A story that gives families and classrooms the tools to turn big feelings into
honest, confident communication — one word at a time.
A story that gives families and classrooms the tools to turn big feelings into honest, confident communication — one word at a time.
Helping kids find their voice and use it with confidence, truth, and Compassion.
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When words turn tense and feelings run high, Sam and Violet discover something powerful: words can build or break, heal or hurt, connect or divide.
Through gentle storytelling and biblical truth, this book helps children discover courage, empathy, and self-awareness while learning how to speak with honesty and grace.
Written by certified high-performance coach and mom of two, Rachel Closson, Tug of Words offers families and classrooms a new way to nurture confident, faith-filled communication — one word at a time.
honesty, grace, and confidence.
A book that helps kids speak with
Tug of Words isn’t just a story your kids will love — it’s an experience designed to help them grow. Each chapter follows a rhythm of Story, Reflection, and Practice:
This unique blend of storytelling and coaching turns reading time into a discipleship opportunity — helping children not just learn about truth, but live it.
Tug of Words isn’t just a story your kids will love — it’s an experience designed to help them grow. Each chapter follows a rhythm of Story, Reflection, and Practice.
Because truth doesn’t just need to be heard
— it needs to be practiced.
Because truth doesn’t just need to be heard — it needs to be practiced.
HOW THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT
The Story invites children into real-life situations where emotions, honesty, and choices collide.
The Reflection helps parents, teachers, and counselors guide deeper conversations rooted in biblical truth.
The Practice gives kids a hands-on way to live out what they’ve learned — through simple, meaningful exercises that build confidence, self-control, and empathy.
The Story invites children into real-life situations where emotions, honesty, and choices collide.
The Reflection helps parents, teachers, and counselors guide deeper conversations rooted in biblical truth.
The Practice gives kids a hands-on way to live out what they’ve learned — through simple, meaningful exercises that build confidence, self-control, and empathy.
This unique blend of storytelling and coaching turns reading time into a discipleship opportunity — helping children not just learn about truth, but live it.
When Sam and Violet find
themselves on opposite ends
of a disagreement, they
discover that their words — just like a rope — can either pull people apart or draw them closer together.
What begins as a playful tug quickly becomes a lesson in understanding, honesty, and grace. With every page, children see how emotions, choices, and words are woven together — and how pausing to listen can turn tension into connection.
The “tug” becomes more than a game; it’s a picture of the heart. It reminds kids that God invites us to use our words not to win, but to build — not to control, but to care.
Through gentle dialogue and vivid illustration, Tug of Words helps children recognize that speaking truth in love isn’t about being right — it’s about being real, kind, and rooted in what’s good.
When Sam and Violet find themselves on opposite ends of a disagreement, they discover that their words — just like a rope — can either pull people apart or draw them closer together.
What begins as a playful tug quickly becomes a lesson in understanding, honesty, and grace. With every page, children see how emotions, choices, and words are woven together — and how pausing to listen can turn tension into connection.
The “tug” becomes more than a game; it’s a picture of the heart. It reminds kids that God invites us to use our words not to win, but to build — not to control, but to care.
Through gentle dialogue and vivid illustration, Tug of Words helps children recognize that speaking truth in love isn’t about being right — it’s about being real, kind, and rooted in what’s good.
Inside the Story
