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The Boy Who Illustrated Happiness

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Join the Happiness Club! Where happiness is the common language and all you have to do to become a member is make other members happy by using your own talent.

This books tells the story of Ben, who loves to draw and, most of all, make other people happy with his drawings. It was beautifully illustrated and the morale was really sweet. It encourages children to embrace their own talent and to share it to make other people happy. Well, I can certainly say this book made me happy!

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This children's book was truly wonderful. We follow Ben as he finds out drawing makes him the happiest. He uses the drawings as a way of coping with all types of feelings (including the less happy ones). One day he decides to share his happiness and his drawings to make other people happy.

The illustrations were so beautiful and the message it's trying to give to little kids is amazing. It shows how much can be achieved by being kind, happy and sharing your gift with others. Would recommend to everyone who has a kid, works with kids or even to people who just want a beautiful, fluffy story. Feel good 100% after this one!

Thanks to NetGalley and Linguacious for granting the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

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This book is a cute way to demonstrate the idea of paying it forward and how it's important to make others (and yourself) happy by doing and sharing things you love. I appreciate that it acknowledged other cultures and languages as well. No disrespect to the illustrator if he is Ben (I'm not sure), but I think the end could have focused less on his career choice. If/when reading to children, I would probably make a point of reminding them that it is not actually OK to play with food, put toothpaste on mirrors, etc. I would emphasize his love for drawing and that he finds great happiness in this, so much so that he brings it into every day life as often as he can. Overall, it is a sweet book that would teach young kids the importance of finding happiness, sharing their passion with others, and being kind to others so that they too are happy.

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Cute book that appears to be based on a real person! I loved the positive message and the desire of the protagonist to be kind to everyone. The prose felt a bit unnatural and slow at some points, but overall it was a good children's book.

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