Every Child Can be a Reading Star Rhyme through the things you are thankful for! Perfect for cultivating gratitude at any time of year with young readers, I Say Thanks calls out the things kids can be thankful for. I Say Thanks is part of the Reading Stars series. Reading Star books are for kids at the very beginning of a lifetime love of reading. Each book features less than 50 words and uses repetition to build confidence. Say Thanks is 32 pages long and features 23 different words for your child to master. The words are: am, baby, breakfast, bunch, dad, dinner, ends, family, for, friends, fun, glad, love, lunch, mom, never, play, say, so, thanks, that, ton, toys