I Never Say I'm Thankful, but I Am

by Jane Belk Moncure, Frances Hook

A child thinks about all the things for which he is grateful.

30 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 1979

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Diana Judd · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has really great pictures. However, it's kind of a downer that I don't know I'd really want to read to kids. Pretty much the book just goes through a list of things a small boy is grateful for and how he never says he's grateful for them. It teaches a good moral lesson of not taking for granted the things that we love and acknowledging when we are grateful for things, but I don't really think it's a message that kids would take away from the book if they read it. It just comes across as a sad child that never shows his love for the people and things around him. Overall, probably not a book to reread or to share with children, although that's clearly the target audience.