The BOOK OF VIRTUES Review
This is a book that would be helpful for not only parents but teachers, Sunday School teachers, and Pastors who have a children's time to have available for reference. A collection of many favorites and classics as well as new stories that help to illustrate basic values which are often lacking in much modern writing.
Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history.
William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.
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Perfect for bedtime stories! - Happy Mom - Idaho
I have 5 children ages 4-14. We have been having so much fun reading this book outloud as a family before bed. The stories and poems are so clever and remind us all of the civility that is often lacking in society. I recommend this book whole heartedly.
Hypocrisy? - Merlin - Atlanta
Ordinarily it is wrong to expose people for their human failings and imperfections, but when one writes a book on virtues, one exposes himself to scrutiny in that regard. This author was widely reported in the news media to be a compulsive gambler, even by the conservative Weekly Standard.
To redeem himself, William Bennett should review his book to include moral lessons on gambling, using himself as case study. He can then truly earn the respect he may deserve for the boldness to lecture the public on the subject of morality.
Jul 18, 2010 08:15:05
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