My Heart Fills With Happiness / Mi corazón se llena de alegría

A dual-language book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. In English and Spanish.

Un libro en cartoné que celebra la alegría, invitando a los niños a pensar en las pequeñas cosas de la vida que les hacen sentir alegres.

★ "A quiet loveliness, sense of gratitude, and—yes—happiness emanate from this tender celebration of simple pleasures." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful book, with illustrations from celebrated artist Julie Flett, serves as a reminder for little ones and adults alike to reflect on and cherish the moments in life that bring us joy.

International speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote My Heart Fills With Happiness to support the wellness of Indigenous children and families, and to encourage young children to reflect on what makes them happy.

This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Spanish.

La luz del sol en la cara. El aroma del bannock caliente hornéandose. Sostener la mano de alguien querido. ¿Qué llena tu corazón de alegría? Este hermoso libro de cartón, con ilustraciones de la renombrada artista Julie Flett, sirve como recordatorio tanto para pequeños como para adultos de reflexionar y apreciar los momentos de la vida que nos llenan de alegría.

La conferencista internacional y premiada autora Monique Gray Smith escribió Mi corazón se llena de alegría para apoyar el bienestar de los niños y las familias indígenas, y para incentivar a los niños pequeños a reflexionar sobre las cosas que les hacen sentir alegría.

Este libro bilingüe incluye el texto completo en inglés y español.

Monique Gray Smith is an award-winning, bestselling author and public speaker. Her books cover a broad spectrum of ages, topics and emotions. Woven into all of Monique's writing and her speaking engagements is the teaching that Love is Medicine. Her books include Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, My Heart Fills With Happiness, You Hold Me Up, Lucy and Lola, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, Tilly and the Crazy Eights, When We Are Kind and I Hope. She has also created the young adult adaptation of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Monique is Cree and Scottish. She lives with her family on the Traditional Territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples.

Translator:

Lawrence Schimel escribe tanto en español como en inglés y ha publicado más de 120 libros como autor o recopilador, en muchos géneros distintos, entre ellos narrativa, poesía, novela gráfica y libros infantiles. Ha ganado el premio Lambda Literary dos veces, el premio Crystal Kite de la Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, un premio White Raven de la Biblioteca Internacional Juvenil en Munich, y ha sido seleccionado tres veces para la lista Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities de IBBY, entre otros honores. Es también un prolífico traductor literario. Vive en Madrid, España, donde fundó la sección española de la Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Julie Flett is a Swampy Cree and Red River Métis artist and author. She studied fine arts at Concordia University in Montreal and Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature for her work on When We Were Alone by David Robertson, and her book Birdsong won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. She is the three-time recipient of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Award for Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet, Dolphin SOS and My Heart Fills With Happiness.