I Am Happy

by Steve Light

This brightly coloured and tactile novelty book showcases collage illustrations with real pieces of material for young children to touch and feel. Scratchy Velcro cheeks represent anger, while a softer-than-soft swatch of blue blanket represents the feeling of being loved.

12 pages, Hardcover

First published July 28, 2003

About the author

Steve Light grew up in an enchanted place known as New Jersey. He went on to study Illustration at Pratt Institute, he also studied with Dave Passalacqua. Upon graduating he did some corporate illustrations for companies such as: AT&T, Sony Films, and the New York Times Book Review. Steve Light then went on to design buttons that were acquired by the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. He has since published several children’s books with various publishers. He has read and told stories all over including The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and The Milwaukee Museum of Art.

Steve loves to draw. He draws everyday whether it is drawing in his sketchbook or on fancy paper for an illustration. Steve loves fountain pens and collects these ancient artifacts in order to draw with them. He also loves making things. Steve usually makes things like sculptures and toys out of wood. Steve loves sharing his art and stories with children.

Reviews

[Libby]

This interactive book engages the senses while it teaches children 0-12 about their emotions. As a touch and feel picture book, I Am Happy: A Touch-and-Feel Book of Feeling, builds upon the child’s vocabulary and narrative skills with its depiction of feelings though the use of labels. By providing opportunity to read and talk about emotions, a child at this developmental stage is able to learn to convey and communicate their emotional wants and needs through their use words and facial expressions.