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The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories

(From Amazon): 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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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0671683063
Print Status
In Print
Stories
365
Pages
831
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
1
Copyright
1993

Stories

  • 1 Good and Bad Children
  • 2 Please
  • 3 Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
  • 4 Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
  • 5 The Loveable Child
  • 6 John, Tom, and James
  • 7 There Was a Little Girl
  • 8 My Own Self
  • 9 To the Little Girl Who Wriggles
  • 10 Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion
  • 11 The Duel
  • 12 Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
  • 13 The King and His Hawk
  • 14 Anger
  • 15 Dirty Jim
  • 16 Washing
  • 17 Table Rules for Little Folks
  • 18 The Little Gentleman
  • 19 Our Lips and Ears
  • 20 Little Fred
  • 21 The Story of Augustus, Who Would Not Have Any Soup
  • 22 The Vulture
  • 23 The Boy and the Nuts
  • 24 The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
  • 25 The Flies and the Honey Pot
  • 26 Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune
  • 27 The Frogs and the Well
  • 28 The Fisherman and His Wife
  • 29 The Magic Thread
  • 30 The Golden Tourch
  • 31 The Fox and the Crow
  • 32 King Canute on the Seashore
  • 33 Ozymandias
  • 34 Phaeton
  • 35 George Washington's Rules of Civility
  • 36 Boy Wanted
  • 37 The Cattle of the Sun
  • 38 David and Bathsheba
  • 39 Vaulting Ambition, Which O'erleaps Itself
  • 40 How Much Land Does a Man Need?
  • 41 Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff
  • 42 Plato on Self-Discipline
  • 43 Aristotle on Self-Discipline
  • 44 Go Forth to Life
  • 45 For Everything There Is a Season
  • 46 Kindness to Animals
  • 47 The Lion and the Mouse
  • 48 Little Sunshine
  • 49 A Child's Prayer
  • 50 Diamonds and Toads
  • 51 Old Mr. Rabbit's Thanksgiving Dinner
  • 52 Androcles and the Lion
  • 53 Little Thumbelina
  • 54 The Legend of the Dipper
  • 55 The Little Match Girl
  • 56 Beauty and the Beast
  • 57 Beautiful
  • 58 As Rich as Croesus
  • 59 The Sin of Omission
  • 60 Moses in the Bulrushes
  • 61 The Good Samaritan
  • 62 Song of Life
  • 63 Granmother's Table
  • 64 The Angel of the Battlefield
  • 65 If I Can Stoop One Heart from Breaking
  • 66 The Wisdom of Solomon
  • 67 A Legend of the Northland
  • 68 The Quality of Mercy
  • 69 Echo and Narcissus
  • 70 Marley's Ghost
  • 71 Where Love Is, God Is
  • 72 The Gift of the Magi
  • 73 Count That Day Lost
  • 74 Aristotle on Pity
  • 75 The Ride of Collins Graves
  • 76 Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night
  • 77 Abraham Lincoln Offers Consolation
  • 78 O Captain! My Captain!
  • 79 The New Colossus
  • 80 The Influence of Democracy
  • 81 The Choir Invisible
  • 82 Over in the Meadow
  • 83 The Three Little Kittens
  • 84 Little Orphan Annie
  • 85 Rebecca
  • 86 St. George and the Dragon
  • 87 The Boy We Want
  • 88 King Alfred and the Cakes
  • 89 For Want of a Horseshoe Nail
  • 90 Sir Walter Raleigh
  • 91 Etiquette in a Nutshell
  • 92 The Chest of Broken Glass
  • 93 Which Loved Best?
