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As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. He did not want to be a wringer. Palmer LaRue is rUnning out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten, the day he's supposed to become a wringer. This thing, this not wanting to be a wringer, did it ever knock him from his bike? Unite his sneaker lace? Call him a name?...

When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.

Six-year-old Danny invites his dinosaur friend to come to his birthday party.

Pooh knows something grand and wonderful is going to happen today, but he can't remember what it is. Surely his friends will know, so he visits each one's house, but there is no one home. He's sure Christopher Robin will know. See what Pooh's big surprise turns out to be!

When his mother gives him permission to invite two raccoons to his birthday party, Raccoon finds other animals, in numbered sets, who would like to come.

Bobby is in the first grade. On his birthday, he finds a little puppy in the grass in his backyard.