Ages 7-15

I dedicate this book to: Corinna M. Dulin

Also to: Tay'la, Shyia, and Shirley Foster

* Special thanks to Illustrator: Brody Bellon

brodybellon@gmail.com

* Narrator: Terry Foster

To contact Terry W. Foster: hiddenissues07@yahoo.com

This is Corinna

This is Kasey

Corinna and Kasey are best friends.

They were born on the same day, in the same month, and in the same year.

They always have a lot of fun together.

Corinna and Kasey love the color blue.

However, there is something wrong with their friendship. What could it possibly be?

Kasey loved the color blue so much that her father painted her entire bedroom blue. Kasey was so thrilled.

Corinna loved the color blue so much that her mother put blue carpet in her bedroom. Corinna was so happy.

Today is Corinna and Kasey's birthday.

They are both very excited and secretly bought gifts for each other.

Their parents decided to buy them something blue.

"I bought Kasey a pretty blue dress for her birthday," said Kasey's mother.

"I bought Corinna a sparkling pair of blue shoes for her birthday," said Corinna's father.

Corinna and Kasey had no idea about the surprise birthday party their parents had planned for them.

After meeting, their parents decided to have their birthday party in their school classroom.

"I will call and ask their teacher, Mrs. Smith, if it's okay," said Corinna's mother. "That sounds great," said Corinna's father.

Their teacher, Mrs. Smith, was delighted and said yes.

While all the children were at recess, their parents and teacher, Mrs. Smith, decorated the classroom in the color blue.

Their parents brought a huge blue cake, lots of blue punch and blue ice cream to the birthday party.

The classroom was simply beautiful.

After all the children returned from recess, they were very amazed to see all the pretty balloons, decorations and snacks.

Corinna and Kasey were surprised to see their parents, and they had no idea of their surprise birthday party.

"Today is Corinna and Kasey's birthday," said Mrs. Smith. "Let's all sing Happy Birthday."