Other editions of book What a Party!

The author-illustrator team who created Too Many Frogs! (2004) continues the fun in a picture book celebrating the excitement of a birthday party and confronting the letdown when it's over. As Froggie rushes through the forest to join Grandpa's birthday celebration, little listeners will imitate his actions and join in his deliciously nonsensical song: "Bah-Rummm-Tah-Rummmm, / Bah-Rummm-Tahtah-Tummmm." Froggie makes a costume, builds a stage, scribbles programs, and performs Grandpa's favorite song as a present, all to wild applause. Of course, when everything is over, Froggie doesn't want to say good-bye. The energetic, neon-colored acrylic, ink, and colored-pencil illustrations perfectly depict the wild celebration. Children will enjoy the uproar even as they recognize the anticlimax and the coziness of being alone with happy memories at bedtime. Hazel Rochman

It’s Grandpa’s birthday, and Froggie can’t wait to give him his present. But first he has to make the costume . . . and build the stage . . . and create the programs . . . then, it’s finally time to sing his song! What a performance! What a party! But then it’s all over, only Froggie wishes it weren’t. He’s been waiting for this day for so long—how can it end so quickly? From the team who brought us the wildly popular Too Many Frogs! comes this simple story all children will recognize about the buildup and letdown of a big day—and the surprising things that comfort us when all the excitement is over.