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Get information, including bibliographies, booklists, and articles, to help you reinforce character education through children's literature.
Aesop's Fables - Are Children's Books of Aesop's Fables Important for…
There is a lot of wisdom in Aesop's fables. The tales contain many important moral lessons. Is it important for children's character education that they be exposed to Aesop's fables through children's books.
Bethlehem Books
A publishing company that specializes in reprinting children's books that emphasize moral values.
Booklists for Character Education
These annotated booklists, each emphasizing a different trait, including cooperation, forgiveness, and respect, were developed by the librarians at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Virginia.
Books for Character Education
A set of simple booklists, each of which focuses on a different character trait and is categorized by picture books, fiction, and nonfiction, from Barley Sheaf School in New Jersey.
Character Education Bibliography
An excellent bibliography, sorted by age group, with the value or character trait each book features listed.
Middle School Character Education Booklists
Beech Grove Middle School in Indiana provides brief annotated booklists for 24 different chatracter traits.
Parent's Guide
An article by William Kilpatrick, "A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories."
Peace on Earth: The Jane Addams Children's Book Award
If you are looking for books that stress solving problems nonviolently, overcoming prejudice, and getting along with others, you need to know about the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Picture Books that Teach Virtues
Booklists from a Utah educator that are divided into categories, including caring, trust and honesty, respect, responsibility, and family.
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