Goodness Gracious
A Gratitude Book for Children
Help children cultivate a practice of gratitude and a sense of wonder for the world around them with Goodness Gracious: A Gratitude Book for Children.
Have you ever felt so happy that it seems like your whole body is smiling and you wanted to say thank you out loud? Have you ever been so glad for something in your life, like a friend or your favorite food or the way the grass smells, that you wanted to do a happy dance? This book is made up of lots of thankful thoughts that can help you practice saying thank you.
Meaningful, sweet, and sometimes downright silly, Kathleen A. Green’s thankful thoughts, her kid-friendly term for expressions of gratitude, help children say thank you for all aspects of their lives, from the earth and their families to their pets, teachers, and even mac and cheese! Ages 3–8.
Kathleen A. Green is a Unitarian Universalist minister and doctoral candidate at New York Theological Seminary. She has served congregations in Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and New Jersey. She currently sits on the board of the Yale Humanist Community.
Lori McElrath Eslick’s art is exhibited at the Mazza Museum of Children’s Book Art and has been featured in Italy’s BologniaFiere Illustrator Exhibit and Annual and three times in the Exhibit and Annual of the New York City Society of Illustrators. She has received the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator’s Best Illustration Magazine Merit Award twice, and she is included on Banks Street College’s list of best children’s books. Her art for Da Wei’s Treasure won the Parent’s Choice Award, and Read for Me, Mama, which she illustrated, has been named the “Best Read Aloud Story” by the International Reading Association. She has illustrated more than twenty-two books.
