ISBN: 9781907912054
Pages: 40
Age Level: Early Childhood 0-6 / Middle Childhood 7-12
Genre: Picture Storybook
Rating: 5 stars
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This is the story of three bitter, unhappy and miserable women - Miss Whimper, Miss Grouch & Miss Stern. Their neighbour, Miss Jolly and her pet Melvin the boar, is always happy. These three grumps try to find out her secret, and in the process learn that happiness can be a big sticky pink mess. With the help of a teeny tiny watermelon food fight!
Originally published in 2011 in Portuguese with the title A Felicidade e uma Melancia na Cebeca by Callis Editora.
Wow! I just love love love this book. Stella Dreis' illustrations are fan-freaking-amazing!!! I saw some artwork many years ago that this reminds me of, but I'm blowed if I can remember the artist ... aaaarrrrrggghhhh!!!!. I would love to have some on my walls!
The illustrations are extremely bright and colourful and done in a surrealist style. They have been depicted in an overly exaggerated way from their facial and body features, their expressions, through to the way they move. I love their snobbish expressions as they strut around with the most hideously fantastic hats on their heads.Hahn's rhyming text is a perfect match to Dreis's illustrations. It has a catchy rhythm and mostly uses language that younger children can understand.
What a fantastically imaginative and fun book to add to your collection. The artwork is worth spending hours pouring over, and the rhyming story makes for a great read-aloud. Even though it is supposedly for Early Childhood 0-6 year old children I personally think that Middle Childhood 7-12 year olds will appreciate this book more, both for the illustrations and the humorous rhyme.
I got my copy of Happiness is a Watermelon on Your Head from the Taradale Primary School library where I work.
Woops, I couldn't find a copy at Napier Libraries.
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