LETTER Perfect! The Thank You Letter by Jane Cabrera

Grace's birthday was almost here. She had written a list.

It's quite a wide-ranging selection of birthday wishes--a puppy, a robot, a tent, pens, a how-to-build-a-den book, and shoes with sparkles.

The celebration was everything a birthday party should be, but the next day brings a certain responsibility--writing proper thank you notes! And thanks to one perspicacious benefactor, she has just what she needs for the task--new pens and pencils!

Grace thanks her Nana and Granpops for the toy dog; she thanks Milly and Billy for the sparkly shoes. She thanks her parents for the great tent and for a top-notch birthday party. She thanks Noah for his homemade robot costume, and especially Jayla--for all the colored pens and pencils!

She even writes a note to her teacher, Mr. Jones, for his lessons on writing all 26 letters in the alphabet, and a special welcome to her kitty and her newest pet....

THANK YOU, BING, FOR YOUR FLUFFY WAGGING TAIL.

They must be terrific thank-yous, too, because when Grace comes home the next day, the walls of her new tent have a big surprise--

It was full of LOVE notes!

Grace gratefully read each and every one of those notes. And then there's a surprise on the last page:

DEAR READER,

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS BOOK.

Jane Cabrera's The Thank You Letter (Holiday House, 2019) embraces the ideas of gratitude and the joy of giving and receiving. Author-illustrator Jane Cabrera's well-paced text is letter perfect, and her illustrations are well-placed and picture perfect, too--adorable child-like characters, cute pets and toys, and a three-page gatefold that shows off Grace's fan mail displayed inside her new tent. A perfect read for inspiring thank-yous and a natural lead-in to primary-grade lessons on writing a personal letter.