Review: Wonderful Character Teaching Book with a Serious Caveat
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
Each chapter contains a character trait(ie. Loyalty), a definition, a related verse(KJV), an interesting story about a historic figure, and follow-up questions(for use in a school, etc.)This book is well designed, formatted, and decently copy-edited.As a foreign missionary living in Nepal for the last few years, I especially appreciate the beautiful stories of Missionaries Amy Carmichael and Nate Saint, but was extremely disappointed to see that the second story in the book was about Abraham Lincoln, a man whose pride and deceit led to the deaths of more Americans than any other national leader. I would have been able to stomach the simple story illustrating Gentleness had it not been for the following quote referring to the war between the states: "What are we doing? How can we love and hate at the same time? Why are we fighting? For what?" He knew the answer. So that thousands of men, women and children could live free." This was not the reason for the war and it pains me to see this common lie propagated in a book that seems to be marketed toward young people as an education tool.Without the Lincoln propaganda, this book would have received 4 stars and my unequivocal recommendation because of the otherwise excellent content. As it stands, I have difficulty recommending it at all, even at the price I paid: $0.00If you don't care about lies being included in your child's character lessons, feel free to purchase this book.