“I felt like I was a part of the book. Like I was growing along with it.” “I learned that I’m doing more of a favor to my friends by being myself than trying to make them happy by being someone they want me to be.” “I learned that you can be a magnificent person if you just let yourself grow and be yourself.”

"Every night before bed time, my husband and I lay out 3 or 4 books for my son to choose from. And every night he picks The Little Apple Tree. He just loves it. And when we read it, we start to cry every time we get to the part where the farmer is cutting the branches of the little tree. It’s really powerful. Thank you!”

“This could be a gift from the principal to the teachers. It applies to so many things. It needs to be put into the schools. This would cause so much conversation.”

“Oh Nia! The story is just beautiful...I started to cry. It made me think about my adult son...I’d never thought of him like an apple tree that I’d been trying to prune into being my own vision of him. Now... he has broken free. I guess rather than being hurt, I can be proud of him for being who he was meant to be, and proud of myself for raising him to have the maturity to do that. That’s the really neat thing each person experiencing it will see it through their own lens. You’ve done a really beautiful thing. I hope you will share it with the world!”

“Thank you for your beautiful book! Dino asks me to read it every morning when he wakes up, before his nap and before he goes to bed at night!”

“Coming out of an abusive relationship I gained a staggering amount of weight as a way to cope. Reading your book and having such rich conversation about The Little Apple tree I now see how I wasn’t being who I am supposed to be. I’m back on track to becoming my truest and healthiest self. Thank you!”