Where Happiness Hides

WestWords is proud to have be part of Dirt Lane Press’ COVID-19 response to publish Where Happiness Hides online in approx. 35 languages. WestWords collaborated with Dirt Lane Press, Margrete Lamond, to assist in the translations into nine languages. We also worked with the African Australian Advocacy Centre for the African language translations as part of our African Australian Literature Development Project, a project supported by Ades Family Foundation.

WestWords was able to translate Where Happiness Hides into:
Arabic, Mandarin, Samoan, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Dinka and Igbo

Contributing translators include:
Dor Akech Achiek, Xin Di, Gabriel Faatau’uu, Daniel Gobena, Qanani Hika, Vincent Ogu, Florence Kankundiye, Kifah Lebde, Rev. Fr Alexander Mutua Munyao, Palepa-Sabrina Time, Solomon K Yeshitela

Available online for free via the Dirt Lane Press website for a limited period, this beautiful and inspirational picture book will come in 35 languages: Click HERE

A bit about the book:

Where Happiness Hides is by Anthony Bertini with pictures
by Jennifer Goldsmith, and is published by Dirt Lane Press.

The story that invites you to find the mysterious places where happiness might be waiting for you. You won’t have to look very far … happiness is hiding right inside you.

In this story you will see where two children find the keys to their happiness, in the small moments of their everyday life. We hope you will then be inspired to look for happiness in your own everyday!

ANTHONY BERTINI works in the corporate world with a specific focus on Clean and Environmental Technology. Anthony’s first book, Things My Pa Told Me, was published by Hardie Grant Egmont/Little Hare and has been translated into several languages and sold over 20,000 copies. Where Happiness Hides is Anthony’s first book with Dirt Lane Press.

JENNIFER GOLDSMITH is an internationally renowned figure in the world of handmade inventive toy characters crafted from felt Jennifer has always thought of toy making as a kind of storytelling, and it was her drawings for these characters that attracted the attention of Dirt Lane Press. Where Happiness Hides is Jennifer’s first foray into the world of picture-book illustration.

DIRT LANE PRESS is an Australian registered charity helping to make a better world by opening minds, connecting people through story, and creating quality children’s books for those who need them most.

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