Thanku by Miranda Paul

Thanku by Miranda Paul

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. Each writer uses a different poetic form, and readers will encounter a concrete poem, a sonnet, a pantoum, a sijo, and much more.

Stunning illustrations from Marlena Myles invite close examination, making this a collection to return to and savor again and again.

Contributors include Joseph Burchac, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kimberly Blaeser, Sun Yung Shin, Ed DeCaria, Becky Shillington, Padma Venkatraman, Gwendolyn Hooks, Jane Yolen, Janice Scully, Charles Waters, Carole Lindstrom, Sylvia Liu, Carolyn Dee Flores, Sarvinder Naberhaus, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Baptiste Paul, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Pattie Richards, Chrystal D. Giles, Margarita Engle, Kenn Nesbitt, JaNay Brown-Wood, Diana Murray, Megan Hoyt, Jamie McGillen, Renée M. LaTulippe, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Traci Sorell, Edna Cabcabin Moran, Charles "Father Goose" Ghigna, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Marlena Myles.

A portion of the proceeds from this anthology will be donated to We Need Diverse Books.

Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen children's books, including Speak Up, with Ebony Glenn's illustrations, and Small Libraries, Big Heroes, with John Parra's illustrations. She resides with her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and is a founder member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books. Miranda Paul's website is www.mirandapaul.com, and she can be found on Twitter as @Miranda_Paul.