The Blue Day Book Illustrated Edition: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up

By Bradley Trevor Greive and Claire Keane

Nineteen years after its first printing, Bradley Trevor Greive's global bestseller The Blue Day Book has become a modern classic and is still bringing smiles to readers around the world. And because we all still have bad days now and then, the time is right for an illustrated edition of this uniquely funny, compassionate book that inspired an entire genre of uplifting gift books.

This special edition features stunning new illustrations created by Claire Keane, the artist and animator who created the art for Disney's Frozen. Still included, of course, are the original, warm, supportive messages and humorous insights guaranteed to raise the spirits of anyone feeling down and blue.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Jun 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781524854423

Bradley Trevor Greive

Bradley Trevor Greive became a publishing sensation after the release of The Blue Day Book in 2000. He has since sold more than 25 million books in over a hundred countries. In 2014 he was awarded the Order of Australia for his service to literature and wildlife conservation.

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Other Books by BTG

Penguin Bloom

The World Is Great, and I Am Small

In Praise of Idleness: A Timeless Essay

Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats

Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet

Curses and Blessings for All Occasions

The Book for People Who Do Too Much

The Meaning of Life

Tomorrow: Adventures in an Uncertain World

Other Books by Claire Keane

Little Big Girl

Once Upon a Cloud

Love Is

A Fairy Friend

To my wonderful parents, Fay and Trevor Greive,

who never stopped taking me out to see the world

even after I was bitten by penguins, three times.

BTG

Introduction

Much has changed in the past twenty years, but The Blue Day Book remains one of the simplest and most uplifting books you’ll ever read. I’d love to say that you’re about to be dazzled by wit and wisdom, but it actually contains nothing more than a humble, humorous lesson about perspective.

Writing this little book in the winter of 1998 helped me smile at a time when I needed it most, though of course I had absolutely no idea that it would eventually become the world’s bestselling gift book of all time. I also had no idea that over the next two decades