Ways to Share Joy
Author: Renée Watson
Illustrator: Niña Mata
Book 3 in the Ryan Hart series
Pages: 208
Published: 2022
Age: 7+
Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan think about being kind to a classmate who is relentless with his teasing? Or be her signature sunny self when her brother, Ray, pulls the ultimate prank?
But even when it seems like nothing is going her way, Ryan still looks for a way to see the bright side of things, refusing to let anything steal her joy, and finding ways to share it with everyone she meets.
About the Ryan Hart Series
Books in series order
- 1.Ways to Make Sunshine(2020)
- 2.Ways to Grow Love(2021)
- 3.Ways to Share Joy(2022)
- 4.Ways to Build Dreams(2023)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine.
Ryan is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good friend. But even if her life isn't everything she would wish for, when her big brother is infuriating, her parents don't quite understand, and the unexpected happens, she always finds a way forward, with grace and wit. And plenty of sunshine.
Acclaimed author Renée Watson writes her own version of Ramona Quimby, one starring a Black girl and her family, in this charming new series.