Blue Happiness

Joy of soil and sun
In this courtyard
the sun stayed to live and lived.
Carefully, my brother
lifts the beach shovel
and smiling
flips earth over my feet.

Between games and adventures, Thomas discovers his surroundings with joy and amazement while he reflects, thinks and learns to name those ineffable feelings that well up inside him. Each poem rescues an everyday moment, without avoiding the small and big difficulties of childhood. Early on, he must face the pain of loss and the mystery of death.
Blue Happiness is an intimate and delicate invitation to accompany a profound and moving life story that immerses readers in their own childhood experiences, their emotions and the initial flashes of a path of inner transformation.

Key points

2024 – Finalist in Cuatrogatos Foundation Award

• Recognition of a child’s voice and emotions in direct and simple language.
• Readers’ awareness of their own emotions and the germ of personal development.
• Selected in 2024 among 1,200 Latin American books for its aesthetic and literary excellence.

Leonor Pérez

2020 – IBBY Chile Award, Young Adults Poetry
2018 – IBBY Chile Award, Young Adults Non Fiction
2017 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 90 Recommended Books
2016 – Cuatrogatos Foundation Award