Reviews

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude by Miranda Paul, Jane Yolen, Becky Shillington, Marlena Myles, Kimberly Blaeser, Sarvinder Naberhaus, Sylvia Liu, Edna Cabcabin Moran, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Ed DeCaria, Charles Ghigna, Traci Sorell, 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin, Joseph Bruchac, Carole Lindstrom, Kenn Nesbitt, Chrystal D. Giles, Carolyn Dee Flores, Jamie McGillen, Padma Venkatraman, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Baptiste Paul, Liz Garton Scanlon, Janay Brown-Wood, Gwendolyn Hooks, Renee M. LaTulippe, Diana Murray, Megan Hoyt, Margarita Engle, Patti Richards, Janice Scully

jenmulsow's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0

mothgender's review against another edition

3.0

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a sweet collection of illustrated poetry. It was cute and sincere. A great read for kids.

laurap's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

icedcoffeeandbookss's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

emilykgraves's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

a lively diverse collection of poets and poetic formats 

candelibri's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

tessaborst's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

"Thanku: Poems of Gratitude" by Miranda Paul and Illustrated by Marlena Myles was published in 2019. This book is awesome because of how relatable the poems are for all ages who read it. Everyone needs to work on constantly being grateful for things in life. Each poem in this book involves being thankful, happy, or showing good deeds to strangers! This poetry inspires the reader to be a better person in the world. It would be a great book to have in a classroom library to teach students gratitude and to be thankful. It is best for upper elementary age students! <Thankfulness> <Encouragement> <Poetry>

antlersantlers's review against another edition

I'm glad we have this book in our collection, even though I don't particularly like it. The different forms the poets explore are really fun and I can see a kid trying out some of them. On the whole, I found the quality of the poems to be underwhelming and the illustrations... Oof. But I looked at the artist's website and her murals look amazing! The pictures here are less than amazing. I hope this book finds an audience beyond English/language arts/creative writing teachers.

laughinglibra84's review against another edition

4.0

Here you will read 31 kinds of poetry saying thank you by adults from various walks of life. One or two of these are a bit *too* adult for a child in my opinion. If you are a parent willing to do the explaining, then it isn't a big hurdle to jump. It's perfect for stay-at-home learning about poetry.