FINDING GRATEFUL
By: Dianne White
Illustrated by: Faith Pray
Published: April 16, 2024
Publisher: Chronicle Kids
Fiction
Teaching kids the idea of gratitude can be tough especially when our day starts off on the wrong foot. Even as adults, we need reminders to find the good in our days. This book can help all of us notice the little and big things in our days and find the joy in them.
A mom and daughter have car trouble and head off on foot to get help. Of course, it would be easy to be frustrated but the mom encourages her daughter to find grateful. From a flower peeking up through the concrete to a wave from a neighbor to a hug after a skinned knee, there is always something to be grateful for.
It’s easy to focus on the stresses of our days, but this book helps us reframe our thinking and pass that on to our children rather than grumbling about our frustrations. Reading this book might just help your kids keep you on the path to being grateful as well.
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Dianne White is a writing teacher and the author of many award-winning picture books, including Blue on Blue, illustrated by Caldecott medalist Beth Krommes, and Dark on Light, illustrated by Felicita Sala. Forthcoming publications include It’s Your Time to Shine, illustrated by Nanette Regan and Finding Grateful, illustrated by Faith Pray. Dianne loves small moments of quiet, big plans, and making new memories with her family. For more, visit diannewrites.com.
Faith Pray is an author-illustrator who lives with her husband, four kids, one cat, and one dog in the Pacific Northwest.
IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE
By: Dianne White
Illustrated by: Nanette Regan
Published: March
Publisher: Little Simon
Fiction
With a rhyming scheme, Dianne White takes you from a tiny baby to a child graduating and heading off into the world. This board book is perfect as a baby gift and one that can be read as the child moves on into each “new thing” in life.
As they struggle to learn to ride a bike or have a fight with a friend or are too afraid to jump off the diving board at the pool, this book will remind them we all have days where things don’t go as we planned. But, we get back on the bike or we say “I’m sorry” or we try again to jump in the pool. Each time we learn something new about ourselves and that makes us a better person.
Some days will be wonderful and some not-so-great, but either way, your child is a star and this book will remind them to be confident and courageous and most of all to be themselves! I’m always thrilled when I see a character with red hair and the girl in this story does. Kids will see the progression of growing up in the illustrations and read the emotions as well. This book makes for a lasting gift with advice and support that any of us might need right now.
Dianne White is a writing teacher and the author of many award-winning picture books, including Blue on Blue, illustrated by Caldecott medalist Beth Krommes, and Dark on Light, illustrated by Felicita Sala. Forthcoming publications include It’s Your Time to Shine, illustrated by Nanette Regan and Finding Grateful, illustrated by Faith Pray. Dianne loves small moments of quiet, big plans, and making new memories with her family. For more, visit diannewrites.com.
Nanette Regan has been working in children’s publishing as an illustrator since 2016, working on picture books, board books, novelty books, and narrative non-fiction.
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