Marlene's birthday party is turning out to be a disaster and even the magician's tricks are not going to plan. Will anything go right on her special day? It's Marlene's sixth birthday and she's having a party, but things don't look good from the start. Her cake has the wrong name on it and she's the only one that's wearing fancy dress. Then everyone gives her the same birthday present and Toby the dog spoils their game of 'Pass the parcel'. Marlene's relieved when the magician starts his show, but even then things don't stop going wrong. Fortunately for Marlene, the magician saves his best trick until last.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers .