Birthdays Are Best is a funny and fact-packed tour of the birthday calendar, one chapter per month. Flip to your birth month for the birthstone, some real science, and the perks and pitfalls of being born when you were. Then keep going and find out:
- Why so many people in Bhutan share a January 1 birthday
- How to slice a cake so it stays fresh (hint: not in wedges)
- Who owned “Happy Birthday to You” for 80 years, and how everyone got it back
- Which Roman emperor marked his sister’s birthday with 300 bears
- How to say ‘Happy birthday’ in Klingon (and what not to sing to a Klingon).
- Why the author of Treasure Island gave his birthday away to a 12-year-old girl
- How a baby came to be born twice (and got two cakes too!)
Each chapter ends with one small way to spread the birthday love, because celebrating other people is half the fun.
Why this book? Saves card shopping.
Everyone you know has a birthday. Most of them already own a candle.
Birthdays Are Best fits in a gift bag, replaces the card, and is about the one subject the birthday person is excited about. Give it to the friend who starts planning an October party in March. The coworker who swears he doesn’t care. The parent who’s impossible to shop for.
[Buy the Paperback, $17.99]
Where to buy, by format
| Paperback | $17.99 | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, your local bookstore (ask them to order it) |
| Ebook | $4.99 | Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook, Google Play |
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Book Details
PAPERBACK ISBN
979-8-234-25157-2
EBOOK ISBN
979-8-234-25599-0
PUBLICATION DATE
November 6, 2026
PAPERBACK FORMAT
6 × 9 in, 106 pages, standard color, matte
PUBLISHER
Word That Counts LLC
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