Isadora Moon Has a Birthday
by Harriet Muncaster
Grades 1-4; Genre - Fantasy; GRL N; AR pts. 1.0
Half-fairy, half-vampire Isadora Moon wants a normal human birthday party, but will her parents be able to meet her request?
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Why does Isadora like human birthday parties? There’s fun games and activities, party favors, cake and ice cream p.9
Chapter 2
- Why did Isadora get in trouble at school? Her dad had sent her birthday invitations via bat wings and they flew into the classroom interrupting the lesson p.18
Chapter 3
- Why is Isadora irritated her cousin Wilbur came to the party? He can do magic tricks, but she wanted a human magician who would do pretend magic p.28
Chapter 4
- Summarize this chapter. Isadora changed into her costume for her party and guests arrived in their costumes p.33
Chapter 5
- What made Isadora nervous in this chapter? Wilbur turned her friend into a box of frogs and she was worried he couldn’t turn him back again p.47
Chapter 6
- What went wrong in this chapter? Wilbur gave the cloud more bounce and as the children bounced on it, the pegs snapped and the clouds went back into the sky with Isadora’s friends p.62
Chapter 7
- What’s Samantha’s plan to get back down? Isadora make wings on the costumes real so the children can fly themselves and each other down p.75
Chapter 8
- How did the children react when Isadora’s mom admitted they should have made the party more like human parties? Isadora’s friends said they liked it just the way it was; that they liked her family just the way they were p.85
Chapter 9
- What part of the cake did the children want to eat? The vampire and fairy layer p.90
Chapter 10
- Why was it important for Wilbur to apologize to Isadora? He should have listened to her p.96
- What gift did Isadora’s parents give her? A wand p.100