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6 reviews

Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2000

FAITHFUL!
This beautiful, gently written and illustrated book will certainly appeal to all ages. It is a delightful presentation of Christianity and, I think, provides a gentle overview of Christian concepts. Young readers will especially appreciate the illustrations. This book is an excellent teaching tool and a good way to form conversations regarding to Christian faiths. It is a treasure and a ...

The Velveteen Rabbit

101 reviews
Margery Williams

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1999

"Restored by that Refining Fire"
"The Velveteen Rabbit" is a parable, a story about that refining fire: redemptive love. The Velveteen Rabbit gave himself in love to the little boy. In return, the little boy loved the rabbit completely. This love caused the rabbit to begin to look around and question what was real. In questioning what was real, the rabbit ultimately believes himself real and wishes himself real. Once real, ...

William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

5 reviews
William Hague

Harcourt, 2008

Wilberforce: A man for all seasons
William Wilberforce was the ideal political reformer. He brought together an amazing combination of strengths: personal wealth, a friendly personality, good connections, moral seriousness, rhetorical skill, a sincere faith, a practical mind, and a bulldog's tenacity. William Hague does an excellent job highlighting all of these qualities. Hague may be the perfect author to write such a ...

Christianity and slavery: a review of the correspondence between Richard Fuller, D.D. of Beaufort, South ...

1 review
William Hague

Cornell University Library, 1847

A powerful polemic of religion and slavery
This little booklet is to be a review of the correspondence between Richard Fuller a wealthy South Carolina planter who became a powerful Maryland preacher and a Rhode Island preacher Dr. Francis Wayland who engaged in correspondence on the issue of scriptural basis of slavery. This book of correspondence is available at the price of about $100 if anyone is interested, but our review of the ...

William Pitt the Younger

8 reviews
William Hague

audible.com

A rounded portrait of a great statesman
William Hague has a pleasant, straightforward and limpid style in which he can convey not only complex political situations, but a warmth of feeling towards his subject and a sensitive and empathic interpretation of behaviour and background. He begins with Pitt's extremely precocious childhood. He was tutored at home, in large part by his father (whose loving nature may also be something of a ...

Children's Book of Virtues

15 reviews

Simon & Schuster, 1995

Fabulous moral stories...the best compilation I've found so far...
As a homeschool mother I am always looking for great stories for my almost 7 yo and my 2.5 yo. This book is part of the curriculum for Sonlight and it is fabulous. My daughter's favorite is about two brothers, one who doesn't let his "please" out of his mouth so the "please" jumps into the other brothers' mouth (which makes him say all his "pleases" twice). Eventually though, the "please-less" ...

The Children's Book of Heroes

7 reviews

Simon & Schuster, 1997

My Kids are Enthralled
Bennett has edited another fine book that introduces young children to values and charactor while making reading interesting. This book of heros combines mythical and historical figures with everyday folk (moms and dads) whose actions and charactor speak to the better values that should be taught to children. The book is fairly accessible to ages 4 and 5 -- the gist of the story will usually ...

William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

1 review
William Hague

HarperPerennial, 2008

A beacon of light
"A beacon of light which the passing of two centuries has scarcely dimmed". This is Hague's concluding assessment of Wilberforce. This fine biography should keep that light blazing. I think it will probably be the definitive biography of the great abolitionist for quite some time to come. Hague writes well and keeps one's attention throughout a long book. He is masterful at setting the historical ...

The Children's Treasury of Virtues

5 reviews
William J. Bennett

Free Press, 2000

A wonderful fireside/bedtime book
If you are looking for a good set of stories to read to your children, look no further! This is a collection of 3 other titles edited by Bill Bennett, and illustrated by the phenomenal Michael Hague. The stories are a good length for reading to young squirrly children, and are well written. They are heroic and thoughtful. This edition would also make a welcome gift for a family you care about.

Remodel, don't move: How to change your home to fit your lifestyle

1 review
William E Hague

Doubleday, 1981

Keep your house in order the William Hague way
"If it ain't broke beyond fixing, then fix it" says William Hague in this tremendous guide to home maintenance. As Hague says in his introduction, it is the dream of many homeowners to move house, but in many cases (such as his own hilariously unrealistic aim of moving to a quiet street in Whitehall) these are just pipe dreams. This book gives you excellent advice on how to make do with what ...

The Fairies

3 reviews
William Allingham

Michael O'Mara Books, 1990

unbelieveable
William Allingham wrote this poem just right because you really believe the fairies. I've had this book since 1989 and the dust cover is unwrinkled and unripped. I will certainly hand this book down to my children and make sure they do the same. This certainly is a must have for all little kids.

The Children's Book of America

13 reviews

Scholastic Inc., 2002

Wonderful book--should be read by every child
Wonderfully written stories of Johnny Appleseed, Lewis & Clark, John Henry, etc. My children and fascinated by them, and frankly, so I am. I look forward to reading A Children's Book of Heroes by Bennett. While perusing the comments, I noticed that some people accused William Bennett of being a racist. One must look at the context in which he made his statement. When the argument was made ...

The Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women - 10 Volumes (Be a more interesting woman; Safe in your home; ...
Florence Brobeck, Joseph D. Cooper, Adele Whitely Fletcher, William E. Hague, Joan O'Sullivan. Rita Reif, Frances Rosien, Barbara Wedgwood Charlotte Adams

Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1964

2 volumes printed in 1963, 1 in 1965, and 7 in 1964. Ten volumes including: How to be a more Interesting Woman, Barbara Wedgwood; How to be Safe in Your Home, Joan O'Sullivan; How to Decorate with Color, William E. Hague; How to Give Luncheons, Teas, and Showers, Florence Brobeck; How to Give Parties With A Theme, Frances Rosien; How to Give Successful Dinner Parties, Adele Whitely Fletcher; How to Handle Your Correspondence, Rita Reif; How to ...

Addresses of Rev. Drs. Wm. Hague and E.N. Kirk, at the annual meeting of the Educational Commission for ...
William Hague

Cornell University Library, 1863

Originally published in 1863. 16 pages. This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

The Children's Book of Hearth & Home

2 reviews

Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2002

The nurturing qualities of home and family.
I've recommended this book to family and friends. It's filled with delightful stories, poems and quotations that celebrate the love of husband and wife, parents, grandparents and children. It contains some of the best from Robert Louis Stevenson, Louisa May Alcott, Lord Tennyson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Old and New Testament. (A few illustrations merit 4 stars instead of 5.)

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