Who Is Happy?

By Author / Illustrator

Jarvis

Genre

Adventure

Publisher

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

ISBN

9781847807229

Format

Hardback

Published

04-02-2016

Synopsis

Everyone in Happyhop House experiences lots of feelings during their day. Can you spot who is happy to be playing paper aeroplanes? Who is sad that the last slice of cake has gone? Who is scared of the dark?

At age 2, children enter a crucial stage in their development by starting to form friendships. In this fun, interactive question-and-answer book, young readers can look carefully at the pictures to work out who's feeling what, learning how to understand 12 key emotions and recognise them in others.

Reviews

'Everyone in Happyhop house experiences lots of feelings'. This book is aimed at getting young children to carefully look at the pictures and answer questions to work out who is feeling what. The questions would be asked by someone older and the child could be encouraged to look for the picture of a person, or animal character, showing that emotion. The book is supposed to help children to understand 12 key emotions and recognise them in others. I like the book and the idea behind it, but I am not sure the illustrations are clearly defined enough for a very young child to spot the emotions. I will certainly try it at school and see how it works in practice with children. Picture book / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Clare Raley, school librarian.