From Pinocchio to The Chronicles of Narnia to Charlotte\'s Web , Classic children\'s tales have shaped generations of young people.
The concluding bibliographicsal essay has also been expanded..
This revised and expanded second edition includes three new chapters in which Guroian inteprets such Stories as Hans Christian Andersen\'s The Ugly Duckling , the Grimms\' Cinderella , and John Ruskin\'s The King of the Golden River .
For more than two decades Tending the Heart of Virtue has been embraced by parents, guardians, and teachers for whom the Stories it discusses are not only beloved classics but repositories of Moral wisdom.
And he shows the reader how to get inside of Classic Stories and communicate their lessons to the child.
He demonstrates how these Stories challenge and enliven the Moral imaginations of children.
With clarity and elegance, Guroian reads deeply into the Classic stories.
He demonstrates how these Stories teach the virtues through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, while he also unveils components of the good, the true, and the beautiful in plot and character.
In Tending the Heart of Virtue , Vigen Guroian illuminates the power of Classic tales and their impact on the Moral imagination.
And these Stories continue to be embraced by parents, students, and educators alike.
In recent years, homeschoolers and new classical schools have put these masterpieces of children\'s literature at the center of their curricula.
From Pinocchio to The Chronicles of Narnia to Charlotte\'s Web , Classic children\'s tales have shaped generations of young people
