William J Bennett

Book of Virtues William J Bennett

Brief Description: Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith. Brief Description: In The Book of Virtues, the author has collected hundreds of stories in an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character and help adults teach them. Review Quotes: "Time""[The Book of Virtues]" ought to be distributed, like an owner's manual, to new parents leaving the hospital. Review Quotes: "Newsweek" Maybe it's just what the country needs. Review Quotes: Robert Coles A carefully selected collection that fills an aching void in this secular society. Table of Contents: Contents "Introduction" 1 Self-Discipline 2 Compassion 3 Responsibility 4 Friendship 5 Work 6 Courage 7 Perseverance 8 Honesty 9 Loyalty 10 Faith "Acknowledgments Index"Marc Notes: Includes index.; Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations:

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1994 pg. 110 (EAN 9780671683061, Hardcover)

Booklist 11/01/1993 pg. 499 (EAN 9780671683061, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 532 (EAN 9780671683061, Hardcover)

Library Journal 11/01/1993 (EAN 9780671683061, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Bennett, William J William J. Bennett served as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H. W. Bush and as Secretary of Education and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President Reagan. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Williams College, a doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Texas, and a law degree from Harvard. He is the author of such bestselling books as "The Educated Child", "The Death of Outrage", "The Book of Virtues", and the two-volume series "America: The Last Best Hope". Dr. Bennett is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Bill Bennett's Morning in America". He is also the Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute and a regular contributor to CNN. He, his wife, Elayne, and their two sons, John and Joseph, live in Maryland.