All Booked Up | Gratitude (Nov 2025)

A few of our favorite books about gratitude for this month's All Booked Up reading challenge. Not seeing anything you like? Browse more books about gratitude and thankfulness in the library catalog in English or español, or request a personalized recommendation from library staff.

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Updated September 30, 2025
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The circle of thanks
Bruchac, Joseph
Paper Book
Fourteen poems with themes of thanksgiving and appreciation of nature, based in part on traditional Native American songs and prayers.

Poems from ten native tribes that offer thanks for elements of the natural world. (Nonfiction)

Thanku : poems of gratitude
Bruchac, Joseph
Paper Book
How do you give thanks? Gratitude isn't something we need to save up for a special holiday. What are you grateful for right now, today? This anthology brings together a diverse group of poets who express gratitude for everything from a puppy to hot cocoa to the sky itself....

This anthology brings together poems of gratitude from a diverse cast of authors including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Jane Yolen. (Nonfiction)

Cornbread & Poppy
Cordell, Matthew
Paper Book
An IndieBound Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A 2022 Kirkus Best Children's Book ★ "A rewarding choice for young readers."--Booklist, starred review ★"Cornbread and Poppy are endearing...

Two mouse friends in need of food go in search of a much-needed feast in the first Cornbread & Poppy story. (Early Reader)

Bloomability
Creech, Sharon.
Paper Book
Kidnapped! The kidnappers are actually her Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max, but that doesn't matter to Domenica Santolina Doone, better known as Dinnie. She feels as if she's being taken out of the country against her will. Certainly no one asked her opinion. Dinnie is used to change-with her...

In this classic from the 1990s, a young teen's life opens up when she accompanies her aunt and uncle to Switzerland for year. (Young Teen Fiction)

Also available as a CD audiobook and as a digital audiobook in the Libby app.

100 ways to be thankful
Gerry, Lisa
Paper Book
Discover 100 creative ways to express gratitude for all that's good in your life with this powerful little book, packed with positive thoughts, practical ideas, and take-action prompts. Rejoice in snow days! Make time for belly laughs! Pause to marvel at the wonders of nature! In...

With great photography and insights from Nat Geo explorers, this book lists 100 practical & inspirational ways to show gratitude for the world around us. (Nonfiction)

Also available as an ebook through the Gale National Geographic Kids database.

Thanks a million
Grimes, Nikki
Paper Book
"Lends the 'attitude of gratitude' relevance beyond Thanksgiving Day." --Booklist "Offers a variety of reasons for giving thanks and feeling appreciation." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Acclaimed poet Nikki Grimes and award-winning illustrator Cozbi A....

A collection of poems in different formats about the many things we have to be thankful for. (Picture Book)

Grateful!: A Choose Your Own Attitude Book
Hayes, Gail
Paper Book
Feeling grateful is like magic. It is magical because it changes so many things in our life. It can change the way we feel in our heart, our head, and our body. It also can change how the world around us looks, feels, and even behaves because gratitude is contagious. In this...

Follow four kids in this choose your own adventure style book and discover how choosing gratitude can make a positive change in yourself and the world around you. (Nonfiction)

We are thankful
McNamara, Margaret
Paper Book
The Robin Hill School first graders learn about being thankful in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read! It's almost Thanksgiving, and Mrs. Connor asks the class to think about what they are thankful for. Reza and his mama make a list together. He can't wait to talk to his class about his...

The Robin Hill School students get creative with their gratitude lists. (Early Reader)

Gracias
Mora, Pat.
Paper Book
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA) In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful. There are so many things to be thankful for. For one...

A bilingual celebratrion of family, friends, and all the things for which we can say, "¡Gracias! Thanks!" (Bilingual Picture Book)

Also available as an audio recording kit and as an ebook and audiobook in the Libby app.

Junie B., first grader : turkeys we have loved and eaten (and other thankful stuff)
Park, Barbara.
Paper Book
"Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Join the World's Funniest First Grader, Junie B, Jones, for a hilarious Thanksgiving feast. This #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series has been keeping kids laughing--and reading-...

