Teaching Values Through Stories: Morals and Life Lessons for Kids 500high
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Teaching Values Through Stories: Morals and Life Lessons for Kids by Writers Exchange E-Publishing

Ask a child what their favourite story is about, and they will almost never say "honesty" or "courage" or "kindness". They will tell you about a spider who saved a pig, a boy who got sent to bed without supper and ended up king of a wild kingdom, or four sisters making do while their father was away at war. The moral, if it exists at all in their awareness, is wrapped so tightly inside the story that the two…
Heroes and Heroines in Children's Fiction: Why the Characters We Meet at Ten Stay With Us Forever 500high
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Heroes and Heroines in Children’s Fiction: Why the Characters We Meet at Ten Stay With Us Forever by Writers Exchange E-Publishing

What makes a hero in a children's book? The question sounds simple, but the best authors have always known that the answer is more complicated than a sword, a quest, or a tidy moral lesson at the end. The heroes and heroines who endure in children's fiction are not the ones who win because they are strongest or cleverest or bravest in the conventional sense. They are the ones who are recognisably, stubbornly, vulnerably human, and who discover something true…