Where Happiness Begins
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2021 and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway, now as a collectible small hardback perfect for gifting. Are you looking for happiness? Sometimes it can feel really far away, and sometimes you might have so much you can't help but share. You can try to chase it, control it or capture it, but even if it seems like it's gone for a while, you'll know it's never far away . . . Also available: a mini-hardback of the first book in the series: When Sadness Comes to Call.
Eva Eland is an award-winning author and illustrator with an MA with distinction in children's book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She has also studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her first picture book, When Sadness Comes to Call, won the Klaus Flugge Prize and the V&A Award. Her books have also been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award and shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards. Eva grew up in Delft, Netherlands, and now lives in Amsterdam with her husband and baby girl.
Author: Eva Eland
Format: Hardback, 32 pages, 140mm x 10mm, 125 g
Published: 2024, Andersen Press Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Picture Books
Interest Age: From 4 to 7 years
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2021 and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway, now as a collectible small hardback perfect for gifting. Are you looking for happiness? Sometimes it can feel really far away, and sometimes you might have so much you can't help but share. You can try to chase it, control it or capture it, but even if it seems like it's gone for a while, you'll know it's never far away . . . Also available: a mini-hardback of the first book in the series: When Sadness Comes to Call.
Eva Eland is an award-winning author and illustrator with an MA with distinction in children's book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She has also studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her first picture book, When Sadness Comes to Call, won the Klaus Flugge Prize and the V&A Award. Her books have also been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award and shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards. Eva grew up in Delft, Netherlands, and now lives in Amsterdam with her husband and baby girl.