The Wild Birthday Cake

{{short description|1949 book by Lavinia R. Davis}}

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| author = Lavinia R. Davis

| illustrator = Hildegard Woodward

| publisher = Doubleday

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| country = United States

| pub_date = 1949

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| pages = unpaged

| awards = Caldecott Honor

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The Wild Birthday Cake is a 1949 American children's picture book written by Lavinia R. Davis and illustrated by Hildegard Woodward. The book describes what happens when a boy wonders what to take to a friend's party. The book was a recipient of a 1950 Caldecott Honor Book for its illustrations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal|title=Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present|first=|website=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|date=30 November 1999 |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329183744/http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal|archive-date=2019-03-29|access-date=2019-05-01}}