Poems with Lois Letchford: I'm Thankful

27 Nov 2020 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, author and literacy advocate Lois Letchford introduces herself and reads the poem "I'm Thankful" from Jack Palutski's collection New Kids on the Block. The poem lists a series of items she is "thankful" for, each paired with a humorous mishap—such as a cracked baseball bat, a missing mitten, an escaped hamster, and a leaky basketball—highlighting a playful take on gratitude. The reading is delivered in a conversational, child‑friendly tone, concluding with a typical YouTube call to action encouraging viewers to like, subscribe, and share the video. The content serves both as entertainment and a gentle reminder that gratitude can coexist with life's little setbacks.

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Hello, Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and a Literacy Problem Solver, reading to you from New Kids on the Block by Jack Palutski. Today's poem, I'm Thankful. I'm thankful for my baseball bat. I cracked it yesterday. I'm thankful for my checker set. I haven't learned to play. I'm thankful for my mittens. One is missing in the snow. I'm thankful for my hamster. They escaped a month ago. I'm thankful for my basketball. It sprung another leak. I'm thankful for my parakeet. It bit me twice last week. I'm thankful for my bicycle. It crashed into a tree. I'm thankful for my roller skates. I fell and scraped my knee. I'm thankful for my model plane. It's short a dozen parts. I'm thankful for my target game. I'm sure I'll find the darts. I'm thankful for my bathing suit. It came off in the river. I'm thankful for so many things, except of course for liver. Hit like, hit subscribe, and share. Thank you.