Explore the importance of happiness with the youngest readers in a wonderfully accessible way.
Even little children have big questions about life. Finding happiness is a lifelong goal and Aristotle thought deeply about it. Why are we here? What is the best way to live a happy life? Having friends who are fun and adventurous is important, but it's also important to have true friends who will help us be good people and tell us when we're straying from that. He also believed we have to love ourselves in order to love others and be happy. This book will prompt readers to concentrate on what makes them happy and how they can be a good friend to others and themselves.
Look for all six Big Ideas for Little Philosophers board books: Equality with Simone de Beauvoir, Truth with Socrates, Happiness with Aristotle, Imagination with René Descartes, Kindness with Confucius, Love with Plato, and Truth with Socrates.
ROBIN ROSENTHAL is an illustrator and art director. In addition to her literary work, her illustrations have been published in Parents, Real Simple Family, Martha Stewart Kids — where she was a former art director — and Scholastic Parent & Child magazines, and on giggle's line of clothing for JC Penney. She has also developed brand strategies and character concepts for Sesame Workshop and Johnson & Johnson, participated in redesigns for Real Simple Family, Brides, Martha Stewart Living, More and Cooking Light magazines and The Land of Nod catalog, and art directed for New York Times Kids. Robin was the winner of the 2018 SCBWI New York Portfolio Showcase and a 2014 SCBWI Portfolio Mentorship Winner. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelors degree in art and now lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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Explore the importance of happiness with the youngest readers in a wonderfully accessible way.
Even little children have big questions about life. Finding happiness is a lifelong goal and Aristotle thought deeply about it. Why are we here? What is the best way to live a happy life? Having friends who are fun and adventurous is important, but it's also important to have true friends who will help us be good people and tell us when we're straying from that. He also believed we have to love ourselves in order to love others and be happy. This book will prompt readers to concentrate on what makes them happy and how they can be a good friend to others and themselves.
Look for all six Big Ideas for Little Philosophers board books: Equality with Simone de Beauvoir, Truth with Socrates, Happiness with Aristotle, Imagination with René Descartes, Kindness with Confucius, Love with Plato, and Truth with Socrates.
ROBIN ROSENTHAL is an illustrator and art director. In addition to her literary work, her illustrations have been published in Parents, Real Simple Family, Martha Stewart Kids — where she was a former art director — and Scholastic Parent & Child magazines, and on giggle's line of clothing for JC Penney. She has also developed brand strategies and character concepts for Sesame Workshop and Johnson & Johnson, participated in redesigns for Real Simple Family, Brides, Martha Stewart Living, More and Cooking Light magazines and The Land of Nod catalog, and art directed for New York Times Kids. Robin was the winner of the 2018 SCBWI New York Portfolio Showcase and a 2014 SCBWI Portfolio Mentorship Winner. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelors degree in art and now lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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