Steve Heron – Children’s Book Author
Books to touch and tickle your heart.
Steve writes books for children with a unique blend of heart, hope, humor and help.
- Heart – heartfelt stories with elements of reality and meaning.
- Hope – stories that nurture hope and a glimpse of a better tomorrow.
- Humor – stories and poems that tickle toes and turn the giggle taps on.
- Help – stories to touch on issues children face, providing a sense of empathy.
Steve’s stories combine these elements in varying quantities to create books that touch and tickle hearts.
Available for school visits, guest author in libraries, book signings, Staff PD, writer’s festivals, special occasions.

Ling Li’s Lantern
Ling Li’s Lantern is a heart-warming story of compassion, kindness and the true nature of wisdom
By Steve Heron
Illustrations by Benjamin Johnston
Published by MidnightSun Publishing

MAXIMUS REVIEW FROM CBCA READING TIME NEWSLETTER
In his backyard eleven-year-old Mitch has Maximus, a magpie with whom he makes friends. It’s almost as if the backyard becomes his oasis in a world where things are just all wrong for him. This is a book about allowing kids to feel all the things that it’s not “cool” to feel – being bullied, being worried for your parents, and not understanding why you’re feeling like everything is going wrong. It’s also a book about asking for help, and about being unafraid to have these feelings of loss, and anger – at your friends or your parents … Revieved by Verushka Byron

Books for adults to support children with social and emotional wellbeing


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