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The Children's treasury of virtues, edited by William J. Bennett ; illustrated by Michael Hague

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non fiction

The Children's treasury of virtues

edited by William J. Bennett ; illustrated by Michael Hague

A collection of stories and poems about virtues, conduct of life, heroes, and American history and folklore

Try, try again -- Persevere -- It can be done -- The little hero of Holland -- The tortoise and the hare -- The stars in the sky -- Little Fred -- There was a little girl -- Please -- Boy wanted -- Over in the meadow -- The Little Red Hen -- The king and his hawk -- Hercules and the wagoner -- St. George and the dragon -- A child's prayer -- Kindness to animals -- The sermon to the birds -- Someone sees you -- The honest disciple -- Little sunshine -- The lion and the mouse -- The legend of the dipper -- The pasture -- George Washington and the cherry tree -- God make my life a little light -- The Indian Cinderella -- Little Boy Blue -- The boy who cried "wolf" -- The honest woodman -- Why frog and snake never play together -- Heroes -- Opportunity -- About angels -- A prayer at Valley Forge -- Only a dad -- The sphinx -- Jackie Robinson -- Sail on! Sail on! -- David and Goliath -- Our heroes -- Honest Abe -- How the animals got sunlight -- The star jewels -- Mother Teresa -- The knights of the silver shield -- The Minotaur -- Helen Keller's teacher -- Father Flanagan -- The hero of Indian Cliff -- Tashira's turn -- When Mother reads aloud -- "America the beautiful," Katharine Lee Bates -- The legend of the Grand Canyon -- The Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving -- Father Junipero Serra -- The bravery of Abigail Adams -- "Yankee Doodle" -- Westward with Lewis and Clark -- Paul Bunyan -- The story of "The star spangled banner" -- Johnny Appleseed -- Abe Lincoln's school days -- "The Erie Canal" -- Remember the Alamo! -- "I hear America singing," Walt Whitman -- The tale of "Swing low, sweet chariot" -- Robert E. Lee and the wounded soldier -- Margaret of New Orleans -- "Home on the range" -- John Henry and the steam drill -- "The new Colossus," Emma Lazarus -- The wizard of Menlo Park -- Martin Luther King's dream -- The Eagle has landed -- "America," Samuel Francis Smith

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