Considers how our world would change and how we would feel if it lacked birds, water, plants, bugs or people--and wonders what makes our world what it is and if all we need is already here in front of us.
"Starting from the happiness of waking up into a brand-new day, the picture book goes on to explore the kinds of relationships and contrasts that play out between our feelings and experiences every single day. Whether it's the nervousness of a beginning paired with the happiness of a middle; the indignity of a cut against the happiness of a scab; the boredom of nothing to do contrasted with the happiness of nothing to do; or the divide of mine against the happiness of our, these pages challenge the reader to think about daily activities and experiences and the feelings they conjure"--Provided by publisher.
the joy of reading children's literature as an adult
Handy, Bruce
Explores the benefits adults can get out of rereading beloved American children's book classics, from fairy tales to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," exploring the backstories of each children's book writer and offering insights to how they created their stories and characters.
