Thanku
Poems of Gratitude

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude is illustrated by Marlena Myles (Myles is Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscokee Creek) and edited by Miranda Paul. First, what I want you to notice when you look at the cover is the order of the names of the people who illustrated and edited the book. Myles's name is shown fi......more

I'm so proud to be one of the poets on this project. This diverse group of authors brings together the spirit of gratitude in just-right ways for even the youngest reader or listener. It is my hope that parents and teachers use the book to help their children/students see the importance of thankfuln......more

I’m always thankful when I find a new children’s poetry collection, and I’m especially grateful for Thanku The poems in this anthology look at the concept of thankfulness from all angles, both expected, like giving thanks at Thanksgiving and the unexpected, like a sweatshirt being grateful for a cha......more

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude edited by Miranda Paul and illustrated by Marlena Myles. Some of the many contributors include, Traci Sorell, Diana Murray, Jamie McGillen, Sun Yung Shin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Carolyn Dee Flores and Jane Yolen. This is a themed collection of poems exploring different ways of......more

Inhaling deeper, Finding more, all the poetry and the poems. Which caused my heart to STOP and look? The poetry or the poems? My mind was tickled by the forms of the poetry and the poems. But at the end of the book, was it the Poetry? Or the Poems? Thank you to the authors and to Miranda Paul for this most......more