  • 94 Cain and Abel
  • 95 The Ten Commandments
  • 96 If You Were
  • 97 The Bell of Atri
  • 98 Icarus and Daedalus
  • 99 The Sword of Damocles
  • 100 The Silent Couple
  • 101 The Athenian
  • 102 The Duties of a Scout
  • 103 The American's Creed
  • 104 Respecting the Flag
  • 105 The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • 106 The Bridge Builder
  • 107 What a Baby Costs
  • 108 F. Scott Fitzgerald to His Daughter
  • 109 The Hiltons' Holiday
  • 110 The Perfect Dinner Table
  • 111 The Children's Hour
  • 112 The Funeral Oration of Pericles
  • 113 Plato on Responsibility
  • 114 The Declaration of Independence
  • 115 Federalist No. 55
  • 116 The Conscience of the Nation Must Be Roused
  • 117 Second Message to Congress
  • 118 Letter from Birmingham City Jail
  • 119 Men Without Chests
  • 120 The Pasture
  • 121 The Bear and the Travelers
  • 122 Cat an Mouse in Partnership
  • 123 The Velveteen Rabbit
  • 124 Friendship
  • 125 Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together
  • 126 Rocking Horse Land
  • 127 The Selfish Giant
  • 128 Ruth and Naomi
  • 129 Jonathan and David
  • 130 Baucis and Philemon
  • 131 The House by the Side of the Road
  • 132 Damon and Pythias
  • 133 How Robin Hood Met Little John
  • 134 The Wayfaring Song
  • 135 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
  • 136 The Human Touch
  • 137 Little Girls Wiser Than Men
  • 138 The Enchanted Bluff
  • 139 Keep Friendships in Constant Repair
  • 140 New Friends and Old Friends
  • 141 The Lover Pleads with his Friend for Old Friends
  • 142 A Time to Talk
  • 143 Aristotle on Friendship
  • 144 Cicero on Friendship
  • 145 Thinking on Friendship
  • 146 Emerson on Friendship
  • 147 Mending Wall
  • 148 Childhood and Poetry
  • 149 The Arrow and the Song
  • 150 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
  • 151 A Legacy
  • 152 The Song of the Bee
  • 153 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
  • 154 The Little Red Hen
  • 155 Five Little Chickens
  • 156 The Ants and the Grasshopper
  • 157 Work While You Work
  • 158 The Sheep and the Pig Who Built a House
  • 159 The Three Little Pigs
  • 160 Hercules and the Wagoner
  • 161 Alice's Supper
  • 162 The Darning Needle
  • 163 Mr. Meant-To
  • 164 The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
  • 165 Mother Holly
  • 166 The Farmer and His Sons
  • 167 The Shoemaker and the Elves
  • 168 How the Camel Got His Hump
  • 169 Dust Under the Rug
  • 170 The Week of Sundays
  • 171 What Have We Done Today?
  • 172 I Meant to Do My Work Today
  • 173 A Rebellion Against the Stomach
  • 174 The Kingdom of the Bees
  • 175 The Bundle of Sticks
  • 176 Results and Roses
  • 177 Hercules Cleans the Augean Stables
  • 178 The Choice of Hercules
  • 179 Ture Nobility
  • 180 The Ballad of John Henry
  • 181 Robinson Crusoe Buoids a Boat
  • 182 The Village Blacksmith
  • 183 Tom Sawyer Gives Up the Brush
  • 184 Abraham Lincoln Denies a Loan
  • 185 Up from Slavery
  • 186 Opportunity
  • 187 It's Plain Hard Work That Does It
  • 188 Heven Is Not Reached in a Single Bound
  • 189 The Praise of the Strenuous Life
  • 190 Great Men
  • 191 Kill Devil Hill
  • 192 Success
  • 193 Of Studies
  • 194 Quality
  • 195 The Noble Nature
  • 196 Elias
  • 197 A Psalm of Life
  • 198 Chicken Little
  • 199 The Wee Wee Woman
  • 200 How the Little Kite Learned to Fly
  • 201 David and Goliath
  • 202 Jack and the Beanstalk
  • 203 Hansel and Gretel
  • 204 The Brave Mice
  • 205 Chanticleer and Partlet
  • 206 The Leopard's Revenge
  • 207 Our Heroes
  • 208 The Minotaur
  • 209 Ulysses and the Cyclops
  • 210 Horatius at the Bridge
  • 211 The Brave Three Hundred
  • 212 Compensation
  • 213 A Laconic Answer
  • 214 If
  • 215 Crossing the Rubicon
  • 216 Doors of Daring
  • 217 William Tell
  • 218 Dolley Madison Saves the National Pride
  • 219 An Appeal from the Alamo
  • 220 Susan B. Anthony
  • 221 The Things That Haven't Been Done Before
  • 222 Rosa Parks
  • 223 It Can Be Done
  • 224 Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
  • 225 The End of the Scott Expedition
  • 226 The Iron Horse
  • 227 A Smile
  • 228 The Moses of Her People
  • 229 Instant Hero
  • 230 Courage
  • 231 Plato on Fear
  • 232 Hernry's Speech at Agincourt
  • 233 Prisoner of War
  • 234 Litberty or Death
  • 235 The Rainy Day
  • 236 Self-Reliance
  • 237 The Road Not Taken
  • 238 Persevere
  • 239 The Tortoise and the Hare
  • 240 The Little Steam Engine
  • 241 Try, Try Again
  • 242 The Crow and the Pitcher
  • 243 The Little Hero of Holland
  • 244 You Mustn't Quit
  • 245 The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  • 246 Carry On!
