Happiness Is (cartoon)


"Happiness Is..." is a book and merchandise series based on the cartoon created by New York Times Bestselling authors. Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar, which features a collection of single frame images of "What makes you happy?"
It was launched on Facebook while the couple were living in Sayulita, Mexico, in July 2013. As of July 2021, there were over 10,000 images in the collection, and the Facebook page had over 3.3 million followers.
Chronicle Books of San Francisco holds global book publishing rights to the first 8 titles published from 2014 to 2018.

Published works in the "Happiness Is...series

BOOK 1: HAPPINESS IS...500 Things to be Happy About
BOOK 2: FRIENDSHIP IS...500 Reasons to Appreciate Friends
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer
  • China: United Sky New Media
  • Argentina: Catapulta Editores
  • Japan: Bunkyosha Co. Ltd.
  • Russia: Kariera Press
  • Germany: Fischer Verlag
  • Indonesia: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
  • Vietnam: AZ Communication
  • Spanish-speaking world excl. Argentina: Plaza y Janes/Penguin Random House
  • Holland: ZNU
  • Turkey: Pegasus Publishing House
  • Saudi Arabia: Jarir
BOOK 3: HAPPINESS IS...500 ways to be in the moment
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Vietnam: AZ Communication
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer
  • Vietnam: AZ Communication
  • Hungary: HVG Könyvek
  • Saudi Arabia: Jarir
  • Taiwan: Yuan-Liou Publishing
BOOK 4: HAPPINESS IS...500 ways to show I love you
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer
  • Vietnam: AZ Communication
  • China: United Sky New Media
  • Bulgaria: Ciela Norma AD
  • Holland: ZNU
  • Saudi Arabia: Jarir
  • Taiwan: Yuan-Liou Publishing
  • Spain: Penguin Random House
  • Hungary: HVG Könyvek
BOOK 5: HAPPINESS IS...200 things I love about mom
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer
BOOK 6: HAPPINESS IS...200 things I love about dad
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer
  • Holland: ZNU
BOOK 7: HAPPINESS IS...200 ways to be creative
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
BOOK 8: HAPPINESS IS...200 celebrations of sisterhood
  • US & Canada: Chronicle Books
  • Italy: Sperling & Kupfer