You Make Me Happy by An Swerts, illustrated by Jenny Bakker Ages 5-8 32 pages Clavis June 2015 Hardcover     Sofia is enamored with a boy in her class. She’d rather draw foggy hearts on her window and daydream about him then eat. She has questions about her feelings (Is it possible to love someone too much; so much that you’ll die), but she doesn’t ask her mother. She asks her grandmother while they are walking to the lake. Her grandmother can relate to these feelings. She encourages Sofia to embrace these emotions “that are more rare than the pagalo flower in the jungle” and confide them to the boy. Sofia does tell the boy--not with a toy ring or a paper boat like her grandparents did when they were younger, but in a way that is just as revealing and sweet. A third love story, involving two birds, is revealed in Bakker’s dreamlike illustrations. They also demonstrate that love involves bravery, commitment, and expression.     web reviews   Tanya Boudreau/2015 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)