Key Selling Points My Heart Fills With Happinesswon the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2017. Author Monique Gray Smith has also written the bestselling picture book You Hold Me Upand the middle-grade nonfiction book Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation. Illustrator Julie Flett received a BolognaRagazzi Special Mention (2019) for her book with Richard Van Camp, We Sang You Home. This book features a beautiful array of Indigenous children and multigenerational families. The dual-language English/Plains Cree edition of this bookwas selected for the 2019 TD Grade One Book Giveaway. Monique Gray Smith dedicated this book to the former Indian Residential School students and their families. My Heart Fills With Happinesshas been translated into French, Spanish, Plains Cree and now Anishinaabemowin.