Children's Book of Virtues

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From AudioFile
A distinguished list of readers, including Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston and Betty White, join William Bennett and his family in reading a fine selection of poems and stories whose morals teach laudable behavior. Like those in the book, the stories selected for the tape are divided into categories of "Courage," "Responsibility," "Compassion" and "Honesty." Classics, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," are read with delightful verve and feeling. The animated storytellers, including a few young voices, will capture the attention of both children and adults within listening range. E.W.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist
Ages 4^-8. Using portions of his best-selling adult work Book of Virtues, former secretary of education William Bennett teams up with artist Michael Hague to create a collection of stories, poems, and fables in a format more suitable for children. Noting in his introduction that his goal is to further the "moral education of the young," Bennett has chosen selections to illustrate 10 virtues, which he further divides into four groups, among them, courage/perseverance and compassion/faith. Many selections, such as the Aesop fables, are easily found elsewhere, but Bennett has also included some full-length versions of poems and tales known only vaguely today. A few selections seem badly dated or unbearably heavy-handed (for example, the story of the boy whose "please" didn't get enough fresh air so it ran away to another boy's mouth), and the apocryphal tale of George Washington and the cherry tree should have been labeled as such. Hague's plentiful artwork adds enormously to the charm of the collection. In keeping with each selection, his style ranges widely, from the comical to the lushly romantic and sweetly old-fashioned. Susan Dove Lempke

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