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Genre/Form: | Picture books Picture books for children Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Primary school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie; Ashleigh Corrin |
ISBN: | 9781592702886 1592702880 |
OCLC Number: | 1084336730 |
Awards: | Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award, 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Honor Book, 2020 |
Target Audience: | 004-008; K-1 |
Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
Responsibility: | written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie ; illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin. |
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This book's language clearly reveals the hand of a poet. Tallie's metaphorical language evokes imagery that encourages young readers to dream and look both within and around them to find their own sources of happiness. Layla marvels that "the sea reaches into her pocket to give me a sand dollar" and chooses the full moon as her favorite thing because "it sits in the sky like a wish flower's sister." Equally as imaginative as the lyrical text, Corrin's boldly colored, textured illustrations beautifully capture the buoyant spirit of Layla, a brown girl exuding confidence, comfortable in her own skin-indoors and out.Well-illustrated poetry of the best kind that will leave sunshine in its wake. -STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Seven-year-old Layla loves a lot of things: nighttime, purple plums, eating spaghetti without a fork, and listening to her parents tell stories and read poems. Both whimsical and firmly rooted in a realistic city setting, this deceptively simple story is packed with beautiful, small moments to cherish. Moreover, Layla's sunshiny view of existence is infectious, and will inspire kids to share what excites them. - BookRiot "A celebration of community, but also individualism, what Layla loves and what makes her happy is so specific to her and her family's experience. In uncertain or challenging times, books like Layla's Happiness are bright spots of inspiration. They carry us through and remind us of the gifts we have. The gifts of people in our lives or small moments in nature or even a favorite color." -The Eric Carle Museum "Tallie honors the many ways children define happiness...A handsome and helpful primer on self-reflection and a mirror to urban black and brown children, this joyous title could be well paired with Samantha Berger's What If." -STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal Read more...


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