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The Book of Virtues for Young People

by William J. Bennett Author

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0-439-44995-2
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
136
Publisher
Scholastic
Copyright
2002

Chapters

  • 0 p. 1 Introduction
  • 1 p. 5 Self-Discipline
  • 1-1 p. 7 Self-discipline
  • 1-2 p. 9 Anger
  • 1-3 p. 10 The King and His Hawk
  • 1-4 p. 13 George Washington's Rules of Civility
  • 1-5 p. 18 King Canute on the Seashore
  • 1-6 p. 20 Our Lips and Ears
  • 1-7 p. 20 Seeing Gold
  • 1-8 p. 21 The Boy Who Tried to Be the Sun
  • 1-9 p. 23 The Fisherman and His Wife
  • 1-10 p. 29 The Flies and the Honey Pot
  • 1-11 p. 30 The Fox and the Crow
  • 1-12 p. 30 The Frogs and the Well
  • 1-13 p. 31 Boy Wanted
  • 1-14 p. 33 The Vulture
  • 2 p. 35 Compassion
  • 2-1 p. 37 Compassion
  • 2-2 p. 39 As Rich as Croesus
  • 2-3 p. 43 Beautiful
  • 2-4 p. 43 The Rich Man's Feast
  • 2-5 p. 44 Echo and Narcissus
  • 2-6 p. 47 If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
  • 2-7 p. 47 O Captain! My Captain!
  • 2-8 p. 48 Song of Life
  • 2-9 p. 50 The Angel of the Battlefield
  • 2-10 p. 54 The Gift of the Magi
  • 2-11 p. 61 The Sin of Omission
  • 3 p. 73 Responsibility
  • 3-1 p. 75 Responsibility
  • 3-2 p. 77 F. Scott Fitzgerald to His Daughter
  • 3-3 p. 79 For Want of a Horseshoe Nail
  • 3-4 p. 81 Icarus and Daedalus
  • 3-5 p. 84 King Alfred and the Cakes
  • 3-6 p. 87 St. George and the Dragon
  • 3-7 p. 91 The Bell of Atri
  • 3-8 p. 96 The Bridge Builder
  • 3-9 p. 97 The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • 3-10 p. 99 The Chest of Broken Glass
  • 3-11 p. 101 The Devoted Son and the Thief
  • 3-12 p. 102 The Man Who Tossed Stones
  • 3-13 p. 104 The Sword of Damocles
  • 3-14 p. 107 The Ten Commandments
  • 4 p. 109 Friendship
  • 4-1 p. 111 Friendship
  • 4-2 p. 113 A Time to Talk
  • 4-3 p. 113 Childhood and Poetry
  • 4-4 p. 115 Damon and Pythias
  • 4-5 p. 118 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
  • 4-6 p. 125 Jonathan and David
  • 4-7 p. 131 Ruth and Naomi
  • 4-8 p. 135 The Lover Pleads With His Friend for Old Friends
  • 4-9 p. 135 Friendship
  • 4-10 p. 136 The Bear and the Travelers
  • 5 p. 139 Work
  • 5-1 p. 141 Work
  • 5-2 p. 144 Hercules and the Wagoner
  • 5-3 p. 145 Kill Devil Hill
  • 5-4 p. 151 Mr. Meant-To
  • 5-5 p. 152 Results and Roses
  • 5-6 p. 153 The Ballad of John Henry
  • 5-7 p. 155 The Farmer and His Sons
  • 5-8 p. 155 The Poor Man and His Seeds
  • 5-9 p. 156 The Rebellion Against the Stomach
  • 5-10 p. 159 The Village Blacksmith
  • 5-11 p. 161 The Week of Sundays
  • 6 p. 169 Courage
  • 6-1 p. 171 Courage
  • 6-2 p. 173 An Appeal from the Alamo
  • 6-3 p. 174 Chanticleer and Partlet
  • 6-4 p. 177 David and Goliath
  • 6-5 p. 181 Dolly Madison Saves the National Pride
  • 6-6 p. 184 Excerpt from the Diary of Anne Frank
  • 6-7 p. 189 If
  • 6-8 p. 190 It Can Be Done
  • 6-9 p. 191 Our Heroes
  • 6-10 p. 192 Rosa Parks
  • 6-11 p. 196 Susan B. Anthony
  • 6-12 p. 200 The Leopard's Revenge
  • 6-13 p. 201 The Miotaur
  • 7 p. 209 Perseverance
  • 7-1 p. 211 Perseverance
  • 7-2 p. 214 Bruce and the Spider
  • 7-3 p. 216 Can't
  • 7-4 p. 217 Carry On!
  • 7-5 p. 219 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
  • 7-6 p. 221 Sail on! Sail on!
  • 7-7 p. 223 The Story of Scarface
  • 7-8 p. 231 Will
  • 7-9 p. 232 You Mustn't Quit
  • 7-10 p. 233 Solitude
  • 7-11 p. 234 The Long, Hard Way Through the Wilderness
  • 8 p. 243 Honesty
  • 8-1 p. 245 Honest Abe
  • 8-1-1 p. 248 The Young Storekeeper
  • 8-1-2 p. 250 Working Out a Book
  • 8-2 p. 252 The Character of a Happy Life
  • 8-3 p. 254 The Emperor and the Peasant Boy
  • 8-4 p. 256 The Good Bishop
  • 8-5 p. 259 The Indian Cinderella
  • 8-6 p. 262 The Lie That Deserved Another
  • 8-7 p. 263 The Piece of String
  • 8-8 p. 272 The Question
  • 8-9 p. 273 The Story of Regulus
  • 8-10 p. 275 Truth and Falsehood
  • 8-11 p. 277 Truth, Falsehood, Fire, and Water
  • 9 p. 281 Loyalty
  • 9-1 p. 283 Loyalty
  • 9-2 p. 286 A Brother in Need
  • 9-3 p. 290 America the Beautiful
  • 9-4 p. 292 Barbara Frietchie
  • 9-5 p. 295 Castor and Pollux
  • 9-6 p. 296 Fading Favor
  • 9-7 p. 297 How Queen Esther Saved Her People
  • 9-8 p. 306 Loyalty to a Brother
  • 9-9 p. 307 Nathan Hale
  • 9-10 p. 311 Only a Dad
  • 9-11 p. 313 Penelope's Web
  • 9-12 p. 320 The Story of Cincinnatus
  • 9-13 p. 323 Thunder Falls
  • 9-14 p. 328 Yudisthira at Heaven's Gat
  • 10 p. 333 Faith
  • 10-1 p. 335 Faith
  • 10-2 p. 338 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  • 10-3 p. 339 Amazing Grace
  • 10-4 p. 340 Deucalion and Pyrrha
  • 10-5 p. 344 Hanukkah Hymn
  • 10-6 p. 345 I Never Saw a Moor
  • 10-7 p. 345 Job
  • 10-8 p. 350 Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
  • 10-9 p. 352 Our Lady's Juggler
  • 10-10 p. 359 The 23rd Psalm
  • 10-11 p. 360 The Fiery Furnace
  • 10-12 p. 363 The Healing of the Paralytic Retold
  • 10-13 p. 364 The Coming of Maize
  • 10-14 p. 367 The Bramblebush

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