Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Child... I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. 'Wonderful and imaginative' The Times Letting you know that I love you and I’m thinking of you. I hope these flowers remind you how special you are!” There is nothing fundamentally wrong with “glad to hear that.” We use it to show that we feel “happy” that something is the case. It helps when we want to show that the delivered news meant a lot to us. Being vulnerable can be scary. You want the person to be comforted by your message and not feel obligated to drop everything to visit you or outdo your gesture. Gifts to Pair with Your Message

Notice how you can use “very” and “so” to make it clear how glad you actually are to receive the news. I miss your face. I hope you have a fantastic day and I love you so much! Never forget it!” ‘Thinking of You’ Messages for a Family Member I just wanted to reach out and say I’m thinking of you! I hope you and everyone up there are doing well! Love you all!”

4. Fantastic News

Although not organised into sections, there is a cohesive feeling to the anthology as the poems seem to flow from one to the next. Each spread glows with Shepeta's beautiful illustrations which capture the essence of the words they accompany. A number of the poems are not only by women, but about women such as Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai and Harriet Tubman. Readers can discover the power and beauty of poems such as 'Carving' (Imtiaz Dharker), 'Stars and Dandelions' (Misuzu Kaneko), 'Dancing' (Yang Kuei-Fei) and 'Remember' (Joy Harjo) alongside the classic joy of Eleanor Farjeon's timeless 'Cats'. However, this anthology only contains poems from women and girls. Ella Risbridger, the writer who selected these works, offers a full explanation for her reasons for this in a passionate, enthusiastic introduction (and afterword) to the reader so I will not dwell on this here, but will focus on the poems in And Everything Will be Glad to See You: Poems by Women and Girls!

I’m sitting in crazy traffic right now and wanted to text you. Hope the traffic by you isn’t too bad today. Have a great day at work! Love you!” Between a million yesterdays and a million tomorrows, there’s only one today. And I would never let it pass without telling you I’m thinking of you.” by Mitch Cuento Sending notes along with flowers or a card may not have to be a sad occasion, such as condolences , a death anniversary , or a funeral . Flowers and accompanying messages can be plenty happy, too. Keep on reading, because we will now show you how to use each of these alternatives to “glad to hear that” in your writing! 1. That’s Good to HearCoffee house Caffè Nero has announced the 16-strong shortlist for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, recognising the outstanding books of the past 12... I came across our yearbook the other day and your message made me laugh (again). I really hope you’re doing well! If you’re ever in town, we should catch up.” My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. Healing will come, little by little. I pray that you realize this. You have such beautiful strength, and I know you’ll use it wisely.” Words fall short whenever I want to tell you how special you are to me, but all I can say is that my world is full of smiles whenever I think of you." by Natalie Anderson My thoughts are free to go anywhere, but it’s surprising how often they head in your direction” by Perez

Although not organised into sections, there is a cohesive feeling to the anthology as the poems seem to flow from one to the next. Each spread glows with Shepeta’s beautiful illustrations which capture the essence of the words they accompany. A number of the poems are not only by women, but about women such as Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai and Harriet Tubman. Readers can discover the power and beauty of poems such as ‘Carving’ (Imtiaz Dharker), ‘Stars and Dandelions’ (Misuzu Kaneko), ‘Dancing’ (Yang Kuei-Fei) and ‘Remember’ (Joy Harjo) alongside the classic joy of Eleanor Farjeon’s timeless ‘Cats’. I can’t wait to see you later! I’ll be thinking of you all day. My work can suffer, I don’t care. Love you!” Just wanted to let you know how much I miss you and that I love you. No matter what. I mean it. Hope you have a great day!” I miss you already. I miss the fact that I couldn’t see you roll your eyes when you read this. See you tonight, love you.” When someone is going through a difficult time, getting a message of encouragement and support could be just the thing they need to keep going.Thinking of you is easy — I do it every day. Missing you is the heartache that never goes away.” by Michael Pryce The Primary School Library Alliance is calling on the government to match-fund the private investment it has brought into helping primary schools c... Miss you! I hope you’re all doing well over in [Florida] and that the weather is treating you nicely!” Hey. You’re amazing. I don’t tell you enough. I’m going to work on that, so here’s my first attempt. I love you.”