We're excited you're here to help us independently publish and print A Heart of Gold: The Greatest Gift
A story to inspire young readers and leaders to use their shining gifts within for good, illustrated with stunning watercolor masterpieces!
Heart of Gold For Kids' mission is to encourage and support kiddos, families, and teachers by inspiring the next generation to lead their lives by the golden rule as they grow.
Illustration for the cover & additional tear-out poster embedded in the bookBook description: "Get ready to Party with a Purpose! Nobody is ever too old to be reminded of and inspired by a Heart of Gold. Follow these party animals on their adventures where not everything goes as planned because we all know: life happens. Each character has a unique way of reaching solutions with their shining virtues! Sam receives gifts even greater than she thought to ask for."
Bonus to the story itself
We believe that experience is the most impactful education, so there are interactive components too!
Included in every book:
1. Full-sized tear-out poster of the cover illustration (the party scene)
2. Activity pages for your young reader to encourage their own heart of gold to shine
3. Heart of gold custom-designed award bookmark with gold foil to earn for the activity and a constant reminder of your heart of gold within.
The perfect combination of enriching and entertaining!
Parents of today are raising the leaders of tomorrow, and are seeking opportunities to connect in a positive way. It's up to us Bigs to instill positive values in all Littles during the precious growing years. The intention of this story is to create connection in families by contributing to positive conversation at home and in school.
This story shares priceless lessons of positivity, loyalty, a sense of humor, tenacity and unconditional love, delivered in an inspiring and inviting way.
Intended to be the debut of a series that will inspire everyone to lead life with their heart forward.
Meet the characters
Tommy the butterfly, Mabel the monkey, Luca the dog, Carl the giraffe, and Sally the seal
Illustrations
Pages adorned with watercolor masterpieces by Lucas Nickerson. He creates pieces that inspire unique interpretations of their meaning and he has a lot of fun with his work, as is evident in our book - A Heart of Gold: The Greatest Gift. With his magic, this story is coming to life.
Book Details
- 32 pages, printed on coated matte art paper so the colors will pop!
- 8.5x11" hardcover book
- Gold Lettering foil for the title and the frame which sets off the beautiful watercolor illustration of the party scene
- Printed on recyclable paper
Making a difference
Leading by example, Heart of Gold For Kids will donate a portion of profits to our sister organization, Birthday Blessings.
Not only do we learn about golden heart virtues in the book but, you are walking the talk by picking this book up!
Birthday Blessings gifts underprivileged children with a birthday present on their special day, who otherwise wouldn't receive one. Every kid deserves to feel celebrated, which inspires to shine their light.
Who created this book?
Mother-daughter team, Sharon Brown and Heather Hough.
Meet Sharon: I am the founder of the non-profit Birthday Blessings, the sister organization to A Heart of Gold For Kids. I'm a lover of life and believe that a life well-lived is one lived in positivity with lots of love, laughter, encouragement—and unconditional love! Children have always held a special place in my heart and I've been super blessed to have 3 of my own—Hunter, Heather and Parker and several grandpups: Dandilion, Goddard, Gizmo, Finley and Anton!
Meet Heather: I hope to continue to enrich the lives of children and families in all the work that I do. Beyond the creation of this book, I have volunteered throughout Central America to support orphanages, taught ecology classes at the Boys and Girls Club and lead family-friendly yoga classes. I have lived in Washington, DC, Hawaii, and San Diego which contributes to my belief that we learn the most through experience. I am in school for sustainability and am driven to leave a positive legacy for all our young "sprouts"!
This book project is one of many ways that our mother-daughter team is creating connection, even while being on opposite coasts of the country!
Why Self Publishing
We're excited to self publish because it gives us more control of our story: getting to work with such a talented illustrator as Lucas, and adding components such as the poster and custom award bookmark. The unique design of special art paper pages within and the gold lettering on the cover adds to a higher quality book that we can be proud of.
With entrepreneurship comes total creative license. We also intend to grow this message into a series and do not want to limit the creative possibilities because the sky isn't the limit, it's only the view!
Thank you
Thank you for helping to bring this book to life by pre-ordering and sharing our message. With your generosity, we will publish a story that promises to brighten the lives of young readers and leaders!
