Strong and True Author:Laurel Hicks Children are eagerly searching for workable sense of values. They need to see the lives of great people, and children like themselves, the unchanging values of the ages lived out. They need reading material that will give them ideals to reach fo and examples to follow. — The stories in Storng and True have been selected from the readers of Americ... more »a's past and have been edited,modernized, and classroom-tested for student appeal and readability. These values are tought though the book- honesty, integrity, courage, faith, kindness, forgiveness, industry, unselfishness, patriotism, and respect for authority. Thought questions at the end of the stories greatly aid in the understanding and appreciation of the selections. Strong and True should be read after students have mastered Phonics Charts 1-13 nd while they are learning 14-16.« less