| In The Children's Book of Virtues, William J. Bennett and Michael Hague have created a spectacular compilation of timeless stories, poems, songs, and folktales in which every family can find an inexhaustible store of delight and inspiration. Containing the complete text and illustrations from their three earlier collaborations -- The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and The Children's Book of America -- this vital anthology belongs on the bookshelf of every home. In The Children's Book of Virtues, parents can introduce their children to stories and poems by Aesop, Robert Frost, and more, illustrating the essential components of virtue: Courage, Perseverance, Responsibility, Work, Self-Discipline, Compassion, Faith, Honesty, Loyalty, and Friendship. From "St. George and the Dragon" to "George Washington and the Cherry Tree," here are tales to cherish forever. In The Children's Book of Heroes, families will find examples of heroism illustrated by stories ancient and new. Here are Theseus and the Minotaur, David and Goliath, Jackie Robinson, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller. As the author writes, "We all need a hero or two to help us stand fast and think right." From Robert E. Lee tending a wounded soldier to Abigail Adams's bravery, to Martin Luther King's dream, to Walt Whitman listening to America sing, The Children's Book of America completes the trilogy with an unforgettable celebration of our nation's history and character. Filled with wonderful paintings by Michael Hague, each one especially commissioned for the three earlier books, and introduced and edited by William J. Bennett, The Children's Treasury of Virtues is an unforgettable celebration of the traits that are the essential building blocks of good character, heroic deeds, and a great nation. This volume contains the complete text of the The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and The Children's Book of America The Children's Book of Virtues 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 The Children's Book of Heroes 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 The Children's Book of America "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 | 
