A Call to Character - Family Treasury of Stories, Poems, Plays, Proverbs, and Fables to

Informationen zum Autor Colin Greer is president of the New World Foundation and a regular contributor to Parade magazine. He lives in New York City. Klappentext A Call to Character is a unique family reader that brings together a liberal assortment of voices from novels, short stories, plays and poetry -- both the well loved and the obscure -- to enrich and enliven a child's imagination. The unusual breadth of readings illustrates lives defined by hign standards of personal character, such as courage, honesty, fairness, responsibility, compassion, empathy, generosity and love. Zusammenfassung A Call to Character is a unique family reader that brings together a liberal assortment of voices from novels! short stories! plays and poetry -- both the well loved and the obscure -- to enrich and enliven a child's imagination. The unusual breadth of readings illustrates lives defined by hign standards of personal character! such as courage! honesty! fairness! responsibility! compassion! empathy! generosity and love.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Colin Greer
• Collaboration: Colin Greer (Editeur), Herbert R. Kohl (Editeur)
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 22.05.1997
• EAN: 9780060927875
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092787-5
• Pages: 480
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Livres de conseils > Psychologie, quotidien > Famille; Poetry, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Manners & Etiquette, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Values & Virtues, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories