You Are My Happy

by Patricia Hegarty, Thomas Elliott (Illustrator)

Wake up, Mama,
I want to play...
The sun is up,
it's a brand new day!

There's a whole world for Baba and Mama to explore in this heartwarming tale of togetherness. With peek-through pages and a gentle rhyming text.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2021

About the author

Patricia Hegarty began working in children's publishing more years ago than she cares to remember and is now Editorial Director at Caterpillar Books and Little Tiger Kids. As an author, the range of subjects has been wide-ranging—pirates, princesses, trees, and bees have all become firm favorites.

Reviews

[Stace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Reviewed on www.whisperingstories.com

You are My Happiness is about two turtles who are mother and child. The baby turtle, Baba is inquisitive, just like all little children are, and wants to see the sunrise or follow the butterflies. The baby turtle’s loving mother follows her child to keep them safe, feed them, and help them along their exploring journey where they find lots of things that make them happy.

The book is a small board book and contains just 26 pages. The illustrations throughout are so adorable and you can’t help loving little Baba who wants to enjoy all there is to offer in the world and is easily surprised. There are also cut-out sections throughout the pages which add to the aesthetics.

The story is told in a rhyming style and with just a few words on each page, this would make a wonderful book for new readers to practice with.

The plot is very simple but it is so heart-warming and adorable as the turtles obviously love one another and mamma turtle will do anything to keep her child full of happiness.

[Yaritza · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mother's love for their child is what this book brings to light. The mother turtle and her baby turtle are always together and enjoy spending time together. Mother turtle feeds her baby and protects him/her. It's a heartwarming story between and mother and child and the bond they share. The illustrations are adorable, and children will enjoy the adventures this mother turtle will have with her child. This is a happy book that brings everyone joy.

[Reene's Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

MS Readathon 📚 Book 5

This is such a beautiful book.

Phoebe loves the pop outs on each and every page, she kicks her legs excitedly waiting for the next pop out.

🐢🐢

You are my happiness
By Patricia Hegarty & Thomas Elliott

Thank you Nurse Julie Cvitanovich
For this beautiful book.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

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[The Book Squirrel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really cute board book about the relationship between a mother and baby turtle. What makes this one really special is the shaped 1/2 pages that change the picture when you turn them. Would be a lovely gift for a 1st birthday.

[Vicky Swales · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is our favourite baby book, we read it again and again. Beautiful story about mama and baby with exquisite illustrations. Love the half pages which change the meanings of the illustrations and add an extra element to the story - gorgeous!

[SBC · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful picture book with fun shaped pages and a lovely message.

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet, perfect for toddlers

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet story with lovely, soft illustrations about the love between a parent and child. Cute cutouts and rhymes. Great for baby story time or a story to calm the toddlers.

[Theo Sullivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my fave books that mama likes to read to me.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet story about a child and caregiver. No parental language, so works well for foster care or any family situation.

[Jenae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a sweet book - only thing I didn’t love was that the title of the book didn’t seem to clearly tie into the text inside of the book

[Jvermeersch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lief, schattig, kleurrijk.
En leuk gedaan met de uitsnijdingen.

[Baby Botica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dad picked this out at Coles. Highly recommend.

[Addie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edit 9/17/23: so I upped this to 5 stars because when I read this to my 12 month old in July and she clearly loved it my heart just melted

Cute