Bluebird of Happiness: A Little Book of Cheer »

Vicky Howard is an accomplished artist whose images are frequently licensed by companies such as Creative Papers, Dimensions, Gartner, Barton, Converting, Crazy Mountain, and Toland. Her previous books include The Art of Teaching, Christmas Cheer, and The Book of Santa Claus. Vicky lives with her husband, Rex, in Lawrence, Kans.

Vicky Howard is a successful and recognizable name in the gift market.

Using art from her private collection of vintage postcards, Howard presents avian images alongside positive-minded quotes from the early 1900s. While the creative elements of this book recall an early era, the art remains vivid and the words decidedly relevant:

You cannot always have happiness, but you can give happiness. —Proverb The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. —Henry Ward Beecher