Gather Grateful
Published on 25. September 2025
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-5295-3119-0 (ISBN)
Description
Lyrical prose and luminous illustrations welcome the arrival of autumn in this warm picture book celebration of community and a new season.
Gather twigs and sticks to nest.
Gather safety, strength, and rest.
Gather up and fly away.
Gather close. Prepare to stay.
As colours in nature start to change, animals begin gathering items - squirrels their acorns, crows their treasures, raccoons the bits and pieces needed to fortify their homes. Animals of all species prepare to gather with each other too, for warmth, for affection, for sharing food or stories.
With lilting, rhythmic prose, Megan Litwin heralds the beginning of the season and follows the transition of animals and humans as they prepare for the coming winter. Alexandra Finkeldey's striking limited palette, capturing the preparations outside and in, brings this story of love and gratitude to quietly glowing life.
Gather twigs and sticks to nest.
Gather safety, strength, and rest.
Gather up and fly away.
Gather close. Prepare to stay.
As colours in nature start to change, animals begin gathering items - squirrels their acorns, crows their treasures, raccoons the bits and pieces needed to fortify their homes. Animals of all species prepare to gather with each other too, for warmth, for affection, for sharing food or stories.
With lilting, rhythmic prose, Megan Litwin heralds the beginning of the season and follows the transition of animals and humans as they prepare for the coming winter. Alexandra Finkeldey's striking limited palette, capturing the preparations outside and in, brings this story of love and gratitude to quietly glowing life.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 237 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-3119-0 (9781529531190)
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Megan Litwin is a children's book author, a former classroom teacher, and a forever believer in book magic. She holds an MA in children's literature from Simmons University. She is the author of the picture book Twinkle, Twinkle, Winter Night, illustrated by Nneka Myers, and the early reader series Dirt and Bugsy, illustrated by Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn. She lives with her family in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Alexandra Finkeldey is the illustrator of Saving the Spotted Owl by Nicola Jones; The Boy, the Cloud, and the Very Tall Tale by Heather Smith; When the Storks Come Home by Isabella Tree; and the True Stories of Animal Heroes book Talala by Vita Murrow. She lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband, two cats, and an elderly gecko named Lenny.
Alexandra Finkeldey is the illustrator of Saving the Spotted Owl by Nicola Jones; The Boy, the Cloud, and the Very Tall Tale by Heather Smith; When the Storks Come Home by Isabella Tree; and the True Stories of Animal Heroes book Talala by Vita Murrow. She lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband, two cats, and an elderly gecko named Lenny.