Welcome!
Hello, my name is Kathryn Cloward. When I was 11 years old, my softball coach nicknamed me “Kathryn the Grape” because I wore purple all of the time. A fun adaptation of Catherine the Great, Kathryn the Grape was an easy way for him to remember my name and an endearing way to honor my purple passion.
Decades later, I brought my childhood nickname and favorite childhood outfit to life in this series to help children have self-loving tools for understanding and expressing their feelings. Through Kathryn the Grape, children are exposed to mindfully created books, songs, and videos with social-emotional character development themes about kindness, self-love, gratitude, joyfulness, compassion, inclusivity, empathy, friendship, resilience, and conflict resolution.
I enjoy being of service to humanity by creating and sharing heart-centered mindful media one book, one song, and one video at a time. Thank you for being here!
For Young Readers
Let’s Read Together Series: Starting with nursery rhymes, Kathryn the Grape meets children as toddlers and grows into mindfully inclusive social-emotional character development stories with simple and rhythmic storytelling. This expansive collection is well suited for children of various reading levels from ages three to seven.
Affirmation Series: As children continue to grow, so does Kathryn the Grape. Bridging the gap between simple illustrated stories and chapter books, this seven-book collection is perfect for eager readers ages six to eight. Its first-person storytelling introduces social-emotional character development concepts and mental health wellness tools centered on self-awareness, self-reliance, compassion, vulnerability, internal dialogue, thoughtful decision-making, acceptance, empowerment, self-worth, and positive affirmations.
Kathryn the Grape is Real: 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 concerts.
Ripple Love
What we feel about ourselves on the inside ripples out to others in our everyday lives. When we feel self-love and self-kindness, we ripple love and kindness to others. Kathryn the Grape teaches this concept to children through a rainbow of affirmations and a treasure box of tools of love in her books, songs, and videos. Helping everyone understand how to ripple love and share their colorful rainbow of love is the core purpose of this series. That’s why the logo for Kathryn the Grape includes a rainbow of rippling hearts.
Purple Powered Purpose
Kathryn Cloward is a best-selling author, award-winning songwriter, and heart-centered creator. She has written 28 published books and over 150 published songs. Through her Kathryn the Grape®children’s series, she is focused on sharing educational and entertaining social-emotional character development content that’s infused with positive, inclusive, and mindful messages. Throughout the years, Kathryn has consistently poured her energy into amplifying issues that help youth thrive. She’s written impact songs on behalf of organizations that support children braving cancer, rare disease awareness, and teen refugees. She also dedicated a few years to raising funds for building freshwater wells and schools in remote Zambian villages. Kathryn is a voting member of The Recording Academy GRAMMY® Awards.
Recognition & Awards
Music Awards
Book Awards
Inspirational & Business Awards
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