The Children's Book of Virtues

Beautiful book! The stories are virtue based. They are part of the classic literature adapted for children. Some stories are short poems and some are longer stories. The pictures are beautiful. This book is perfect for younger children when a parent reads to them and then later for children who can read on their own. With this book you can discuss virtues with your children. Under each virtue section, there are about 6 stories highlighting the virtue. Courage/Perseverance, Responsibility/Work/Self-Discipline, Compassion/Faith, Honesty/Loyalty/Frienship are the main virtues of this book. From the cover: this book is "an enduring treasury of literature and art that will help lead young minds toward what is noble and gentle and fine." I love this book and so do my children. A must have and must keep book! (Recommended for children 3 to 9, then move to the similar book, Book of Virtues for young people.)

Wonderful stories & lovely artwork to help little ones learn some life lessons. I purchased this for my daughter to read to my grandson. I wish they lived closer so I could read it to him. Very happy with my purchase.

My children and I just adore this book. What a lovely collection of stories all heavily demonstrating solid virtues that are Biblically rooted, not worldly. My children, ages 5 and 4, request that several stories be read time and time again. This book will grow with us through the years; they are no where near growing out of it. Bennett compiles the stories and poems in 4 categories: courage/perseverance, responsibility/work/self-discipline, compassion/faith, and honesty/loyalty/friendship. There is a nice selection in each category of 1 paged poems, to several paged stories. There is a solid virtue to be taken from every single work. I recommend this book highly. Fill those little minds with things that are good, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable. Also recommended by the same author are The Children's Book of Faith and The Children's Book of Heroes. Both also have wonderful collections and wonderful illustrations.

Good selection of stories & illustrations. High quality construction. 5 year old enjoyed it & was able to understand the stories.

As a child, I loved my Aesop's fables, Grimm's fairy tails (although not all of the stories), and folk tales from various cultures. My folks would treat me to a story before bed, and I saw it as only natural that we do the same for our children. Problem is, we have a 2-year old, and the longer stories she is not quite ready for yet. This book is a collection of many stories and poems, short and long, and as there are illustrations, she is content to wait until we finish reading a page before turning. Add to that, the stories have good examples, ethics, and morals within them that are explained clearly, and we see very little negative in this book. The rhymes within she has memorized the majority, and often quotes this or that part of a story. "The Little Hero of Holland" is currently favorite.) I look forward to reading her stories from "The Book of Virtues" by William J. Bennet, and can only encourage this book for other parents and their children as well.

The plan is to mail it to the grand kids. But it's bigger that a large folder/envelope.. May be pretty costly to mail it too.

I bought two of these for my grandchildren and our friend's children. Each story teaches a moral lesson. Children will turn a deaf ear to lectures from parents about poor choices. However, this book does a beautiful job of teaching time honored values and morals in a story format that children find very appealing. Instead of preaching and lecturing, this book tells many wonderful stories of how other children have chosen to do the right thing, even if it was not an easy thing to do. The stories in this book give parents and caregivers wonderful opportunities to talk about right and wrong, good and bad, and having empathy for others. It is nicely illustrated too!

We got this book for our 7 yr old granddaughter for Christmas. She lives to read the stories to us. Beautiful illustrations

This book teaches my homeschooled kids a lot of difference virtues they need to possess. Every child should have one!!!

Thank you so much.

Eu tive contato com a versão em português do livro no início da década de 2000. O livro é muito bom e me ajudou no processo de alfabetização. Agora, eu comprei esta versão para eu desenvolver as minhas habilidades na língua inglesa.

love this book worth his price a must have for a library home

Considering it is second hand, the book is in good quality. The book itself is very good. It is a collection of stories and poems with varying length, all with a lesson for character building. It has superb colourful illustrations.