Dear Parents,

This book invites us to be role models for our children in appreciating the simplest things and celebrating them. We are urged to be grateful for our existence, health, family, and the safety we feel at home, as well as for our mutual relationship with nature and its great value, which is often overlooked due to our preoccupation with a consumerist world driven by standards of wealth and indulgence.

Through gratitude, we draw the children’s attention to the value of things and people around them, fostering a sense of belonging and satisfaction in their hearts and balancing the standards and values of the things around them. The author and illustrator have created a beautiful world full of colours and creatures. The book depicts the enchantment of nature. Nature invites the child to join her in a letter, and encourages us all to contemplate, connect, appreciate everything that exists, deepen our attachment to the place we live, and give it our love so that it returns to us with love as well.

Let’s Talk

• Fun Experiences: We can follow the drawings and accompany the girl and her dog on their journey in nature. We can list the things the girl did, asking our child about the activities they would like to do and the places they would like to visit in their nearby surroundings.
• Gratitude and Giving Thanks: We can talk to our child about gratitude. Together, we list the blessings, starting with ourselves and our social relationships, then moving on to nature and our surroundings.

Let’s Create

• Drawing the World Around Us: We can gather coloured paper and pens, go outside to the garden or street, and “hunt” for colours. We can suggest to our child to draw lines in the shape they choose and select colours that resemble what they see in the world around them. After finishing the drawing, we can hang it in our child’s room.

Let’s Initiate

• We Communicate and Preserve Nature: We can think of small actions that can make the world around us a little more beautiful. We can plant some flowers in the neighbourhood, keep nature clean during our walks, plant trees, or take care of a tree in the nearby nature throughout the year.

Let’s Enrich Our Language

• We enrich our vocabulary and introduce our children to the world of animals and their categories—insects, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and more.

Let’s Explore and Communicate

• Camping Trip in Nature: We can explore our country, admire its landscapes, learn about its plants, and listen to its sounds.

Enjoy your Reading!