David Baddiel

What if it was every day? This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything. He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day. So at first it's quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again. And again....

But it's not long before things start to go wrong. Soon disaster strikes, threatening something Sam loves even more than birthdays. Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for....

Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it’s number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1 - ‘being boring’ and 3 - ‘always being tired.’ But there is a world, not far from this one, where children are allowed to choose their parents. For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple…