UNIVERSAL THEME:

• This is a charming, original, lushly illustrated story. Like many of the best picture books with timeless, universal themes, I'm Glad That You're Happy can be appreciated as much by adults as by children.

NAHID KAZEMI IS A RISING STAR:

• Kazemi is an accomplished artist and illustrator from Iran, who now lives in Canada; she is just beginning to be published in North America and has recently been named a finalist in the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrator's Competition (China Children's Book Fair, Shanghai).

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:

• Curriculum connections include language arts, social studies / heritage and identity and science / life systems.