Twenty-one emotions that a child encounters are portrayed by fish in this splashy, simple concept book. Each double page spread presents one dazzling fish against a dark, deep sea background, expressing a particular emotion and its name in a font style and color that also conveys the emotion. Fish are curious, proud, loving, confused, shocked, and much more until finally delighted. The red, turquoise, chartreuse, magenta, and other neon-like oil pastel scribbly drawings are radiant. mjw |
| Title: Happy Author: Mies van Hout Illustrator: Mies van Hout Publisher: Lemniscaat Copyright: 2012 Original language: Dutch Translator: Lemniscaat, USA Original title: Vrolijk Original publisher: Lemniscaat Original copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-1-935954-14-9 Hardcover pages: 44 Age range: 2 up Genre: Picture book Author’s residence: The Netherlands Subjects: Animals, Emotions and feelings, Europe, Fishes, Netherlands, Social issues, Western Europe |
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Twenty-one emotions that a child encounters are portrayed by fish in this splashy, simple concept book. Each double page spread presents one dazzling fish against a dark, deep sea background, expressing a particular emotion and its name in a font style and color that also conveys the emotion. Fish are curious, proud, loving, confused, shocked, and much more until finally delighted. The red, turquoise, chartreuse, magenta, and other neon-like oil pastel scribbly drawings are radiant. mjw