Thankful Reading

Tis the season to be thankful! Maybe you already have a list going of things to be thankful for. Maybe you’ve been posting your 30 Days of Thanks on your social networking site of choice. But rest assured, there’s something else to be thankful for that you just haven’t remembered yet.

Here’s a selection of items from the library to stimulate your thankful muscle.

Prayers of Thanks – Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott

Ways to Give Thanks – A Grateful Heart: 365 Ways to Give Thanks at Mealtime by edited by M.J. Ryan

Thanks for Our Past – Giving Thanks: And More Stories to Celebrate American Heritage (DVD)

Fictional Thanks – Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern

Thanks for Writers – Thanks, but This Isn’t for Us: A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing Is Being Rejected by Jessica Page Morrell

Kids Can Be Thankful Too (Or Not!) – Thanks a Lot, Emily Post! by Jennifer LaRue Huget

How to Be Thankful – The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude by Margaret Visser

Thanks to a President – Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids’ Letters to President Obama edited by Jory John

Thanks for Health – Thanks to My Wife … I Just Had a Rectal Exam: Answers to Questions All Men Should Be Asking Their Doctor by Robert Corish

Thanks for Relationships Gone Wrong & Right – Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell by Debbie Carbin

Thanks for What History Has Taught Us – Thanks for the Memories: Love, Sex, and World War II by Jane Mersky Leder

Thanks to Our Military – A Million Thanks: My Campaign to Send One Million Letters to Our Troops by Shauna Fleming

Thanks for Food – Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Recipes and History from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie by Kathleen Curtin, Sandra L. Oliver, and the Plimoth Plantation

Thanks for Music – No Thanks!: The ’70s Punk Rebellion (CD)

I hope everyone has a happy, safe, and fun Thanksgiving holiday.

Thankfully Yours,
Melissa M.