If You're Happy And You Know It!

Jan Ormerod

OUP Oxford, Mar 6, 2003 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

If you're happy and you know you can clap your hands...but you can also wag your tail, snap your teeth, beat your chest, jump and boing! This wonderfully exuberant animal romp explores different ways of expressing happiness. Young children will enjoy joining in with the animal actions in this vibrant picture book, making for very happy reading! BLJan Ormerod is an internationally renowned author and illustrator - this is her first book to be illustrated by another artist BLLindsey Gardiner is a rising star in the picture book world; she is best known for her charming characters Poppy and Max

About the author

Jan Ormerod was born in Australia on September 23, 1946. She attended art school and studied drawing, painting and sculpture. After completing her degree, she become an Associate of the Western Australian Institute of Technology and Design in Art Education, taught in secondary schools on enrichment programs for talented students, and lectured in a teacher's college and in art schools. Her first picture book, Sunshine, was published in 1981, won the Mother Goose Award, and was voted Australian Picture Book of the Year. She wrote and illustrated more than 50 books in her lifetime including Miss Mouse's Day, Lizzie Nonsense, Rhymes around the Day, Father Christmas and the Donkey, Ben Goes Swimming, Emily Dances, A Twist in the Tail, and Ponko and the South Pole. She also illustrated Sky Dancer by Jack Bushnell. She died after a long illness on January 23, 2013 at the age of 67.

Bibliographic information

• Title: If You're Happy And You Know It!
• Author: Jan Ormerod
• Illustrated by: Lindsey Gardiner
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003
• ISBN: 0192725513, 9780192725516
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books / General