  • 247 The Stars in the Sky
  • 248 The Story of Scarface
  • 249 Solitude
  • 250 Bruce and the Spider
  • 251 The Long, Hard Way Through the Wilderness
  • 252 Go Down, Moses
  • 253 Eureka!
  • 254 Perseverance
  • 255 Sail On! Sail On!
  • 256 Can't
  • 257 The Gettysburg Address
  • 258 We Shall Fight in the Fields and in the Streets
  • 259 I Have a Dream
  • 260 The Donner Party
  • 261 In Memory of L. H. W.
  • 262 Will
  • 263 I Decline to Accept the End of Man
  • 264 The Boy Who Never Told a Lie
  • 265 The boy Who Cried "Wolf"
  • 266 The Honest Woodman
  • 267 Someone Sees You
  • 268 George Washington and the Cherry Tree
  • 269 Matilda, who Told Lies, and Was Burned to Death
  • 270 Rebecca's Afterthought
  • 271 Pinocchio
  • 272 The Indian Cinderella
  • 273 Truth I Mighty and Will Prevail
  • 274 The Story of Regulus
  • 275 The Character of a Happy Life
  • 276 Honest Abe
  • 277 The Frog Prince
  • 278 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • 279 The Emperor's New Clothes
  • 280 The Boy Who Went to the Sky
  • 281 Truth and Falsehood
  • 282 Truth, Falsehood, Fire, and Water
  • 283 Lady Clare
  • 284 Truth
  • 285 The Woman Caught in Adultery
  • 286 The Question
  • 287 The Good Bishop
  • 288 Insincere Honesty
  • 289 The Injustice of Mere Suspicion
  • 290 The Piece of String
  • 291 Nobility
  • 292 Truth in Advertising
  • 293 Plato on Justice
  • 294 Francis Bacon on Truth
  • 295 Truth Never Dies
  • 296 Little Boy Blue
  • 297 The Cap That Mother Made
  • 298 The Story of cincinnatus
  • 299 The Devoted Friend
  • 300 Yudisthira at Heaven's Gate
  • 301 Thunder Falls
  • 302 How Queen Esther Saved Her People
  • 303 Judas and Peter
  • 304 Castor and Pollux
  • 305 Penelope's Web
  • 306 Loyalty to a Brother
  • 307 Only a Dad
  • 308 Home Sweet Home
  • 309 Paul Revere's Ride
  • 310 Concord Hymn
  • 311 Nathan Hale
  • 312 Washington Rejects a Crown
  • 313 America
  • 314 Barbara Frietchie
  • 315 America the Beautiful
  • 316 In Flanders Fields
  • 317 Flag Day
  • 318 Ethical Loyalty
  • 319 the Last Lesson
  • 320 Knute Rockne
  • 321 The Thousandth Man
  • 322 Now I lay Me Down to Sleep
  • 323 Sleep, My Babe
  • 324 A Child's Prayer
  • 325 Noah and the Ark
  • 326 All Thngs Beautiful
  • 327 Job
  • 328 I never Saw a Moor
  • 329 The Fiery Furnace
  • 330 Daniel in the Lion's Den
  • 331 The 23rd Psalm
  • 332 The Healing of the Paralytic
  • 333 The Captain's Daughter
  • 334 The Sermon to the Birds
  • 335 The Honest Disciple
  • 336 St. Nicholas and the Golden Bars
  • 337 Hanukkah Hymn
  • 338 A Child's Dream of a Star
  • 339 Nearer Home
  • 340 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  • 341 Amazing Grace
  • 342 Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still
  • 343 We Understand So Little
  • 344 Deucalion and Pyrrha
  • 345 A Name in the Sand
  • 346 The Kids Can't Take It If We Don't Give It
  • 347 Our Lady's Juggler
  • 348 Mary Wollstonecraft on Faith
  • 349 L'Envoi
  • 350 Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
  • 351 Jefferson Urges an Examination of Faith
  • 352 The Farewell Address
  • 353 Second Inaugural Address
  • 354 Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • 355 Going to Church
  • 356 The Lamb and The Tyger
  • 357 The Loom of Time
  • 358 The Volunteer at Auschwitz
  • 359 Death, Be Not Proud
  • 360 The Dying Christian to His Soul
  • 361 The Path of Virtue
  • 362 Man's Nature Is Good
  • 363 The Way to Tao
  • 364 Crossing the Bar
  • 365 Last Lines

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