Babies come in all different sizes and shapes. Some have fur and some have feathers. Some may be the only baby born or some might be born with 100 brothers and sisters! Some are big (23 feet) and some are little (the size of a jelly-bean)! And, babies have their own special families too! Some have a mom and a dad; some have a mom or a dad, and some even live with their mom, aunts and grandmothers!

This witty book of baby announcements will have children giggling as they use the various text and illustrated clues to solve the riddles and guess what baby was just born. The riddles introduce twelve different animals including: eagles, leopards, elephants, blue whales, kangaroos, flamingos, camels, lions, seahorses, giraffes, skunks and great horned owls.

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Doris Fisher is especially fond of babies, both human and animal. She thinks baby animals deserve birth announcements just like human babies, which inspired her to write Happy Birthday to Who? And, of course, Doris always likes to visit the zoo and see who is brand new! She is a former kindergarten teacher and private preschool teacher. Her children's writing includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, word puzzles and mazes. Her credits are Babybug, Boys' Quest, Fun for Kidz, Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, Story Friends, Guideposts for Kids on the Web, and Wee Ones Magazine Online. Jackson's Snowy Secret, an original picture book manuscript by Doris, won honorable mention from ByLine Magazine in the contest category, Juvenile Short Story, as noted in the September 2004 issue. Doris and her husband live in the Houston, TX area. Their children are grown and live on their own. To visit her web site, click here.

Lisa Downey is a freelance artist and graphic designer. A former art teacher, Lisa also attended FIT in New York, where she studied advertising and packaging design and later taught introductory packaging design classes. "Illustration has always been just under the surface in my career as a designer. I gained valuable skills working in packaging design firms in New York, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington; but the six year old inside was just itching to jump out and run all over the drawing board," says Lisa. Although she has always been interested in illustrating children's books, it was not until she worked with an in-house design firm at a paperboard book manufacturer that she realized children's books should be her focus. The combination of illustration, design and 3D surfaces to tell a story encompasses everything she has learned and enjoys doing. Having designed packaging for children's products as well as portraiture, Lisa's style ranges from cartoonish to very representational. Her favorite medium is pastels. In addition to illustrating "Happy Birthday to Whooo?" Lisa works with illustrators to design the cover, layout, and flow for all Sylvan Dell books. Lisa lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC, with her very supportive husband, Len, and their cat, Pom Pom. To visit her web site, click here.