A review by librarianryan
Grow Grateful by Christopher Lyles, Sage Foster-Lasser, Jon Lasser

3.0

The very first page of this book says that Kiko can “grow Grateful, too.” But why is it too? The reader hasn’t been shown another character, let alone another character who is grateful. Then the story meanders around a camping trip until the night time when the teacher asks students for what they are grateful? Then the book actually starts explaining grateful by saying “being grateful is feeling gratitude”, yes they explain gratitude, but it’s such a roll your eye moment as an adult reader. Then the readers note and “how to use this book” at the end just exasperated the eye roll. This book was not for me. It left the message for the end rather than starting with the message and reiterating it in the further pages. I don’t think this works that well, and I will not be purchasing it for my library.