Kitty Counts Her Blessings: A children’s picture book about the joy of gratitude
by Kat E. Erikson

Genre: Children’s Picture Book

Grade Level: Preschool – 3

Date Published: September 30, 2021

Publisher: Luminate Press

BOOK DESCRIPTION

“ONE blessing, TWO, THREE blessings, FOUR—Let me keep counting and go seek some more!”

Children are experts at finding delight everywhere they look, even when life gets a little dark. Kitty Counts Her Blessings celebrates that gift—and shares a lesson in counting besides.

As the story begins, Kitty has no trouble counting her blessings, from the sun on her nose to the zing of the bees. But when rain threatens to spoil her fun, finding blessings isn’t so easy. Then she remembers learning hide-and-seek, and suddenly joys are around every corner—and before long, so is her boy, ready to play and count along with her.

This cheerful, rhyming book invites children and the grownups who love them to seek the blessings in their own world.

How many blessings can your little one count today?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kat E. Erikson, an author of three books for children, is a lifelong student of spiritual teachings as a means of raising kindness to greater heights. And she knows firsthand the power of connection with the world beyond the one we can see.

While praying one day, Kat had the surprising yet unmistakable experience of being embraced by an angel—the most profound encounter of her life. Since then, she’s been inspired to help uplift the heart of humanity, one story at a time.

A graduate of UCLA and the Resonance Science Academy’s unified science course, Kat resides in Northern California, surrounded by nature and her ginger rescue cat, who inspired her latest release, Kitty Counts Her Blessings.

Visit Kat online at KatEErikson.com.

MY THOUGHTS

Kitty is pussycat who knows that she’s blessed and spends her day counting her blessings and being grateful that she’s so blessed..

Kitty Counts Her Blessings was a delight and a blessing. Counting has been taught in many ways in households and classrooms. You learn to count fingers, toes, blocks, balls or any object the creative teacher incorporates into his/her theme of the week.

When I was little, the game/song I was taught to play was, 1-2 buckle my shoe, 3-4 shut the door, 5-6 pock up sticks, 7-8 lay them straight, 9-10 a big fat hen! (Poor hen, that was my favorite part too). Funnily enough, as a Christian, I never thought about using blessings. This adds a spiritual aspect to something as simple as learning to count and begins a life lesson pattern that can only grow as they do.

Here’s a little rhyme I wrote in response to the book:

This charming, rhyming

counting book

with pictures so bright

they’re such a delight

It shows the love between

a cat and her boy

who feel blessed together

and count it all joy.

What a nifty idea

this author did share

a lesson on counting