Here’s to quiet reflective gratitude books, which are often hard to sell to publishers, but so needed in the world today. When a child expresses gratitude, the world somehow seems like a better place.

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (WTNH) – “The story I’m going to read to you today is ‘The Wonderful Mr. Beans,'” says author Jerry Markham. Children listen intently to the story about a donkey who is moved from a ...