Father Joe's Six Golden Seeds

Father Joe's Six Golden Seeds is a special edition Kathryn the Grape Let's Read Together Series inspired by Father Joe Carroll's example, whose longtime mission has provided dignified housing and compassionate services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. This unifying story provides youth readers with six golden seeds of goodness for life. Through vibrant illustrations and rhythmic storytelling, you'll learn about being compassionate, forgiving, respectful, helpful, and empowering while experiencing God in everyone and everything.

This book also shares the true story of how creator Kathryn Cloward got her original "Kathryn the Grape" purple outfit from the original Father Joe's Villages Thrift Store (St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store) in downtown San Diego. A mindful story shared in music, too, this is another Kathryn the Grape Let's Read Together Series book that weaves together stories and songs for people of all ages to enjoy.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will support children in need.

Kathryn the Grape Let's Read Together Series
Kathryn the Grape's Let's Read Together Series helps engage the joy of reading within the hearts and minds of young children through simple rhythmic stories with vibrant illustrations. Kathryn the Grape's award-winning books tackle important life subjects in ways children are able to understand while providing practical and positive mental health, social emotional well-being tools in creative ways. Although reading levels vary from child to child, this ever-expanding collection is well suited for children ages three to six. Kathryn the Grape is introduced to children in this series and ages up as readers grow in the Kathryn the Grape Affirmation Series. Creatively connected, the messages shared in Kathryn the Grape books align with Kathryn the Grape's songs and videos. Plus, Kathryn the Grape is a real person for children to enjoy seeing, hearing and experiencing.

About Kathryn the Grape
Kathryn the Grape provides children and families with positive affirmations and mental health self-care tools through books, songs, videos and live entertainment. Kathryn the Grape's multi-award-winning series has earned national attention and recognition for excellence in positive family-friendly media. What makes Kathryn the Grape's integrated series so unique is that its narrative has real purpose. Youth become familiar with the concepts of self-reliance, compassion, vulnerability, internal dialogue, thoughtful decision-making, acceptance, empowerment, self-worth and positive affirmations. Creator Kathryn Cloward is a prolific storyteller of simplification who's dedicated to helping youth and families have simple and relatable tools for navigating life together.