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Our Favourite Happiness Titles | Children’s Literature
With the festive season having drawn to a close and a new year just beginning, we have pulled together our favourite titles in children’s literature that will bring your little ones joy and focus on the theme of happiness. Giving you the best possible start to 2022, these positive thinking and mindfulness books for kids are wonderful examples of finding joy in the smallest of things and spreading happiness to others.
From simple picture books to more complex titles, the books we’ve chosen to feature here demonstrate the extraordinary power of a positive mindset and the contagious nature of sharing and spreading happiness with those around you. Bursting with feel-good factor, readers young and old are certain to come away feeling uplifted and hopeful.
6 Jan 2022
Where Happiness Begins by Eva Eland
Ages 2-5 years
The second in the series of books by author and illustrator, Eva Eland, Where Happiness Begins is a sensitive introduction to emotional awareness and mindfulness for young children. Both this title and her earlier release, When Sadness is at Your Door, have been widely embraced by parents for giving a physical form to emotions, helping children to identify and understand their feelings, even at an early age.
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Pass It On by Sophy Henn
Ages 2-5 years
Award-winning illustrator, Sophy Henn, has both written and illustrated the picture book, Pass It On. The story is kept short and sweet with beautiful illustrations to perfectly compliment the message of finding joy in the most mundane activities and spreading that joy to others that you meet. The book serves as a wonderful introduction to the theme of happiness to the youngest of listening ears and a gentle reminder to older readers that happiness has an undeniably reciprocal nature.
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The Little Book of Joy by Joanne Ruelos Diaz
Ages 4+ years
The perfect read for the start of a new year, The Little Book of Joy offers 365 ways to find happiness every day and celebrate that happiness with those around you. An idea for every day of the year, the book is easy to keep on hand and dip in and out of as you journey through 2022. With simple sentiments as well as uplifting activities, each ‘day’ is a quick read for a guaranteed boost of positivity.
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Bloom by Anne Booth
Ages 4-8 years
Well-loved children’s author, Anne Booth, has written a sweet and engaging story on finding happiness with her title, Bloom. While the text focuses on a giant flower and each character’s relationship with it, it is in fact the protagonist that ‘blooms’ in the end as he comes to understand the true meaning of happiness and discovers how to engage in positive relationships. The book perfectly illustrates our human ability to change our way of thinking to take on a more positive outlook and reap the benefits that brings with it.
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You are Awesome by Matthew Syed
Ages 10+ years
Written by a man of many talents - Olympian, journalist, author - Matthew Syed's, You are Awesome: Find your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything, is a Sunday Times Bestseller and Children’s Book of the Year 2019. A wonderful guide to self-belief, he uses the stories and examples of highly successful individuals from sports personalities to composers, to demonstrate that all talent and exceptional skill is earned through consistent hard work and that anyone can achieve anything they want to if they set their mind to it. The book shows its readers that it is a positive mindset that is needed to achieve success and everyone is capable of it – a great example to young people and a motivativing read for all.
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