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We are glad you have come to this site for our children’s book lists and have expressed an interest in children’s literature for its use in character building, character education, and in education in general. We have both been teachers for a number of years at private schools that emphasize character building, a strong education, and the importance of literature in education, and which include a formal program in character education that incorporates children’s literature as a character building tool and a
As educators, we firmly believe that the primary purpose of education is to develop and train character in children. One of the main tools used in an effective program of character building and character education, both at home and at school, is children’s literature. After numerous requests from friends and parents for children’s book lists of wholesome children’s literature or children’s book recommendations for children’s books to be used in character education, we have developed two children’s literatur
We also have a short explanation of why and how we use literature as a character education tool. children’s literature can be very useful both in education in general and in character education in particular, because the role models in good children’s literature model the virtues in which we wish to educate our children.