Description
Thanku is a poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul and illustrated by Malena Myles, Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscokee Creek. Thanku explores a wide range of ways to be grateful with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen. There are colour illustrations, an illustrator and author's note, author biography and original artwork. Kimberly Blaeser, enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Carole Lindstrom, Metis/Ojibwe and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; Cynthia Leitich Smith, Muscogee Creek Nation; and Traci Sorell's, Cherokee Nation are included. There is a note about each kind of poem and definitions at the end of the book. Highly Recommended (AICL).