5★
This one is well named. JOY!
“‘What’s wrong with Nanna?’ Fern asked her mum.
‘I don’t know’, Mum replied.
‘It’s like the joy has gone out of her life.’
‘What’s joy?’ asked Fern.
‘Joy is what makes your heart happy
and your eyes twinkle.’

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Nanna, looking drab and Fern looking worried]

As good an explanation of JOY as any, I reckon. Nanna used to be a colourful, cheery baker of cakes.

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Cheery Nanna with her happy cat and Fern]

Now, even the cat and the plants seem moody and down in the dumps with Nanna.

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Nanna's living room in decline.]

Fern is going to try to fix that. The premise of the book is easy enough to understand, and Fern’s attempts to catch or trap some “joy” for Nanna are just the kind of thing a little girl might try.

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Fern trying to catching pretty things in a box in the park]

But try as she might, she has no luck. So, if she can’t bring the joy to Nanna, she’ll take Nanna to the joy!

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Fern and Nanna, wheeling merrily through the park!]

And the best sort of outing is a picnic! So we're treated to a delicious-looking happy ending!

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration: Fern and Nanna having a picnic and a nap in the park]

A great book to bring joy to anyone, and a wonderful way to show children how they can help other people find joy. Especially for grandparents and grandchildren, of course, but really, we'd all love to be in that park at that picnic, wouldn't we?

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing/Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this delightful preview.

Colorful illustration perfectly put together for a wonderful story. This is book presents a cute story with a little bit of a lesson and you don't even know it. I love this story and recommend it!

https://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2018/07/joy-by-corrinne-averiss-isabelle-folath.htmlGorgeously colored and sweetly painted by artist Isabelle Folath, this story by Corrinne Averiss follows young Fern in her seemingly forlorn attempt to find joy for her grandmother who appears to be missing hers. Just when Fern thinks her quest has failed, she discovers that her very recounting of her adventure brings joy to her Nanna.

I thought the art was awesome and the story beautifully told. I have some reservations about the wealth of 'unhealth' in the food on the picnic blanket in a book for young children! It's never a bad idea to promote healthy-eating especially in a biook for young children, but I was willing to let that slide since the rest of it was so well done. I recommend this.

When her beloved grandmother is sad, Fern wants to find a way to bring joy to her. She recognizes joy from the "Whoosh" feeling it gives her, but when she tries to capture it to take to her grandma, it is elusive--but she finds a different way to bring joy to her grandmother.

The illustrations are awesome--pretty and whimsical and perfect for conveying the "whoosh" described in the text. This was a lovely book.

I read a copy from the publisher via #NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

A sweet story of a little girl who loves her Grandmother and notices that she is unhappy. She goes on a search to bring joy back to her life. It's a lovely example of looking at other's needs and helping kids to see outside themselves and that joy is something that can be shared and found everywhere. It's a little bit of a simplistic look at mental health or illness in the grandmother, but opens the conversation for kids and probably appropriate for kids 4-7.

The illustrations are lovely and colourful.

Thank you to #NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an advance e-copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

ARC Copy...a beautiful colourful exploration and search for what is joy and how can you bottle it up for someone who needs joy all render in gorgeous water colour illustrations.

Joy is everywhere. We can find it even in the most unusual place. That's what Fern told me.

It is a lovely picture book. Not only the illustration, the story is a heartwarming. It's so colorful. I enjoy looking at the picture on and on. I love this book.

What a beautiful book!! I am in love with the illustrations!!
Its a lovely book about a little girl who tries to catch joy for her nanna, only to find out its easy to find Joy but hard to catch it for others.
I need a copy of it for my son!! Great book for little kids!

Cute, simplistic story about depression.

As you can see here, Ferm remembers when her Nanna was happy.

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But now she is sad.

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So Fern goes off in search of ways to make her happy. She things she can capture the emotion on the wind. It remains elustive. But she finds that she brings joy to her grandmother simply by talking to her, being with her, and that is the greatest gift anyone can give.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-680" src="http://www.reyes-sinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-28-at-12.23.28-AM.png" alt="JOY" />

Lovely story about finding simple things to bring you joy, as well as bringing joy to others.

#joy #netgalley

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This book is so beautiful. I could feel the joy in the illustrations. Fern's grandma is sad and missing some joy in her life, so Fern goes out and tries to catch her grandma some joy to bring to her. She finds joy in the bounce of a dog, in the giggle of a baby on a swing, in the sparkle of sunlight on water, but isn't able to catch any of this joy. Saddened, she tells her grandma about trying to catch some joy for her, and to her surprise her tales of her antics bring her grandma joy anyway! Then they go out together to find some more things to be joyful about.

The illustrations are just gorgeous and so whimsical, and the message is a wonderful one of happiness being about intangible things that are best when shared with a loved one. This would make a beautiful gift and I need a copy for my own kids' shelves as well as copies for the children of all my friends. This one is definitely going on the list of gifts to give kids for birthdays this year.

Lovely book about a little girl Fern who tries to bring joy to her grandmother's life. She decides to collect joy wherever she spots the happiness but it's not that easy to catch joy!
The story might not be the most original -and in the end of the day all children's books have similarities- but the style of illustration is fantastic and the whole book is a real "joy" to look at.
Would definitely recommend to children between 3-8