This is Happy!
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks
Beautiful picture book from a rising-star author and an acclaimed illustrator about finding happiness in small things.
Paint rainbow skies, plant seeds, smell the earth after it’s been woken up by raindrops, jump in puddles, stargaze on dark evenings, dance your heart out, share a book – and at the end of the day cuddle up and let yourself be held by arms that feel like home. This is Happy. Where do you find yours?
This is a joyful picture book for very young children, full of delight in the world, outdoors and indoors, showing how happiness can be found in the smallest things. The lyrical story and beautiful illustrations encourage children to slow down and use all their senses to notice and enjoy the natural world. Happiness is truly all around us.
Creators
Anna Ross is a writer and editor. Her books include Dear Earth, This Love, The Garden of Hope and The Lost Fairy Tales written for Little Tiger Press under the name Isabel Otter. Born in London, she grew up in Herefordshire, has a degree in English from Glasgow University, has taught children in a Cambodian orphanage, and explored the wilds of Patagonia. She lives in Bristol.
Debi Gliori is a Scottish writer and illustrator with more than seventy books to her name and an international following. Her most recent book for Otter-Barry Books is A Cat Called Waverley, winner of the 7-11 Fiction Award in the 2022 English 4-11 Picture book Awards. Debi studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and says, “I feel incredibly fortunate to do the thing I love best as my day job.” She lives near Haddington, in Scotland.
