I am Happy

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Robert Starling

Interest age: 2 to 3

Published by Walker Books, 2023

Picture books
Poetry and rhyme

About this book

Have you heard? This puppy is happy – so happy, it feels like dancing the waltz, doing somersaults, laughing out loud – and even climbing on a cloud!

This terrifically uplifting read-aloud is the third in a series from Michael Rosen for children to explore certain emotions and find ways to express themselves. A note from Michael Rosen at the beginning encourages readers to explore their own imagination to find makes them happy and celebrate these feelings.

It has a simple rhyming text in large font to make it accessible and is accompanied by bold and expressive illustrations that capture the most joyful ways that you can show happiness.

About the author

Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. His first degree in English Literature and Language was from Wadham College, Oxford and he went on to study for an MA at the University of Reading and a PhD at the former University of North London, now London Metropolitan.

He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches critical approaches to reading on an MA in Children’s Literature, having done the same at Birkbeck, University of London. He has taught on MA courses in universities since 1994.

He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller Many Different Kinds of Love and On The Move.

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