4 to 8. It is a picture book you read together, with a short paragraph on each story page. Younger children love the four siblings and their pranks; older ones get Fall's idea of looking at a day in a new way.

Is it a Thanksgiving book?

It is a gratitude book, and it never mentions Thanksgiving. The story happens on a snowy evening, when Fall comes home just before Winter takes over, so it fits November and the whole fall season, and it reads well any time of year. Our gratitude pages have Thanksgiving table questions and cards to go with it.

How does it teach gratitude?

Through Fall's notebook: warm boots a friend lent him, a hot drink he stopped to enjoy, four boxes of things he is thankful for. Then the book asks your child: what things are you grateful for today? Four activities follow at the back: a gratitude journal, just pause, a thank you note and a family box of gratitude.

Does it teach the four seasons too?

In its own way. The four siblings are the seasons, each with a mood of its own: Summer melts by the fire, Winter rushes in with the snow, Spring is bored without Fall, and Fall brings rain, wind and leaves. Our four seasons page has a chart, a wheel to spin and sorting cards with them.

Is it a quiet book or a funny one?

Both. Four siblings who tease each other for years (rain on Summer's beach day, a heatwave while Winter is away skiing), and quiet moments like Fall's hot chocolate. It is about the love siblings share as much as about saying thank you.

Do we need a phone or tablet?

Not to read it: the book works without one. The QR codes open in the camera of any recent Android or Apple phone or tablet. There is no app to install and no account to make.

Is anything about my child kept or sent?

No. Nothing listens to your child: no page uses the microphone. The leaves page can show your room through the camera, and the picture is never saved, recorded or sent. The child's name on the thankful board is typed on your phone or tablet and never leaves it. Only the bedtime nights ask for something: a grown-up's email address, for nights 2 to 7.

Is it good for a classroom?

Yes. The four seasons, a thankful tree, a gratitude jar and thank you notes all work with a group, and the sheets for them are free to print on our gratitude pages: a thankful tree with Fall's leaves, I am thankful for worksheets, coloring pages and a four seasons wheel.

Finding Gratitude front cover: Fall, a round orange character with a leaf on his head, smiling with his notebook among falling leaves — Front cover

A gratitude picture book by Katia Sunn

Finding GratitudeA story about being thankful, and the four seasons

Name: Finding Gratitude
Price: 14.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Katia Sunn
ISBN: 979-8161986240

Four siblings, the four seasons, meet for one snowy evening. Fall comes late, full of joy, with a notebook of everything he is thankful for.

4 siblings, 4 seasons
Read aloud, with music
Gratitude ideas to try together

Ages: 4 to 8
Pages: 46
Format: Paperback · 8.5 × 8.5 in

Buy on Amazon · $14.99 Look inside What the codes open

Illustrated by Eleni Potamianou.

The story

Four siblings, four seasons, one snowy evening.

Somewhere in a snowy chalet, the four seasons meet for one evening. They are siblings. Summer has to stay on the balcony, because she melts by the fire. Spring has become one with the couch, bored without Fall. Winter is waiting for Fall to arrive: they only have a moment together before Winter takes over.

Fall comes in late, takes off his wet boots and warms up by the fireplace. The siblings chat and laugh all night about their adventures and the pranks they have played on each other for years. Then Fall takes a large notebook out of his bag, full of drawings and colors.

Spring is ready to laugh at it. But page by page, Fall shows them the moments he felt grateful: the warm boots a friend lent him, a hot chocolate he stopped to enjoy, and four boxes of things he is thankful for. Then the book turns to your child: what are you grateful for today?

From the back cover

Where is gratitude hidden?

Come out, come out, wherever you are! How different is your life when you change your perspective? Follow the story to find out!

Four siblings, four well-known characters, in a completely unexpected mood: Fall full of joy and Spring a bit annoyed! Summer melts away and Winter is in a rush. A beautiful story about the love that siblings share and the wonderful act of gratitude.

Katia Sunn

Meet the siblings

Very different, and very close.

“It's just that everyone chooses to express themselves in a different way!” Each season has a mood of its own, and children spot them at once.

Fall
Arrives late and full of joy, in his coat with the big leaves. He keeps a notebook of the moments he felt grateful.
Spring
A bit annoyed and a little sarcastic. She gets bored when Fall is away, but she runs straight at him when he comes.
Summer
Loves the heat but melts by the fire, so she lives on the balcony. She needs Winter's snow to cool down.
Winter
Always in a rush, with a honey-cake in the oven. He has only a moment with Fall before he takes over.

Fall's notebook

“I colored my memories and the moments when I felt grateful.”

“You know, it's that feeling we get, when we pay attention to the beautiful things we have in our lives, even the days that everything seems to be black.”

Gratitude, the way a young child can hold it: not a lesson about saying thank you, but a habit of noticing. Children see Fall do it before anyone asks them to, and the page's code lets them write their own thankful things and watch them fall around the room on his leaves.

