![]() ![]() In the end, the friends wind up in a place where all the emotions coexist together. But when they go through a “door” on the page, the book turns blue and sad, then red and angry, then green and scared, and the boy and the clam have a hard time finding their way back to happiness. This story begins with one happy camper and one happy clam in a sunny yellow world. ![]() The Happy Book by Andy Rash (Viking Books for Young Readers, 2019) When their owners tell them that their engines are overheating and it’s time to go, the trucks keep asking for more time, until “they honked, they bonked, they threw a fit.” Young readers and parents will see the parallel to times when children don’t notice their elevated emotions until they reach a breaking point, through a humorous story written in verse. Three toy trucks love digging and lifting at the playground. Advertisement Three Grumpy Trucks by Todd Tarpley illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) ![]()
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