Thank You, World

Title: Thank You, World

Author: Alice B. McGinty

Illustrator: Wendy Anderson Halperin

Genre: Picture book

Subgenre:  Fictional

Theme: Important things in life

Primary Characters: Little girl

Secondary Characters: None

Awards:  None

Date of Publication: 2007

Publishing Company: The Penguin Group

Summary of the book: This book is about a child who is thankful for things in the world.  She is thankful for the sun that colors the sky, clouds that paint cotton pictures and stars that shine like mommy’s eyes.

How can the book are used with student in the classroom: This book could be read to children, and used to discuss the importance of being thankful everyday.