Simple, direct, and emotive, Words and Your Heart’s message is that words have extraordinary power–to harm and to heal, to create and to destroy, and to spread love.

"How about we use our words to look after each other's hearts?" ( )

This book is deceiving, on the surface it is a simple book with limited text and illustrations, but it carries a strong message about the power of words to harm and heal. Highly recommended for listeners through middle elementary. ( )

This book is about how words are very important. They can affect your heart and make you feel a certain way. They can make you feel happy, sad, loved, disliked, and many other emotions. Because of all the power that words hold we have to make sure that we only use them to help people. We could use them to encourage people, make people laugh, cheer people up, and explain things.

Sometimes we need to spell things out for kids, especially when it comes to social situations. We can read them all the stories we want about friendship and kindness but really we need to give it to them straight. Words and Your Heart by Kate Jane Neal does just that. It is cleverly illustrated in a very simple black, white, and red colour palette and simply tells readers that words have power. Words have power to help and heal but they also have the power to hurt and break. The takeaway is we need to protect each other's hearts because your heart is what makes you unique, special, and powerful. Definitely a book to add to your library holds. ( )