Inside Finding Gratitude: Fall holds his notebook among falling leaves, with the code of the thankful leaves covered here

Six pages with a QR code

Scan a page, and it opens on the screen.

Hear the story
The whole book read aloud by Maria, with music and moving pictures. It also plays with the screen off, for bedtime.
Thankful leaves
Your child says what they are thankful for, and it falls all over your room on Fall's leaves. The back cover prints this one for everyone.
Try it now, free
Stay still with Fall
One warm, slow minute with a cup of hot chocolate, breathing along with Fall.
Fall's four boxes
A thankful board like Fall's, with your child's name on it, to print.
More thankful ideas
The book's activities to print for free, with a gratitude jar label and thank you notes.
See them all
And a secret page
Near the end, Fall has a secret: seven pages of his notebook, one a night, each with a picture to color and a thankful question for bedtime.

No app to install and no account to make: any recent Android or Apple phone or tablet opens the codes straight from the camera. Nothing listens to your child, and the book works without them too.

Inside Finding Gratitude: Fall's four boxes, I'm grateful for, one for each season, with the code of the thankful board covered here

Look inside

Four double pages from the book.

Real pages, with Eleni Potamianou's watercolor pictures. Where a page has a code, we covered it here: scan it in the book.

All four together, even for a minute. Spring has become one with the couch, and runs straight at Fall.
Years of pranks: Fall sends clouds full of rain when Summer swims in the sea.
Winter goes skiing, while Spring and Summer turn up the heat behind his back.
Fall's hot chocolate: take a minute, stop everything, and just stay still.

Buy on Amazon · $14.99Paperback, 46 pages, 8.5 by 8.5 inches, full color.

After the story

Four ways to practice gratitude, at home or at school.

Start your own gratitude journal
Every day write 3 things for which you feel grateful.
Just pause
Take a break, look around. Do you see anything cool? Pay attention, give it some time. Can you feel grateful to have it in your life?
Write a “thank you” note
Take a piece of paper, color it and write “thank you” to someone you appreciate.
Make a family “box of gratitude”
Choose a box, or a jar.

Want to meet Fall before the book arrives? Our free gratitude pages are made from it: a thankful tree with his leaves, I am thankful for worksheets, a gratitude jar, thank you notes, coloring pages and the four seasons, all with sheets to print.

Gratitude for kids Thankful tree

Inside Finding Gratitude: How to Practice Gratitude, a gratitude journal, just pause, a thank you note and a family box of gratitude

The four siblings of Finding Gratitude, the four seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter.

“What do YOU think? What things are you grateful for today?”

The book asks it near the end, and leaves room to answer. A book for the days that seem gray, and for the evenings when a family has a minute to look back on the good ones.

Fall's cup of hot chocolate from Finding Gratitude, steaming.

Before you choose

Is it the right gratitude book for your child?

What parents ask, answered straight. Anything else? Write to us, one of us answers.

What age is it for?: 4 to 8. It is a picture book you read together, with a short paragraph on each story page. Younger children love the four siblings and their pranks; older ones get Fall's idea of looking at a day in a new way.
Is it a Thanksgiving book?: It is a gratitude book, and it never mentions Thanksgiving. The story happens on a snowy evening, when Fall comes home just before Winter takes over, so it fits November and the whole fall season, and it reads well any time of year. Our things to be thankful for page has Thanksgiving table questions and cards to go with it.
How does it teach gratitude?: Through Fall's notebook: warm boots a friend lent him, a hot drink he stopped to enjoy, four boxes of things he is thankful for. Then the book asks your child: what things are you grateful for today? Four activities follow at the back: a gratitude journal, just pause, a thank you note and a family box of gratitude.
Does it teach the four seasons too?: In its own way. The four siblings are the seasons, each with a mood of its own: Summer melts by the fire, Winter rushes in with the snow, Spring is bored without Fall, and Fall brings rain, wind and leaves. Our four seasons page has a chart, a wheel to spin and sorting cards with them.
Is it a quiet book or a funny one?: Both. Four siblings who tease each other for years (rain on Summer's beach day, a heatwave while Winter is away skiing), and quiet moments like Fall's hot chocolate. It is about the love siblings share as much as about saying thank you.
Do we need a phone or tablet?: Not to read it: the book works without one. The QR codes open in the camera of any recent Android or Apple phone or tablet. There is no app to install and no account to make.
Is anything about my child kept or sent?: No. Nothing listens to your child: no page uses the microphone. The leaves page can show your room through the camera, and the picture is never saved, recorded or sent. The child's name on the thankful board is typed on your phone or tablet and never leaves it. Only the bedtime nights ask for something: a grown-up's email address, for nights 2 to 7 (see our privacy page).
Is it good for a classroom?: Yes. The four seasons, a thankful tree, a gratitude jar and thank you notes all work with a group, and the sheets are free to print: a thankful tree with Fall's leaves, I am thankful for worksheets, coloring pages and a four seasons wheel.