The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth

A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2021

A Publishers Weekly High-Concept Picture Book for Children

A CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) Choices Best Children’s Book, 2022

Is there any creature in the world happier than a dog with a ball in its mouth? Maybe a cat in the sun? Or a kid eating ice cream? This gentle book, with its soft and evocative colored pencil illustrations, is philosophical in its approach to the millions of forms that happiness can take, as well as the contrasti...