The Series

One virtue per story. One growing heart.

Every story in the Fruitful Hearts Series plants a single virtue and shows a child exactly how to practice it. No lectures. No morals tacked onto the final page. Just characters doing the thing, so children can too.

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Mia the Loving Mango and the Lonely Turtle

The virtue is love, specifically the noticing that has to happen before love becomes something you can see.

Mia the Loving Mango and the Lonely Turtle book
Love

Toby the Turtle has just moved to Sunset Cove and everything feels new. Mia is the only one who sees him sitting apart. What she does next takes about eleven seconds, and changes the whole beach.

The Virtues

More in the series coming soon

Each book plants one virtue and gives children a concrete way to practice it this week, at home, at recess and in the classroom.

Love

Noticing someone, then doing something about it.

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Joy

Finding the good and handing it to someone else.

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Peace

Settling a big feeling before it settles you.

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Patience

Letting people arrive at their own pace.

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Kindness

Choosing warmth before anything is owed.

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Goodness

Doing right when nobody is watching.

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Faithfulness

Being the friend who keeps showing up.

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Gentleness

Handling people, and feelings, with care.

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Self-Control

Pausing between a feeling and a choice.

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