““This beautifully written and illustrated book teaches kids SUCH an important message early in their lives in a simple and easy to understand way. I wish I had learned these lessons when I was young, as I am still working on them now, in my 40s.”
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VIDEO: Press play to listen to the first half of The Girl and The Sun, read by Ashley McIntosh.
The Girl and The Sun is a bright, beautiful and heart-warming children’s book that helps adults talk to kids about their emotions, thoughts, and hearts.
This endearing book offers individuals a simple way to talk about big issues that might otherwise be difficult to talk about, such as stressful thoughts, anxiety, sadness, fear, and anger, and inspires them to connect with the sun in their heart and choose love over fear.
A children’s book that inspires us to choose love over fear.
The Girl and The Sun uses beautiful imagery and metaphor to teach a simple but meaningful message:
What you give to the world, you get back.
““My little guy was having a hard time today with an activity and had a “black cloud moment”. He was then able to turn it around by bringing out the sun in his heart. Clearly Ashley has created imagery that the kids relate to.”
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The only way to shrink a cloud is to grow your sun.
Follow along with a spirited girl as she dances in the beauty of the world,
until she notices a cloud floating above
her head.
The girl tries everything to get rid of the cloud but it won’t go away.
It’s only when she looks outside of herself to help a boy struggling with his own cloud that she learns the only way to shrink a cloud is to grow her sun.
““Ashley’s workshop and its book gave me useful language to use with my students! At home, my family and I have the picture of our cloud, sun and rainbow posted on the wall as a reminder.”
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a wonderful book for young and old.
A tool that helps parents and teachers create a loving environment by teaching kindness to oneself and others using playful, easy-to-understand metaphors, and bright, beautiful illustrations.
"How do I teach my kids to be kind?" This 3 minute video uses the 3 metaphors from The Girl and The Sun to answer this question.
““My son came home from the workshop with clear visuals that he seemed to fully connect to his own ideas and emotions. I’m so thankful that he was given these tools at such a young age. I wonder if some of these visuals might stick with him for life.””
