About the book:
Bestselling and award-winning children’s author Eileen Spinelli combines charming rhymes and whimsical illustrations to convey the importance of being thankful for everyday blessings. Thankful, by bestselling and award-winning children’s author Eileen Spinelli, combines charming rhymes and whimsical illustrations to convey the importance of being thankful for everyday blessings. Like the gardener thankful for every green sprout, and the fireman for putting the fire out, readers are encouraged to be thankful for the many blessings they find in their lives.
Spinelli exhibits her endearing storytelling with this engaging poem, reminding children how blessed and special they are. Meant to be read aloud, this heartwarming picture book will be a treasured keepsake for parents and children alike.
One thing is for sure, I just adore how Thanksgiving and this season give us a good reminder to be thankful. And this book is a great way to convey that to the littles in my Sunday School class! Thankful by Eileen Spinelli is an absolutely wonderful book to remind children to be thankful. I love that this book teaches children to be thankful for the everyday little things in life. It’s easy to be thankful for the big things but when you focus on the little things you can truly see how blessed you are. This book has beautiful illustrations and my kids enjoy reading it!
This book was provided to me free of charge by Book Look in return for my honest review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
Eileen Spinelli is a poet and picture book author with a talent for lovable stories that tug at the heart. She is the author of more than forty books for children, including Heat Wave, When You Are Happy, I Know It’s Autumn, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’, Sophie’s Masterpiece, and Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. Ms. Spinelli lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
elle alice
What a great idea for a book: to teach children to be thankful! I think it's a great platform for dialogue on thankfulness throughout the year! I'll have to find this book!