Nana Claus and the Thank-You Notes

Nana Claus, #2

by

Kelly Reddin

Illustrated by Aiman Sohail – 07/02/26

A fun but important teaching tool about expressing gratitude with a simple note.

Nana Claus and the Thank-You Notes is the second book in author Kelly Reddin’s delightful Nana Claus children’s picture book series that both entertains and educates. In this story, Nana Claus helps her young visitors – Liam, Juanita, Akira, and Caleb – learn to write thank-you notes to express gratitude for kindnesses from others, a topic their teacher presented at school that day. 

With emailing, talking, and texting as the most common ways to communicate, it is rare to see handwritten letters or notes in the mail anymore. Not only does the sender have to gather writing materials to prepare the letter, but once the letter is complete, they must buy postage and perhaps even take it to the post office to send it on its journey to its recipient. Then, of course, there is the wait for it to be received and read, with a response hopefully coming even later. 

However, it is this very added effort that makes the thank-you note and the recipient feel extra special. I loved Nana’s discussion of this and appreciated how she gave the children simple prompts for what the thank-you notes can contain. Haven’t we all been stuck at one time or another about what actually to say in one? 

The colorful, realistic illustrations by Aiman Sohail were full of detail and really enhanced this helpful tale. This storybook would have been a helpful treasure to have when my boys were growing up, and I know they would have loved Nana Claus, who looks exactly as I pictured her in a modern home setting. 

I recommend NANA CLAUS AND THE THANK-YOU NOTES to readers with young children who are learning to write and to anyone older needing a helpful hint or friendly refresher on writing notes of gratitude. 

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advance Review Copy through RABT Book Tours and PR.