Milton Public Library

The little book of character strengths, June Rousso, Ph.D

eng

no index present

non fiction

The little book of character strengths

electronic resource

dictionaries

June Rousso, Ph.D

The Little Book of Character Strengths is a colorfully illustrated poem describing the meaning of twenty-four character strengths to a child and young adult audience. The book is based upon the VIA classification of character strengths. Its bright colors and creative illustrations along with the poetry format are, meant to captivate young readers. The book can be, read along with adults to foster discussion of ways of developing character strengths. Adults also will benefit from the message of the book. A stanza is devoted to each of the character strengths, such as kindness, honesty, creativity, and bravery. Each stanza contains an illustration to help clarify the meaning of the character strengths and to stimulate the imagination. The book can be, read in sections allowing for in-depth discussion of character strengths and can be used as an educational tool in the classroom for character building

juvenile