Take Heart, My Child: A Mother's Dream

by Ainsley Earhardt, Kathryn Cristaldi (Editor), Jaime Kim (Illustrator)

Overview

From Fox & Friends journalist Ainsley Earhardt, this is a lyrical lullaby to inspire children to follow their dreams and passions—perfect for baby showers or Mother’s Day. Now available in an affordable paper over board edition.

Fox News First news anchor Ainsley Earhardt shares her hopes and dreams and lets her child know that whatever challenges life brings, “Take heart, my child, I will—or my love will—always be there for you.” It’s a universal message, one that all readers will relate to.

Inspired by her own life and how her father would leave notes for Ainsley and her siblings at the breakfast table to let them know they were loved, empowered, protected, and cherished, this is an inspiring ode to the love a parent has for their children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798347104239
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	03/10/2026
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ainsley Earhardt is a journalist who is the cohost of Fox and Friends. Earhardt is an anchor and correspondent for the Fox News Channel and also reports for Fox’s The Sean Hannity Show with her own segment called “Ainsley Across America.” She was the former cohost for Fox & Friends First and has also cohosted Fox and Friends Weekend, Fox’s All-American New Year’s Eve, and America’s News Headquarters and been a panelist on The Live Desk and appeared on Greg Gutfeld’s Red Eye.

Kathryn Cristaldi is a former children’s book editor. She is the author of many books for young readers, including I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.

Jaime Kim was born and raised in Korea and moved to the United States when she was eighteen. She works with gouache and acrylics to create illustrations inspired by childhood memories and the outside world. Jaime is the illustrator of several books for children, including And Then Comes Summer and the bestselling Take Heart, My Child. She lives in North Carolina. Visit her at JaimeKim.com.

Editorial Reviews

Sept. 5, 2016
A mother’s poem to her newborn child by Earhardt, one of FOX News Channel’s co-hosts of Fox & Friends, with the assistance of Cristaldi.In a series of mostly quatrain stanzas, a mother encourages her child to dive into life and not lose heart at the roadblocks ahead. Unfortunately the poem is a never-ending succession of stale platitudes: “May you never grow tired / Of stretching your branches / Dare to be different / Don’t deny second chances” is followed, predictably, by “And when winter comes / And leaves fall and fade / Take heart, my child, / Don’t be afraid.” Likewise, the nominally freeing “May you strive to be happy / Change your course if you’re not / Embrace the world’s colors / Colors others forgot” is again followed by its predictable counterpart: “But if you grow lonely / Or stars disappear / Take heart, my child, / I will always be near.” Much of the imagery feels driven more by the need to fit scansion and rhyme than sense, as when the narrator describes dreaming “a love song / Near a grand deer ballet” (rhyming with “day”). Kim’s luminous watercolor-and-digital illustrations feature a dark-haired, light-skinned woman in ethereal surroundings, presumably the mother dreaming her hopes for her child. The child is also there at times, as is plenty of nature that goes hand in hand with the accompanying text. Beautiful illustrations, though, are not enough to breathe life into this well-meaning but trite poem.This treacle-sweet book feels like an extended greeting card. (author’s note) (Picture book. 6-10)

Kirkus Review