A beautiful kids book, with exceptional illustrations! I highly recommend for all of the little children in your life.

A great story that shows how attitudes and mindset affects our outlook in life. Illustrations are beautifully done and quite eye catching.

This has a wonderful message of unconditional love! My rating 4.5 .

Kenton and Kailey are two happy Quokka children who live in the Land of Happiness. Their life isn’t always perfect, but they are grateful for all they have. They have a life perspective that gives them joy.

Across a meadow, in the Land of Sadness, lives the Snail family. Suzy and Sam struggle each day to earn approval from their parents and at school.

One day the four children meet in the strawberry patch between the lands. Kenton and Kailey share about the Creator and the ‘secret’ to their happy life. They invite Suzy and Sam to tell their parents and move to the Land of Happiness.

What is the secret to the Quokkas’ happiness? Will the Snails chose to change their view of life? This is a very sweet story that shares a message of God’s unconditional grace and love. I had never heard of Quokkas so that interested me by itself. The four children are cute and the message really warms my heart. The illustrations are adorable and the story is suitable, and I recommend it, for young readers.

Source: NetGalley 2020.

The Quokkas, the Snails, and the Land of Happiness. By Eric Geiger and Evie Geiger, Illustrator: Pablo Pino. 2021. B&H Kids (ARC eBooks).

An entertaining and inspirational story about two families, the quokkas and the snails, who approach life in different ways. Do you live to achieve for approval or to receive from approval? The messages within would do a lot of good for children living with virtue signaling parents who bribe and give their kids complexes for their own benefit. Now that might be a bit harsh for the snail family in this adorably illustrated story, but it definitely holds for all of those face-buried-in-their-smartphone folks looking for validation and sadly shaping the society we live in today.

Happy little story of being accepted for who you are. Always! Nice Christian story of God's love for everyone without a sticker chart! I'm not a Christian myself, but I tossed the sticker chart a long, long time ago and have lived a much happier life since! I'd guess a Christian household would want this book for their children. Maybe a Sunday school read? Poor snails, they remind me of my birth family. Christians and miserable. They hated fun and always made work whenever and where ever they were. Life is just too short- Enjoy it!

2 Quokka kids from the Land of Happiness and 2 Snail kids from the Land of Sadness meet in a strawberry patch one day and compare their lives. While all of them have sticker charts, the Quokkas’ charts are full just by living in the Land of Happiness and the Snails’ charts only get full by doing chores and nice things and it always seems like an impossible goal. The Quokkas tell the Snails how to move to the Land of Happiness.

I thought this was going to be a picture book, but it is actually a beginning reader chapter book with only occasional illustrations. The illustrations that do appear are very cute, though I think the target audience will wish there were more of them. There is a very obvious allegory with the Christian life and trying to earn salvation versus accepting God’s gracious gift of salvation (it is even explained in the back of the book). It’s a decent allegory (though I have heard better), and I like seeing quokkas in a children’s book (for being voted the world’s happiest animal, it sure doesn’t appear often, in fact this is the only one starring a quokka I can think of). I felt like the Quokka kids, even with their disabilities (one is stated to have a physical disability and the other a language processing disability…though it is just stated once and doesn’t come up again), seemed a little too perfect. It’s a very black and white allegory, which may be because the target audience is so young. As I mentioned, it was ok, but I’ve heard better. Still a good title for Christian families and Christian schools.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A tender story, I loved it, the illustrations are beautiful.
The story builds up naturally until the end of the story, and it was very well structured

Great book! The story leads easily and invites the reader in. The art is beautiful. These characters from the land of Happiness would be perfect for children's videos.

We can approach God in two ways. We can work hard trying to make ourselves right with God, or we can stop working and trust the work Jesus has already done for us.

Meet the Snail Family- they live in the land of sadness. Always living to fill their to do charts and never having any satisfaction or reward that last. Meet the Quokkas, they live in the Land of Happiness. They are joyful even when days are tough. They live this way because their charts are already filled.

Two families that their reasons for doing and being are different. They may do the same things but for different reasons. This is a great example for both parents and children. Parents to not grow weary and exasperate their children but give them grace and freedom. The why is more important than the do. If you are a parent that wants perfection from their children, this story may help you see the light of grace. The burden of perfection only gives us heartache and no purpose. It steals the joy of your relationships.

There is 3 parts to this child friendly story that brings the lesson to the heart of why. Highly recommend.

A special thank you to B&H Kids and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

This little analogy is a surprisingly depth children's book, with a roundabout lesson in God's love.

The Quokkas, the Snails, and the Land of Happiness is an awesome story that show kids and adults alike that they are enough with Jesus. It shares the message that true happiness and freedom come from God and Him alone and that there is noting we can ever do to earn it. I loved how the authors used the illustration of the sticker chart to help explain what Jesus and God does for us. It's an excellent way and tangible way for children to understand what Jesus and God did for us. I highly recommend this book--it would be perfect to use in a family devotion or a classroom setting. Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book. (This review is also on GoodReads.)

The illustrations was beyond cute, and the story was nice, but it ended way too soon.

However, I really dislike connecting the Lad of Sadness and the Land of Happiness to religion.

The Quokkas, the Snails, and the Land of Happiness tells the story of Suzy and Sam Snail, who live in the Land of Sadness. One day they meet two friendly quokkas who tell them about the Creator and life in the Land of Happiness. This is a cute children's book with very cute illustrations and a beautiful example of God's grace in our lives. I truly enjoyed reading this book.

Loved the illustrations in this book lots of colors and cute! The message was not lost in the cuteness of the book. I believe the kids reading or being read to would get the message. Can’t wait to see future books by Eric & Evie!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley on behalf of the Publisher and was under no obligation to post a favorable review.