World Children's Virtue Stories

Author: Qu Bo
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Virtue is the essence of excellent culture created by various nations over thousands of years in their developmental history. How to enable children to perceive and appreciate this essence and provide them with the driving force for their growth is a concern for every parent. A child's growth is like a tender seedling. Virtue is like sweet spring water that gradually nourishes a child's heart, enabling them to grow day by day, becoming a towering tree. The development of moral character and the formation of a worldview is a gradual process that deepens from simple to complex, from lower to higher. As children gradually recognize virtue, it should gradually transform into their own cultivation, quality, and character. Friendship, humility, diligence, filial piety, honesty, perseverance, wisdom, frugality, kindness, unity, courage, integrity, politeness, optimism, self-discipline, and self-confidence. Without a doubt, these words represent the qualities of a successful person and should be instilled in children as early as possible during their formative years. In this book, every vivid story teaches children a moral lesson, helping them develop a correct understanding of what is good and bad, right and wrong. They should actively help the weak, be confident and self-reliant when facing the strong, be united and loving with friends, be polite and filial towards the elderly, be brave and optimistic when facing difficulties, and be humble and self-disciplined. These will inspire children to imitate good behavior, thereby cultivating good character and habits in their actual actions. The virtue stories selected for this book are all classic children's stories from both China and the world. They include well-known works such as The Frog Prince, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cao Chong Weighing an Elephant, The Hedgehog and the Fox, and The Wolf and the Lamb. We sincerely hope that these virtue stories will benefit every young reader throughout their lives.