This is a sweet and charming graphic novel for middle grade and younger YA readers. The story about learning how to fit in to a new home, a new country, a new school is something many readers can relate to. I loved that this book is about reminding us that all of our emotions are important and valid. Although we all strive to find happiness and be happy other emotions are equally important in helping us manage and get through each day. It's kind of a new take on the idea that you can't know happiness without also knowing sadness. As Darcy learns, sometimes we need to get some perspective to realize what we already have. This is a great addition for any school and/or classroom library!

The Happy Shop is like a warm hug, perfect for cozy days in that require just a little bit of magic.

The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen was an interesting, but yet important book. It is important to acknowledge our feelings and our memories. Given all the issues families have faced in recent years, I appreciate how Olsen both illustrated and wrote about how some memories are harder to find and no memory is not worthwhile. This is a great middle grade graphic for people of all ages.

***I received a free ARC of this e-book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.***

This story follows a girl and her mother who have just moved to a new town. When exploring the town, the girl finds a magic shop that sells happy feelings and gets swept up in helping the shop stay afloat while adjusting to her own new normal.

I liked the magical realism concept. However, the simplistic art style and one note characters made it hard to fully embrace and love the story.

I can't even begin to express how much I loved this story. What a creative idea for a plot. There is so much to learn and to get out of book. I love how much growth the main character had. And how she gets more and more into enjoying this new place she found and actually thrive in the new area she moved to. Definitely worth the read.

I received this ARC from NetGalley.

This seems like a nice story for kids. The premise is interesting; it's mostly realistic with a bit of magic. And, I like how they point out how weird it is to just creep on people, especially strangers having a moment to themselves. I'm not quite sure how to rate a book for kids, but I think the lesson on having perspective on life and being appreciative for the little things is a good one.

Eleven-year old Darcy moves to a new town and stumbles upon The Happy Shop, where happiness is sold in jars. After accidentally breaking a jar, she now has to pay her debt and work at the shop.

Cute, short cozy read that teaches whether happiness is the only emotion we need. Soon, Darcy learns that having different feelings/emotions is what makes us human.

A heartwarming graphic novel about capturing happy moments and recognising the importance of all emotions.

This is such a sweet book that's great for young readers. It deals with grief and change and coping through them. It teaches about how powerful one's feelings are and how we can learn from various situations and scenarios in life. The concept of the happy shop is very cute.

I loved this. The concept was such a good one and it was done so well. The drawings are so good. I loved how it showed sisters and then mending their bonded. The struggle of a family business and the struggle of moving homes. This was such a cute and fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley for a free ARC.

This was a delightful read. The story felt cozy and heartfelt. It deals with the loneliness and feeling lost after moving. The relationship between mother and daughter is depicted deftly and naturally. It wonderfully portrays the loving, but strained relationship during a stressful time. Equally, the relationship between the two sisters is done well. As someone with a kind and stubborn sister, both the care and the bickering felt real.

The artwork is simple, but clear and pretty cute.

Would recommend. Great for kids and adults.

I am living for these new emotion based novels that keep coming out. They really give my students an insight into other people's emotions to teach empathy. They also give context for naming their emotions and provides them with vocabulary to discuss what they're feeling. I know my kids will love it.

But I also enjoyed it. It was heartwarming and beautifully illustrated. The protagonist was so cute and the story was so well written. Truly a wonderful book.

The Happy Song is a delightful graphic novel about a girl named Darcy who has moved with her mother to a new city and is having trouble connecting with her new home. One say she discovers a shop that sells little bottles full of feelings. Through a series of events she gets a job in the store and learns about the complicated nature of feelings.

I really enjoyed this. The story is well told and does a good job on capturing the complexity of how emotions work in an easy to understand way. There's a real sense of place here. I would love to visit the shop and swap out some feelings.

I look forward to seeing more from this creator in the future.

Darcy is new in town and discovers a shop selling happy feelings, which she could use. After spending some time in the shop and with the sisters who own the shop, Darcy realizes that sometimes sad feelings are needed to help appreciate the good things in life.

That ending was just the best!!! So good, so wholesome and perfect.

I loved the idea of collecting bits of happy moments/feelings and selling them to people who needed a pick-me-up. I loved the many original collected moments/feelings and the store was so cozy and Flora, one of the shop owners, was so nice, she was my favorite character by far.

But I’m not the biggest fan of the illustrations, parts of the writing and unfortunately some things just didn’t make sense, like a mom not having visited the place where her child is working after school, not even knowing who employed her and in a place they just moved to. Also, one of the shop owners (the grumpy sister) was just written to blunt and harsh in my opinion. And a lot of negative and grownup problems are shared with Darcy, a child who already has a lot on her plate because of the move.

This is about Darcy, she lives with her mom at an unknown place they just moved to. She’s being a typical grumpy teenager about it until her mom finally gets her out of the house to run some errands for her. She gets lost in her own thoughts which causes her to get lost for real too. And that’s how she discovers The Happy Shop, a place where parts of happy moments/feelings are sold in magic jars. She opens/uses a jar without realizing and destroys one accidentally too. She doesn’t have the money to pay for it so she ends up working there and that helps not only her but so many people in the end and maybe even the shop itself too!

Thank you NetGalley and Oni Press for providing me with this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was a really cute and inventive story! I appreciated the original premise of magical jars that collect happy feelings.

This graphic novel was so adorable; it made me emotional. It follows the story of Darcy, who recently moved to a new town and is feeling sad and lonely about it. One day, she stumbles upon a shop where people can buy feelings in jars. After accidentally breaking some jars, the owners decide to let her work with them to pay her debt. While working with them, she learns a lot about people and their feelings, and eventually, she even helps them keep the store going. I loved this so much; it was meaningful, wholesome, and showed the importance of the little moments in life. Biggest thanks to netgalley for this eARC!

The Happy Shop was a fun middle grade graphic novel, that I think readers of any age would enjoy. I am looking forward to reading more by Brittany Long Olsen.

A really sweet, touching story. How amazing to be able to catch happy feelings and save them in a jar! Who wouldn't want to open a jar and feel good? Darcy is such a smart girl, coming up with clever ideas for the shop. And she manages to melt even gruff Frida's heart.

A sweet and simple story about experiencing and appreciating emotions.

Darcy's less than thrilled about her recent move to a new city due to her mom's new job. One day, she comes up on the Happy Shop and discovers a place that bottles little moments of joy to sell to customers. As she begins to work in the shop, Darcy discovers that there's much more to life than happy moments. All emotions can be needed at different times in our lives.