Thanku POEMS OF GRATITUDE Naomi Shihab Nye Padma Venkatraman Charles Waters Jane Yolen 신선영 San Yang Shin Becky Shillington Janice Scully Gwendolyn Hooks Baptiste Paul Ed DeCaria Lindstrom Carole Joseph Bruchac Sarvinder Naberhaus Cynthia Leitich Smith Margarita Engle Kimberly Blaeser Patti Richards Sylvia Liu Lupe Ruiz Flores Chrystal D Giles Kenn Nesbitt Megan Hoyt Carolyn Dee Flores Renée M LaTulippe Diana Murray Jamie McGillen Charles Ghigna JaNay Brown Wood Edna Cabcabin Moran Liz Garton Scanlon Traci Sorell Vanessa Brantley Newton illustrated by MARLENA MYLES Edited by MIRANDA PAUL Millbrook Press Minneapolis
For Lucille Clifton Kaia Sand Michael Glaser Lisa Moser and Linda Vander Heyden thank you for shaping my writer’s journey And to my friends cofounders and team members at We Need Diverse Books my family is forever grateful for your advocacy passion and persistence M P Thank you to the little seeds that bloom into the many vibrant colors that inspire my art and give it purpose M M
Giving Thanks by Joseph Bruchac In memory of Chief Jake Swamp Thanksgiving is more than just one day so a Mohawk elder said to me Though it is good that we remember this time with feasting each November We need to give thanks every dawn for the gifts of life for each breath drawn For everything that keeps us living we speak our words of true thanksgiving format didactic poem
