The Thank You Book (Padded Board Book) - by Mary Lyn Ray (Board_book)

About the Book

The Thank You Book's poetic text and tender illustrations celebrate the powerful impact gratitude can have on our lives. Now in a padded board book edition.

Book Synopsis

The Thank You Book's poetic text and tender illustrations celebrate the powerful impact gratitude can have on our lives. Now in a padded board book edition.

Thank you isn't just for learning manners.
It's also for when something wakes a
little hum--a little happy hum--inside you
and you want to answer back.

The Thank You Book explores the many ways we can be thankful for the pleasures great and small that await us every day. Tender and poetic, it reflects on the role gratitude can play in our lives and celebrates the powerful impact it can have on us.

Review Quotes

"The illustrations portray a warm, cozy, and happy world full of farmers markets, picnics, parties, and friendship. The text focuses on experiences of happiness that kids can actually relate to, and is poetic enough to evoke real feeling and understanding of the concept of gratitude for the good things in life...Discussions of gratitude, happiness, and kindness are always needed, and this small book makes the medicine go down with a delicious spoonful of sugar."--School Library Journal

"A delightful little book that encourages readers to connect to places, times, and one another with the simple act of saying 'thank you' and whose illustrations promote equality, diversity, kindness, and gratitude for all."--Kirkus

"Many of the scenes offer intriguing details for young children to discover and enjoy. An appealing picture book with a theme that's timely at Thanksgiving but always relevant."--Booklist

About The Author

Mary Lyn Ray has written many acclaimed books for children, including Go to Sleep, Little Farm and Stars. She lives in South Danbury, New Hampshire. www.marylynray.com

Stephanie Graegin's illustrated books include The Thank You Book by Mary Lyn Ray and You Were the First by Patricia MacLachlan. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. www.graegin.com