With Thanks and Appreciation: Thoughts, Sentiments, Tokens and Traditions of the Past (Sweet Nellie) - Hardcover

Pat ross, the owner of sweet nellie, a store in new york specialising in american country folk art and crafts, has created the perfect hostess gift. With thanks and appreciation will be a collection of the quotations, poetry, parables, tidbits, and traditions associated with saying thank you. The book will be illustrated with artwork from 19th century calling cards and decorative ornaments sprinkled throughout. Before she decided to open her own store, pat ross was the editorial director of children's books at knopf for several years. She has also written a number of children's books, several of which were published by viking. With thanks and appreciation is her first adult book.