Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history.

William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.

威廉・贝内特（William J.Bennett）

美国著名教育专家。里根政府时期任教育部长和全国慈善捐款委员会主席，布什政府时期任全国毒品控制政策办公室主任。他从德克萨斯州获政治学博士学们一，从哈佛大学获法律博士学位。贝内特博士现为振兴美国协会两主席之一，是美国传统基金会文化政策研究室的高级研究员，同时任《国家评论》的高级编辑。他和妻子及两个儿子居住在马里兰州的切维蔡斯。