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    Title
    The Book of Virtues
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) William Bennett
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 832
    Width: 153 mm
    Height: 217 mm
    Thickness: 48 mm
    Weight: 700 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    College/higher education
    Professional and scholarly
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780684835778
    ISBN 10: 0684835770
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: SEL004000
    Dewey: 808.8
    LC classification: PN6014.B69
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T6.0
    BICMainSubject: HRA
    BISAC category code: FAM031000
    Dewey: 808.8
    BISAC category code: LCO000000
    BISAC category code: REL036000
    Publisher
    ATLANTIC BOOKS
    Imprint name
    ATLANTIC BOOKS
    Publication date
    23 September 1996
    Publication City/Country
    Kent/GB
    Main description
    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 quote
    "Newsweek" Maybe it's just what the country needs.