Barbara Ann Kipfer

A listing of fourteen thousand things that people should be happy about--including flannel sheets, strawberry ice cream, Scrabble, red leotards, quiet libraries, patting the cat, and popsicle sticks

The Happy Book

14,000 Things to Be Happy About

Mia Caven

I like lists and I like little things in life that make me happy so this was perfect for me

Something to be happy about: This mesmerizing bestseller is revised and updated. Originally published 25 years ago (happy anniversary!) from a list that Barbara Ann Kipfer started making as a child, it’s the book that marries obsession with happiness. And it now has 4,000 fresh and more current reasons to be happy: Rabbit tracks in the snow. Kiteboarding and kitesurfing. Caramel gelato. Scoring super-high on a Scrabble turn. Babies burping. Summer storms. White cupcakes with multicolored sprinkles. Big red barns. 20 minutes all to yourself. No opinions, no explanations, no asides, no footnotes, editorializing, or proselytizing. Just the simple premise of a list of things that make us smile. With its chunky shape, striking black-and-white cover, and 100 whimsical illustrations by Pierre Le-Tan, the new 14,000 Things is an irresistible catalog of good thoughts completely updated to reflect today’s world—and an uplifting gift for people of all moods and all ages.

Newly Revised and Updated

14,000 Things to Be Happy About.

Heather

4 stars ⭐️ 

I really loved the idea of this book! I found a lot of things that were really cute, and I definitely find happiness in them! Other things that were listed felt random. Almost if the author needed items to fill in space. However, everyone finds happiness in different things. I made a list of both the cute ones and the weirder ones.

💕Cute ones💕 
A wall of books 
Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the setting of Gilmore Girls 
Pink lemonade 
Cowboy boots 
Squirrels with the bushiest tails 
Cats sitting in the sun or by heating vents
Fettuccine Alfredo
Brownies with no nuts 
Hearing “your song” 
A price sticker that peels off completely 
Someone who says you’re beautiful 
An “I miss you” note 
Everything spelled correctly in the book you’re reading (YESSSSS) 

🤨Weird ones🤨
Funny toes 
Admitting you were wrong (I’m sorry, but this doesn’t make me too happy💀) 
Worcestershire sauce 
Golf clubs 
Attic junk 
Toe nail clippers 
Graph paper
All-purpose flour
Bar napkins 
Waiting rooms 
Bozo the clown

Aiko van de gaer 

Sarah Sammis

nia( taylor‘s version)

Something to be happy about: This mesmerizing bestseller is revised and updated. Originally published 25 years ago (happy anniversary!) from a list that Barbara Ann Kipfer started making as a child, it’s the book that marries obsession with happiness. And it now has 2,000 fresh and more current reasons to be happy: Rabbit tracks in the snow. Kiteboarding and kitesurfing. Caramel gelato. Scoring super-high on a Scrabble turn. Babies burping. Summer storms. White cupcakes with multicolored sprinkles. Big red barns. 20 minutes all to yourself. No opinions, no explanations, no asides, no footnotes, editorializing, or proselytizing. Just the simple premise of a list of things that make us smile. With its chunky shape, striking black-and-white cover, and 100 whimsical illustrations by Pierre Le-Tan, the new 14,000 Things is an irresistible catalog of good thoughts completely updated to reflect today’s world—and an uplifting gift for people of all moods and all ages.

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