Creating peace one heart at a time.

PEACE IN A PICTURE BOOK

Featuring the Shift and Shine Technique®,
HeartMath’s heart coherence tool for young children ages 3-7.

“Our children are ready to learn how to find their own peaceful hearts… and
Corey is just the boy to teach them.”

– Jynn Lallande

When Corey wakes, he knows something is missing.

Uh Oh! He has to have it in time for school.

Is it a buzzy bee or a big brown bear?

Will he find it in the bathtub or under the bed?

In this engaging story for 3-7-year-olds, readers search with Corey until he discovers what makes his heart smile. Corey’s discovery will make readers’ hearts smile, too.

As readers Shift and Shine with Corey and his friends, they comfort and calm themselves by connecting to the safe, peaceful place in their own hearts. Then they can shine their peaceful hearts to others.

Corey finds his peace. pictures from the book.

Written by Judy Henry with delightful illustrations by Robin Baird Lewis,
the new 2025 edition features heart-focus language and includes a special letter from the author to you (the reader!)

The first time Judy shared Corey’s story was with a group of fifty wiggly Kindergartners. As she read, they felt peace blanket the whole room. In that moment, they knew – Corey’s story needed to become a book with pictures.

Today, Corey is connecting young children around the world to their very own peaceful hearts.

Corey’s Peaceful Heart, features the Shift and Shine Technique, HeartMath’s heart coherence process for young children ages 3-6.

In this sweet, engaging story children are introduced to a simple tool that allows them to move from stressful situations to the peace and calm in their own hearts. Perfect for bedtime or circle time, or anytime a heart needs help finding calm.

Through this sweet story, we discover a simple and effective way to bring more peace into our lives, families, classrooms, and the world…one heart at a time.

Carolyn Janson

Carolyn Janson, MA, Educator, Certified Resilience Coach, HeartMath® and the Connection Practice.

Purchase Information

Corey’s Peaceful Heart is available in paperback & hardcover.
For live readings at schools or organizations, and publisher discount orders, please e-mail us. coreyspeacefulheart@gmail.com

Order Your Hardcover Copy Today!

Buy on Amazon

Now available worldwide through these major outlets

Barnes & Noble

About the Author

Known as “the book lady” for her practice of showing up with picture books to share, Judy Henry has taught child development, directed a campus pre-school, and written a parenting curriculum. Her positive experience teaching HeartMath’s Quick Coherence Technique® to both children and adults inspired her to create a story featuring HeartMath’s Shift and Shine Technique®, the coherence process for young children. She hopes that Corey’s Peaceful Heart will contribute to happier, more peaceful lives for young children, both at home and in their early childhood programs.

Readers' Reflections

“This is more than just a storybook, it’s the beginning of a worldwide Peaceful Hearts Movement! Judy’s story has potential to impact whole communities – one peaceful heart at a time.”

Kat Gullahorn, MLS

Librarian, Artist, Educator

“Accessibly written and beautifully illustrated Judy Henry’s book will make an important contribution to emotional well-being of everyone who reads it.”

Carolyn Wilkerson Bell

Susan Duval Adams Professor of English, Randolph-Macon Woman's College