When the Big Bad Wolf comes knocking on the door of the Pig family, he finds himself surprised with a birthday party, and he forgets why he really came to see them.

Noor's cousin is getting married tomorrow, and tonight, Noor's family will hold a henna party in her honor. They'll sing traditional songs, eat delicious treats, and have their hands painted in swirling designs using a dye called henna. Noor is especially excited to play the henna name game. The henna artist will hide the name of the person Noor loves the most in the pattern she paints on Noor's hands. But whose name will Noor choose? As Noor encounters...

You are invited to a most marvelous party. For a most marvelous man. A man who turned the alphabet into thump a bump. Who turned words into jazz into rivers into bustin' a move. All of his word-children will be there, uh-huh. Because it's a party for Langston. Langston Hughes. King o'Letters. Renaissance Man. Come on in. To the Hoopla in Harlem. Everyone is welcome.

Dora and friends start out with ten goody bags as they prepare a party for Boots, but the bags disappear one by one as Swiper hides them. Includes English and Spanish for the numbers from one through ten and provides an opportunity for readers to find the hidden bags.