Story Lessons on Character-Building (Morals) and Manners

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Story Lessons on Character-Building (Morals) and Manners

by Loïs Bates

EN·~3 hours·79 chapters

Chapters

79 total

STORY LESSONSONCHARACTER-BUILDING (MORALS)ANDMANNERS. - BY - LOÏS BATES

0:15

PREFACE.

7:55

LIST OF SUBJECTS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

1:42

1.—MORAL SUBJECTS.

0:01

I. INTRODUCTORY STORY.

5:40

II. OBEDIENCE.

8:56

III. LOYALTY.

1:33

IV. TRUTHFULNESS.

7:17

V. HONESTY.

9:31

VI. KINDNESS.

5:29

Description

Inside this compact collection are dozens of bite‑size tales that turn everyday situations into living lessons on courtesy and character. Written for young listeners, the stories invite both classroom teachers and parents to weave moral instruction into the rhythm of daily life without a formal lecture.

The opening fairy tale, “The Fairy Temple,” sets a gentle tone before each episode tackles a single virtue—obedience, truthfulness, kindness, bravery, patience, and more. Each narrative is concise, ending with a clear moral that children can repeat, discuss, and apply the next time a similar moment arises.

Teachers can pause after a story to pose simple questions, while parents might slip a relevant tale into a bedtime routine or a routine chore. Because the lessons are repeated in a playful, picture‑based format, young listeners absorb the values naturally, building habits of gratitude, honesty and helpfulness that linger long after the last page is read.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (200K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Emmy, Darleen Dove and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2010-11-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Loïs Bates

Best known for practical books for teachers and young children, this early education writer focused on play, recitation, and character-building. Her work reflects the late 19th- and early 20th-century kindergarten movement and is still being reprinted and read online.

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