The holiday season is upon us! We love to take a few moments every day during this time of year to give thanks for all that we have. So we were thrilled to check out this adorable new children’s book about gratitude that shares all kinds of suggestions of things that we can be thankful for. It also inspired us to start a new family gratitude tradition!

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Thankful was written by Elaine Vickers and illustrated by Samanatha Cotterill. This beautiful book follows a young girl as she prepares for her family’s tradition of making thankful chains. She starts in her room, looking for things she is grateful for around her. Through the book, she finds all kinds of things to be thankful for, both big and small, and writes them on slips of paper she adds to her paper chain. By the end of the book, her chain wraps around her whole room, and she tells the reader that her family will start reading from the chain the next day.

The text is full of things to be thankful for that kids will be able to relate to and see in their own lives. The illustrations are created out of three-dimensional paper sets, and they are incredible! The tiny details and the adorable cut paper characters make this a beautiful book to look at. I love the message of the book, and it inspired us to try the same project!

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Thankful Chain

This beautiful story encouraged us to start the same Gratitude practice! Throughout the month of November, we will be coming up with all the things in life that we are grateful for. Each day, we will add another link or two to our grateful chain and string it up around our house. Then for each day of December, we will pull another chain off and read aloud what we are grateful for. This is a fun way to take the gratitude feeling through the end of the year, and combine some of our favorite Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions!

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Thankful Turkey

This Thankful Turkey printable is an easy way to help little ones think about things that they are thankful for. Print out the sheet and have kids brainstorm what they are thankful for based on each prompt. Have them write their answers on teach feather on the turkey, or write the answers for little ones.

What are your favorite family gratitude traditions? Do you have a favorite children’s book about gratitude? Share them in the comments below!

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