Moral Imagination Series

Long before a child can reason about justice, courage, loyalty, sacrifice, or mercy, he begins to recognize them in stories.

This is the work of the moral imagination.

The moral imagination is the God-given ability to perceive the difference between good and evil, to love what is noble, and to recognize truth, goodness, and beauty when they appear in the ordinary affairs of life. Before we learn to explain virtue, we learn to admire it. Before we reject evil, we first learn to recognize it.

For generations, books like Aesop's Fables and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Wonder-Book shaped the imaginations of readers such as Charlotte Mason, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Abraham Lincoln, and G. K. Chesterton. These stories helped them recognize courage, justice, mercy, sacrifice, and truth long before they could define those virtues.

Our Moral Imagination Series brings these timeless classics back into print with thoughtful introductions and helps for today's families.