Things That Make Me Happy

Amy Schwartz has written and illustrated a number of classic and award-winning titles, among them Bea and Mr. Jones, a NYT Best Children’s Book of the Year; Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner, an SLJ and PW Best Book of the Year; A Teeny Tiny Baby, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; Oma and Bobo, an ALA Notable; and What James Likes Best, an ABC Children’s Booksellers Choice. Schwartz lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

**STARRED REVIEW**"The tightly rendered illustrations, which usually appear in twos or three against white backgrounds, have a refreshing emotional reticence; the kids' happiness is shown as matter-of-fact and grounded rather than euphoric or manic. And then there are the descriptions themselves, eloquent in their unfussiness...Schwartz isn't the first to try a compendium of this sort, but she sets a new benchmark."