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A classic that nourishes the inner life of your child

Beautifully annotated and illustrated, this edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys gives children living pictures of courage, loyalty, ingenuity, and choice—shaping the inner life from which judgment and character grow. Charlotte Mason especially recommended this book for the living images of moral character it offers the child. In addition to the stories themselves, this edition includes an essay on the moral imagination, along with notes, glossary and prompts to help draw children into narration, conversation, and attentive reading.

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Living Books Press helps homeschooling families find wisdom and wonder through living books, nature study, and purposeful learning inspired by Charlotte Mason.

“Books, living books, are the chief instruments of education.”

— Charlotte Mason, School Education