"A boy awakes with the dawn and expresses gratitude for this unique day"--

Bear thanks his friends for bringing food dishes to his dinner party and finds a way of sharing something of his own.

Grace's thank-you notes for her birthday presents appear all over town, bringing love and happiness into everyone's lives.

Maggie hosts a pajama party at which Clement, Alan Alexander, and Jean play a variety of fun games, tire themselves, and drift off to sleep, but not before sharing their gratitude.--

As a family sits down to enjoy a meal, thoughts of those who provide the food, from farmers who plant and tend seeds to store clerks who sell groceries, fill each one with gratitude.

"In this Thanksgiving-themed story, Splat the Cat figures out how to let Seymour know that he's thankful for their friendship"--

"A young child tries to measure the size of her joy and the depth of her gratitude as she embraces the beauty of the day.--

The rain had stopped and the sun was coming out. And Ava knew that meant one thing . . . A rainbow! And not just any rainbow - this was the most beautiful rainbow Ava had ever seen. And when the rainbow was still there the next day, and the next day, Ava realized it was true - the rainbow had decided to stay!

Dr. Seuss, in his humorous way, encourages a young boy not to grumble and complain about his circumstances as there are always people and situations who are worse off than he. "It's a troublesome world. All the people who're in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not!"

Isabella is full of questions about her world, and while Grandma cannot answer them, she does know what to do when faced with a mystery.