《神祕的生日禮物》是艾瑞．卡爾給孩子最好的生日禮物。小男孩在生日前一天晚上收到一封神祕的信，上面的某些文字都用符號代替，並要他跟著指示做，就可以找到生日禮物。這些符號，配合每頁書上跟符號形狀一樣的裁切設計將吸引小朋友的閱讀興趣帶領他們一起跟著書中主角尋找神祕的生日禮物。這是一本不同於以往介紹形狀的認知書，作者巧妙的將形狀的融入信件中，設計出一封有趣的密碼信件，孩子需要透過思考、辨識形狀的過程，慢慢的找到神秘的生日禮物。閱讀完，你也可以設計一封神祕的信件，將形狀、色彩等訊息融入其中，讓孩子也能實際體驗尋找與發現的成就感喔！本書中文本《神祕的生日禮物》由上誼出版It's Tim's birthday. Instead of a package, Tim gets a mysterious letter -- written in code! It begins: "When the moon comes up , look for the biggest star." Tim -- and the reader -- are off, following the clues. And at the end of the treasure hunt is a wonderful birthday surprise!"Full-color pages, designed with cutout shapes, allow preschool children to fully participate in this enticing adventure."-- Publisher's Weekly‘On the night before Tim’s birthday, he finds a rebus note, a secret message directing him to his gift. Youngsters can read the note with him, then follow him up, down, and through the various-shaped, brightly colored [die-cut] pages to find the puppy at the end. . . . ‘A Very-First-Step-To-Learning Book’ dealing with directional concepts.’ —CE.‘On the night before Tim’s birthday, he finds a rebus note, a secret message directing him to his gift. Youngsters can read the note with him, then follow him up, down, and through the various-shaped, brightly colored [die-cut] pages to find the puppy at the end. . . . ‘A Very-First-Step-To-Learning Book’ dealing with directional concepts.’ —CE.Age: 0-4