinks to serve, games to play, and much more.

Provides directions for preparing invitations, refreshments, games, and favors for such parties as an Alchemists' Gathering, Chinese Dragon Fete, Merlin's Birthday Parley, and Wizard's Welcome Springtime Fairy Frolic.

Contains ideas for 35 parties for children of all ages, including invitations, decorations, low-cost party favors, games, activities, and recipes.

"This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has been a murder. But, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold--discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing--and no one--is...

Fail-safe schemes for fabulous parties for kids aged from one to ten. With a little ingenuity and imagination, it is possible to throw a memorable party for your child without breaking the bank - or having a nervous breakdown! The book starts with an in-depth look at a variety of age-appropriate party themes, complete with ideas for decorations and costumes. There is an invaluable party plan for each age group, listing all you need to ensure that...

A child fantasizes about what she would serve various friends, relatives, and acquaintances at a tea party.