The Tug the Heart Picture Books book edition

Children’s picture book

The Tug the Heart Picture Books

Featuring 4 Stories in 1

Four illustrated stories about gratitude, loss, individuality, and rest.

About the book

Four gentle stories for life’s big feelings.

Cover of The Tug the Heart Picture Books

The Tug the Heart Picture Books gathers four illustrated stories for children around the feelings and values that deserve time and language. Across gratitude for the people who care for us, resilience in loss, the gift of individuality, and the settling rhythm of bedtime, each story offers a gentle moment to read together. The collection’s bright illustrations and playful rhymes make room for conversation without losing the pleasure of a shared story. It is a book made for the small rituals that help children feel seen, safe, and encouraged.

For families and classrooms sharing warmly illustrated stories about life’s big feelings.

Made to be read and kept

Small hearts, meaningful conversations.

An illustrated collection made for the bedtime, classroom, and quiet moments when children need words for what they feel.

  • An 88-page illustrated collection
  • Four stories of gratitude, loss, individuality, and rest
  • A warm read-aloud for families, classrooms, and gifts

Critical reception

“A clear and focused children’s collection that’s designed to reinforce good values.”

Mike Good, Foreword Clarion Reviews, 4/5

“The book is filled with awesome encouragement to children but the one about coping with loss is one of the best picture book poems we’ve ever read to our kids. Highly recommended.”

Ginny Beckham, 5/5

“This has to be the sweetest picture book we ever bought for our children. Simply lovely.”

Verified Reader, 5/5

Why I Wrote the Tug the Heart Picture Books

As a storyteller and dad, I wanted to create a book that helps kids value and appreciate more of their daily experiences. This collection helps them consider how special he or she is; how helpful good parents and guardians can be; how to cope with losing things; and maybe a new gentle thought or two about drifting off to sleep at bedtime.

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