The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley

By Colin Thompson, Amy Lissiat (illustrator),

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1 author picked The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley is a book that, well, the first time I read it my mind was blown. This is a self-help book for all humans in a picture book. It takes our thirst to live forever, to always want more, be more, see more, do more, look better, and compares that with the wonderful Riley, who is happy with some fruit and maybe a couple of slugs on Tuesday or Friday.

He likes a little stick that can scratch his back.
He looks like Riley. Why would he want to look like anything else?…

From Adam's list on kids living a great life.

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