“There is a secret garden inside every girl and boy, and there are special seeds to plant that will grow into joy.” The Garden in my Heart shares the timeless message that we reap what we sow and encourages children to plant good things in their heart. Through simple rhyming verse and sweet illustrations this thoughtful book expresses the idea that our heart is like a garden that can produce flowers of joy or weeds of jealousy and bitterness. Help the children in your life navigate their feelings and fill their heart with love, joy, kindness and peace. Customer Reviews ***** “This is a simple book with a deep message that has the potential to be a powerful parenting (or teaching) tool. What greater lesson can we pass on to our children (or students) than the fact that we will reap what we sow? With gentle pictures and simple rhyme, Rogers writes about the value of thankfulness, patience, friendship, and more. She addresses the need to tend to the garden in our hearts: to pull the weeds of bitterness or jealousy — and to plant good seeds and get good fruit.” “The Garden In My Heart is all about planting the ‘good seeds’ of character. We’ve read and re-read this one so many times. I love that it compares character traits to a garden, and how they require work and effort. Because it’s so true! I also love that she talks about weeds cropping up in our hearts and it’s up to us, as the gardeners to pluck them out. It’s so great, it’s all about how if you want these fruits, then you need to plant these seeds. In other words, if you want to be this type of person, these are the character traits you need to work on. I love it! I’ve recommended this book to so many friends.” “I’ve worked with kids with behavior issues in the past and one thing I noticed was that they didn’t want to have the behaviors they did, but they weren’t sure how to correct them. I love that this book talks about how those things happen and it’s up to us to change them, but it doesn’t put any shame around these feelings creeping up. I wish I had this book then, it’s a great tool to use to talk about emotions and positive character traits.” Free resources like lesson ideas, videos and colouring sheets available at createdtobe.com.au/resources Read more