Virtues of family life by Bennett, William J. (William John), 1943- instant download

Virtues of family life by Bennett, William J. (William John), 1943- instant download

About angels / Laura E. Richards -- Beautiful hands / adapted from Lawton B. Evans -- Cain and Abel / retold by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut -- The children's hour / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The drover's wife / Henry Lawson -- F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- A father's return / African folktale -- Four daughters / South American tale -- The garden of the frost flowers / retold by Frances Jenkins Olcott -- The golden windows / retold by Laura E. Richards -- The Hampshire hills / Eugene Field -- The Hiltons' holiday / Sara Orne Jewett -- Icarus and Daedalus / Greek folktale -- The legend of the Christ child / adapted from a retelling by Elizabeth Harrison -- The Matsuyama mirror / Japanese folktale -- Nails in the post / M.F. Cowdery -- The night wind / Eugene Field -- Northwest passage / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The place of brotherhood / Jewish folktale -- Plato on responsibility / from the Crito -- Prayer for home and family / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The prince's happy heart / Folktale -- The silent couple / Folktale -- Simon's father / Guy de Maupassant -- What a baby costs / Edgar Guest -- Why the baby says \"goo\" / adapted from a retelling by Gilbert L. Wilson, Drawing from William J. Bennett's \"The Book of virtues : a treasury of great moral stories,\" and its companion volume, \"The moral compass : stories for a life's journey,\" this collection reminds us that the character lessons we learn early in life often turn out to be the most important lessons of all