Choosing Kindness

Being kind is a choice. Every day we get to choose to be kind or not. In this award-winning Kathryn the Grape songbook, readers are invited to think kind thoughts, say kind words, and do kind things. Learning is fun with Kathryn the Grape’s 'Choosing Kindness' as children read the book, listen to the song, and watch the videos together. This book has been recognized for excellence in family-friendly media by earning a NAPPA Award (National Association of Parenting Products), Mom’s Choice Award, and Family Choice Award.Kathryn the Grape SongbooksKathryn the Grape Songbooks are learning tools for children. Since speech and language processing happens in different hemispheres of the brain, when a child sings along to a song while seeing the words they are singing, they activate both areas simultaneously. This dual activation assists with comprehension, memory retention, sight word recognition, phonemic awareness, and overall cognitive development. Kathryn the Grape Songbooks support diverse learning styles and abilities with entertaining and educational songs, illustrated books, and engaging videos.Award-Winning Children’s SeriesKathryn the Grape has earned over 60 awards for excellence in positive family-friendly media. Parents, grandparents, caregivers, and educators appreciate Kathryn the Grape’s books because the narrative of every story has a real purpose and features illustrated characters representing diverse abilities, ages, and ethnicities. Kathryn the Grape provides a trio of media options in books, songs, and videos to help support all learning styles and abilities.About Kathryn the Grape-Purple-Powered PositivityKathryn Cloward is Kathryn the Grape. She was inspired to bring her childhood nickname to life as an illustrated character to be a messenger of heart-centered stories and songs featuring positive, compassionate, empowering, and inclusive topics. Mindful of multigenerational households and caregiving, Kathryn creates this series to be shared with children and adults together. She is passionate and purposeful in her desire to provide people of all ages with simple and relatable tools for navigating life while providing educational and entertaining content. Dressed in the replica of her favorite purple outfit from childhood, Kathryn the Grape is engaging for children as an illustrated character in books and on-screen plus as a real person in videos and at shows.