Worlds of Wonder Author:Laurel Hicks, Marion Hedquist, Shela Conrad, Debbie Beck Children are eagerly searching for a workable sense of values. They need to see in the lives of great people, common people, and children like themselves, the unchanging values of the ages lived out. They need reading material that will give them ideals to reach for and examples to follow. — The stories in this reader have been selected form t... more »he readers of America's past and have been edited, modernized, and classroom-tested for student appeal and readability. This reader will introduce to children not only what is excellent in itself, but what their parents and grandparents have read before them--stories so good that they will never become old and stories that impart moral values.
Many values are taught throughout the book. Among them are honesty, integrity, courage, faith, kindness, forgiveness, industry, and patriotism.
Thought questions at the end of the stories greatly aid in the understanding and appreciation of the selections.« less