Give Thank You a Try

Every morning our family has breakfast together. It???s nice. Daddy and Mommy always say: ???Thank you for being Emma.???
???Thank you for being Olivia.???
???Thank you for being Jimmy.??? And we say:
???Thank you for being Mommy and Daddy.???

Well, that's just flippin' weird. I'm judging anyone who unironically tells their family something as odd and meaningless as “thank you for being [Name Here].”

For the most part, this book doesn't make sense. Much like the nonsensical excerpt above, it contains many things which shouldn't be given spoken gratitude... including “miles and miles and miles of smiles and smiles and smiles,” whatever that even means, and “raindrops that keep falling on our heads, and toes, and everywhere in between.” (Hilariously incongruent: a couple pages later, we also get thanks for “blue skies, nothing but blue skies.” Guess the kids regretted all that rain they were so grateful for initially!)

Nothing is really said of what it means to be thankful or grateful. Nothing is said of why children should say “thank you” or what are truly appropriate situations for doing so. Nothing is taught here, and I suspect this book could easily teach a child to just become a broken record, saying “thank you” over and over for everything with no true understanding of the meaning behind those words.

The only good thing about this book is the artwork, made by a variety of different illustrators.