Junie B. Jones has a hard time finding something to feel thankful for as her class's Thanksgiving celebration approaches. (Bridging Fiction)

Also available as a CD audiobook and as an e-Book & digital audiobook in the Libby app.

Give thank you a try
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Find the kindness and joy in everyday life with New York Times bestselling author James Patterson's sweetly illustrated picture book about manners for kids. In Give Please a Chance, bestselling author James Patterson showed little ones the magic of the word "please....

In this picture book by famed author James Patterson, several artists illustrate situations in which kids can practice saying, "Thank you," from tickles to ice cream to a family's love. (Picture Book)

A world of gratitude
Saunders, Claire
Paper Book
Take a journey around the world and discover how different cultures and communities show gratitude. You can even learn to say "thank you" in over 50 different languages.

Learn how to say "thank you" and celebrate gratitude in different places around the world. (Nonfiction)

Sallie Bee writes a thank-you note
Sheinmel, Courtney
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Verde, Courtney Sheinmel, and Heather Ross comes a warmhearted story about expressing gratitude, perfectly modeling how to write a great thank-you note!When a surprise comes in the mail from Grandma, Sallie wants to text her right away: Thanks, Grandma...

When Sallie Bee gets a special package in the mail, she knows she needs to say "thank you" in a special way, with a handwritten note. Soon, Sallie is finding ever more reasons to write special notes to friends and neighbors. The book includes tips for writing a perfect thank-you note. (Picture Book)

We are grateful : otsaliheliga
Sorell, Traci
Paper Book
The Cherokee community is grateful for the blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by best-selling Cherokee author Traci Sorell. This award-winning seasonal picture book is for 3-7-year-olds interested in contemporary Indigenous...

Experience a year of celebrations with a modern-day Cherokee family as they share the blessings and challenges that each season brings. (Picture Book)

Also available through the LINCC catalog in the following formats: ebook, audiobook, readalong, audio recording kit, and Spanish language book.

Thankful
Spinelli, Eileen
Paper Book
Celebrate everyday blessings, practice thankfulness, and observe the wonderful acts of service that keep us going each and every day. Eileen Spinelli, bestselling and award-winning children's author, charms with rhymes and whimsy in Thankful, perfect for any young reader and their...

Rhyming text and whimsical illustrations follow young characters through town as they acknowledge all of the community members who make each day special. (Picture Book)

Giving thanks : more than 100 ways to say thank you
Surrey, Ellen
Paper Book
Discover one hundred ways to say thank you with this book, which explores the meaning of thankfulness. Join one boy as he thinks about the people in his life he'd like to thank, the many reasons to be grateful, and the different ways of showing affection and gratitude to the people we love....

Explore the meaning of gratitude--and more than 100 practical and playful ways to show it to the people we care about. (Picture Book)

Even robots can be thankful!
Thomas, Jan
Paper Book
Red Robot and Blue Robot are back in the hilarious and heartwarming picture book companion to Even Robots Aren't Perfect! in which our favorite robot friends learn how to be grateful for little things. Red Robot and Blue Robot are best friends. And sometimes friends get...

Read three stories of two best friends who discover that a friend is always something to be thankful for. (Early Graphic Novel)

Thankful
Vickers, Elaine
Paper Book
Stunning, diorama illustrations bring to life this "wonderfully evocative" (BookPage) lullaby of a picture book about celebrating everyday things that make life wonderful. I am thankful for a home where I am safe and warm. Thankful for parents...

On the first snowy day of the season, a girl uses small slips of paper to write down things she is thankful for. Her family makes a Thankful Chain of all the little things that make life wonderful. (Picture Book)

Finding grateful
White, Dianne
Paper Book
"This sweet, soft focus meditation on being gratefully present is a relaxing read-aloud for both parent and child."  --The New York Times A heartfelt picture book that celebrates embracing the moment and finding gratitude right here, right now...

A girl and her mom wander through the city, being mindful of their surroundings and all the little things for which to be grateful. (Picture Book)

The thank you book
Willems, Mo
Paper Book
Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie.   Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald...

Gerald and Piggie set out to thank everyone they know. But will they forget someone important? (Early Reader)


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