Inspired by the Thanksgiving holiday which you may be en route to celebrate, I offer the 25 books I’m thankful were written.

1.  The Bible
2. Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling
3. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
4. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
5. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
6. This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
7. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
8. The Monster at the End of the Book by Jon Stone
9. I am a Frog by Mo Willems
10. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
11. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
12. The Cat Who … by Lilian Jackson Braun
13. House Arrest and Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt
14. I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson
15. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
16. Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst
17. Marley and Me by John Grogan
18. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
19. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
20. The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
21. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
22. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
23. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
24. The Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
25. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer

That was hard.  Really hard to stop at 25.  I’d love to hear about the books you are thankful were written.

And the three that I’m truly grateful for are not published yet, but they have taught me oh so very much.

Happy Thanksgiving

Eat Well!

Make Memories!

And when you come out of your turkey coma, your keyboard will be ready for you.