A heartwarming emotional picture book filled with happiness

"Happy Hohoho Buns" is a picture book that delicately depicts the emotional changes that occur in a child's small heart.
It calmly and profoundly shows how small, everyday events can have huge ripple effects on children, and how those emotions can be healed and lead to growth.

The story begins on a gloomy Monday for a little bun living in the warm bun village.
A day when your favorite green crayon breaks, the blocks you worked so hard to build crumble, and you're the only one who can't laugh among your friends.
The thought, 'Why is it only me?' is actually a feeling many children feel.
Feelings like confusion, frustration, and loneliness often seem trivial to parents, but they are no small thing to children.
This book unfolds its story with deep empathy for the “size of a child’s heart.”

The great mission of the fluffy little bun to find happiness!

What is particularly noteworthy about this book is that it treats happiness not as mere joy or pleasure, but as an emotional process realized through experience.
The time Little Bun spends with his family over the course of a week shows different emotional landscapes.
A grandfather who feels nature with his whole body in the mountains, grandmothers who bicker with each other and then burst into laughter, a father who shows kindness all day long, an uncle's travel stories that broaden his world, and even a mother who is busy but never forgets her love.
All of these moments convey the important message that happiness is not a single emotion, but comes in different forms to each person.

Our children's emotional resilience starts with a single picture book.

The 'diversity of emotions' emphasized in picture books is a great learning experience for children.
Emotions aren't about right answers, and it's natural to feel that what brings joy to one person might bring sadness to another.
Moreover, the process through which the little bun encounters various types of happiness becomes an important stepping stone to help the child organize his or her own emotions and create his or her own 'standard of happiness'.

This book also has great educational value in fostering emotional resilience and self-esteem.
Instead of telling a child who has experienced failure or disappointment, “It’s okay, you can try again,” follow a real-life example and open the way for the child to understand their own emotions.
If parents read together, it also has the advantage of naturally connecting emotional conversations in everyday life, such as, “What was good about your day?” or “What moment made you happy?”

The adult author, who was in charge of the text and illustrations, captures the emotions of everyday life with warm colors and soft lines, just like in his previous works.
Thanks to the delicate expressions that seem to capture the hearts of children, readers feel a deep empathy with the text and illustrations.

Hohoho, happiness blooms even in the little bun.

This book is not simply about finding happiness, but rather a warm guide that makes both children and parents look back on their daily lives.
It provides children with a language of emotions and parents with a new perspective on their children's hearts.
This picture book makes us pause for a moment in our busy day and think again about the happiness of our family.