November is great month to remind us to make sure we are saying thank you! Saying thank you to those who help us, saying thank you to our beautiful world, and saying thank you to our loved ones. There are lots of ways to say thank you. We can say thank you by writing letters, saying it out loud, or passing the kindness forward. Here are a few books for you if you like to say thank you!
Written by Caryl Hart
Illustrated by Emily Hamilton
London: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022. Picture Book.
This picture book focuses on how saying thank you can help when you are having a bad day. When you are feeling sad or life feels hard, taking a minute to practice mindfulness and gratitude and really turn your day around.
Written by Courtney Sheinmel & Susan Verde
Illustrated by Heather Ross
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. Picture Book.
After Sallie writes a thank you letter to her Grandma, she realizes that she wants to write more! She starts to write thank you cards to everyone. The crossing guard, the mail deliverer, and many others. This book also includes tips on how to write your own thank you cards.
Written by Roxane Marie Galliez
Illustrated by Seng Soun Ratanavanh
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2020. Picture Book.
Mindfulness is a way of saying thank you to the world around us. This book is all about a young girl who learns all about how to appreciate the world around her as her grandfather shows her how to meditate. She notices the fluffy clouds, the grass growing, and the bees hovering as she takes a minute to breathe.
By Jane Cabrera
New York: Holiday House, 2019. Picture Book.
Grace decides to write thank you cards to everyone who gave her a present for her birthday. This then sparks in her the desire to write more thank you cards to other members of her town and other things around her, like: the sky for being so blue and her dog cheerfully wagging his tail. Her thank you letters inspire others around her who return the thanks back to her.
Written by Mary Lyn Ray
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Picture Book.
This poetic picture book has illustrations of adorable animals that help the reader know that saying thank you isn't just used for good manners, it is also for when you find something that makes you feel happy inside. When something makes you happy inside, you can answer back with a thank you. When the sunshine make you happy, you can thank it!
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