Books published by Small Voice Says Press

Big Heart Feels is the third book in the Small Voice Series – joining Small Voice Says and Little Hands Help.  It is intended for our little ones (four to seven years old) as they enter their pre-school and kindergarten years – and continue on to grade school. It is during these years that our children start to cultivate and show genuine empathy for others.  Not only can they start to feel another’s pain, they can learn to respond to it.  Knowing how to handle these feelings and translate them into positive behaviors is one of the most positive and life-giving skills a child can learn.  It promotes both self-understanding and awareness of others in a world that could use a little more of both!  Big Heart Feels follows little Angela as she discovers her own big heart – and learns to empathize with her family and friends at school.  Angela’s mom provides a useful and timeless metaphor – putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.  Your child will be inspired by Angela’s new adventures – and parents and teachers will find their own hearts growing in new directions!

Little Hands Help is the second book in our Small Voice series. It is intended for our little ones as they enter their pre-school and kindergarten years and continue into their early grade school years.We soon learn that our young children want to imitate what we are doing. Initially they just want to be more included in family life - but soon that feeling of truly helping creates a new motivation. It can be as simple as letting them wash the carrots at the sink. But when those carrots show up at the dinner table, a powerful sense of accomplishment ensues. Over time, these little investments in our kids add up. Even the littlest ones can pitch in - deepening the family bond. But beware, sometimes our time-deficient lives can get in the way of letting our children fully participate alongside us. Here's the deal. Whether a child learns to be helpful as they grow older is mostly influenced by early family life. In other words, when helpfulness is valued and learned at an early age, it becomes part of the child's self-image (I am a helper, I can do this). Of all the gifts we can bestow on our kids, few would compare to cultivating a natural tendency for helping others!