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This cheery, cheeky little book is jam-packed with birthday fun for anyone--from teens to octogenarians. A chunky, spunky collection of celebratory images and happy birthday sentiments, Happy Birthday is brimming with a wide range of festive graphics, including stills of famous birthdays in movies ranging from Gone with the Wind to A Streetcar Named Desire to Lord of the Rings, pictures of mouth-watering birthday cakes, cupcakes, and other sweet treats, vintage and contemporary birthday card and birthday party invitation art, and much more. Photographs of the birthday celebrations of such eclectic notables as J.F.K., Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, and Stalin are also featured, and clever and eloquent birthday wishes are liberally sprinkled throughout. This stylishly designed blend of vibrant color and black-and-white images and heartfelt sentiments in this charming compendium will brighten anyone's birthday--even those of us who would normally prefer that our birthdays go unnoticed!
Through stylish images and warm-hearted sentiments evoking the spirit of Father's Day, this little book is packed with fatherly factoids that make this a memorable gift for new fathers, grandfathers, and every father in between. From famous cartoon dads to dads in movies, from influential dads throughout history to the dad next door, the delightfully eclectic images in "Dear Dad", accompanied by quotes both humorous and affectionate, will warm the hearts of the dads in our own lives. Among the famous fathers featured in this book are such political luminaries as J.F.K, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nehru, musical dads like John Lennon, and famous movie star dads, such as Kirk Douglas and Steve McQueen, all depicted in photos that reveal their tender sides, as fathers. The result is as moving as it is memorable, and it is guaranteed to bring a smile to the face of even the toughest of dads.