★ A picture book that teaches children to love life and embrace happiness—family is the foundation of our happiness.
★ Selected for the inaugural “100 Children’s Picture Book Creations” project.
★ The illustrations are rich and unadorned, featuring round, endearing characters whose warm, honest style perfectly complements the text, evoking a nostalgic glimpse of a simple childhood.

“What is my happiness?” This is the question that puzzles Xixi when faced with a school essay.

Curious and innocent, Xixi sets out through the village asking everyone she meets: Second Grandpa, her friend Ma Qi, the goat herder and the chicken keeper, Uncle, a little girl, a boy from the neighboring village, Grandpa Wang, Grandma… Each person shares their own answer about “happiness”—ordinary yet genuine joys drawn from their everyday lives.

Gradually, Xixi begins to understand what happiness means. She returns home, rummaging through boxes and drawers until she finds what she’s been looking for: a slightly yellowed letter from her parents, tucked inside her notebook. And there, she discovers her very own happiness.

Xu Yingying

Born in Shandong in 2001, Xu Yingying now lives in Ningbo. She graduated from the Illustration Department of the School of Painting at Nanjing University of the Arts and currently works as a teacher at Zhongshan Street Primary School in Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province. Passionate about picture book creation, she firmly believes that art has the power to heal.