Sandy Gingras evokes how good things can be when you and your environment are in happy agreement." --Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

An illustrated keepsake for your BFF that encompasses the ups, downs, and in-betweens of true friendship.

Celebrating the fun and fulfilling, as well as the "flaws, fizzles, and foibles" of friendship, Sandy Gingras fuses her relaxed watercolor illustrations with an original narrative to craft the ultimate ode to friendship.

With a special textured cover and heartfelt thoughts, Gingras reminds us that friends help friends forget and remember the bigger picture, they keep us in line, cheer us up through the gloomy times, respect our desire to be alone, and enable us to become a better version of ourselves.

Without being overly saccharine, Gingras writes, "True friendship is bigger than anger . . . and we'll be friends until the end of always . . . because liking is a thing that grows and grows (even through the hard parts)....

In Reasons to Be Happy, Sandy Gingras shares a heartfelt and eclectic list of things that should make everyone smile, all illustrated with her unique watercolor painting. From puppies in a basket to a walk in the garden to the quiet of early morning, each reason is a reminder that there is so much around us to be happy about.

The perfect gift for any occasion, Reasons to Be Happy will put a smile on your face and a skip in your step!

A few reasons to be happy:

* That clean-as-a-whistle feeling of the world when the sun pops out after a rainstorm

* Summer nights . . . catching fireflies on the lawn

* Hearing an old song on the radio

* When he calls you just to hear the sound of your voice

* Politeness

* Mini hot dogs at a fancy party...

There are so many reasons to be happy at the beach. This little book delights in the counting of some favorites. Reasons to Be Happy at the Beach is a gift book that combines the author-illustrator's uniquely endearing watercolor artwork with a wonderfully poetic listing. It's a book that shows us how present happiness really is -- all we have to do is look....

The perfect gift for anyone who appreciates a simple, relaxed lifestyle.

In How to Live in Flip-Flops, Sandy Gingras helps readers forget the complicated in favor of the simple, wonderful things in life. Gingras's delightful watercolors and poetic prose showcase the benefits of slowing down and finding happiness in the things that really matter. Whether or not you're at the beach, everyone can relate to the laid-back easiness that comes with living in flip-flops. Includes charming maxims such as:

• Lose the uncomfortable shoes
• Be thankful
• Smell like a coconut
• Go slowly to see the little things

This is the perfect gift for family and friends - whether for those who already embrace an easygoing harmony with the world or for those who need a gentle reminder of what's truly important.

"Sandy Gingras evokes how good things can be when you and your environment are in happy agreement."
Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet

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With delightful illustrations and simple prose, Sandy Gingras strips away the complicated, structured way of life we cling to and helps us find perspective and appreciation in simple things - like the beach. How to Live at the Beach is a gift book that is at home anywhere, on any coast, or far from it. For the beach is only a metaphor, and with every reading we are awakened: How we might live, how we can pace ourselves, how we can appreciate our world, how we can love....