When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness.

"A little girl and her dog find unexpected ways to spread the light in their dreary town where it always rains, showing that happiness is contagious."--

Princess Harper is a happy girl and she wants everyone in the kingdom to share in her happiness.

Dani's been trying her best to stay happy ever since her best friend Ella moved away. But when some girls in Dani's class start being cruel to her, it starts a chain of rather unhappy events ... It would all be okay if only Ella would move back. The standalone sequel to the acclaimed illustrated chapter book, My Happy Life.

"Seven-year-old Layla divulges many things that make her happy, especially her family and their community garden." --

Fifteen-year-old Sarah tracks on a blog her efforts to meet her "New Blog Resolutions," especially to be happy again by the anniversary of "The Incident," despite her father's impending remarriage to the Monster, her mother's unhappiness, and huge fluctuations in her own popularity.

A perfect square that's perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed, but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.

The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.

"What makes one little owl happiest of all? Cuddling close and whispering, 'I love you.'"--

"A . . . book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy"--Provided by publisher.