The ABCs of Virtue: An Alphabetic Guide to Finding the Magic in You

by Priya Kumari, Komal Garg, Maitreyi Ghosh (Illustrator)

Overview

★Winner of "Best Book" Award sponsored by American Book Fest in the Children's Educational category.★

Each and every one of us has the opportunity to be Active, Brave, and Confident. Sometimes we just need the ABCs as a guide to show us how.

'The ABCs of Virtue' is a poetic guide teaching kids about our human qualities and how we can be the best version of ourselves. With each of the 26 letters in the book, there is a profound human quality for every child to learn.

The most magical alphabet you can find!

Starting with A and ending with Z, 'The ABCs of Virtue' creates a space for young readers to discover magical virtues like honesty, responsiveness, mindfulness, generosity, thankfulness, kindness, and morality. The book's rhymes are written to raise more conscious children for a world where everyone is respected and no one lives in fear.

Recommended by both parents and teachers, this book discusses essential points in life. Reading 'The ABCs of Virtue', children will learn how incorporating all the 26 virtues will help them attain a more fulfilling life experience.

The book includes free downloadable printable activities for parents and educators to help children understand each virtue given in the book. It is a set of fun-filled lessons with suggested activities and ways to inculcate these qualities.

★A great early years resource supporting personal, social and emotional (PSED) development in a child-friendly way.★

★'The ABCs of Virtue' is a book to help kids learn about how to be the best person they can be, by using each letter of the alphabet to teach a virtue to practice and encompass.★

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953384072
Publisher:	Eternal Tree Books LLC
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 5 Years

About the Author

Priya Kumari is a multi-award-winning children's author and the founder of Eternal Tree Books, which produces mainly children's books. Her mission is to publish uplifting books created by visionary authors and artists to share stories from under-represented Indian and other Asian cultures. Celebrated personalities like Anupam Kher, Hema Malini, Sharon Salzberg, Prof Ved Nanda, and Prof Lokesh Chandra have praised her books. Her most popular book, Leaf Talks Peace: Buddha's Message of Harmony, is the first picture book to be blessed with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Komal Garg is an entrepreneur and educator who loves to see the world through the eyes of children. She holds a degree in education and lives in Mumbai with her husband and a very inquisitive daughter who loves to chant Sanskrit shlokas.

Editorial Reviews

"Priya Kumari has created a lovely children's book full of wisdom. The ABCs of Virtue is colorful, engaging and not only a primer for the alphabet, but a primer for developing goodness and compassion." - Sharon Salzberg, New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness and Real Change

"This abecedarian picture book teaches children about desirable personal qualities...An encouraging tone and cheerful images deftly convey a didactic message." - Kirkus Reviews

"The ABCs of Virtue takes readers of any age back to the basics of learning how to be a good and compassionate friend to others and ourselves. Young children will enjoy asking older readers to chat with them about each virtue and older readers will find opportunities for self-reflection. The colorful and relevant illustrations and rhythmic text are inclusive of all ethnicities consistent with the heartfelt messages taught through this book." - Dr. Marcia Grayson, K-8 School Administrator and Educator

""The book is a great way of introducing the alphabets and certain core values to children very early on. As they say: catch them young; learning alphabets via virtues/ values is a great way of educating them to develop into sensitive and sensible human beings." - Dr Geetika Dutta, Principal, Bhavan's Leelavati Munshi College of Education, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi, India

"This 'ABCs of Virtue' picture-book was such a delight! I wish I had this book published when my kids were younger! Being a day-care owner, I would love to see things from a child's perspective, and I can vouch for the fact that this book is an asset for kids' learning-curriculum. It is a whole new experience!" - Prathima Veene, Day-care owner in New Jersey

From the Publisher

2021-05-04
This abecedarian picture book teaches children about desirable personal qualities.

To better learn the alphabet, this ABC book depicts each letter in colorful patterns that stand out from the rest of the text, using both upper- and lowercase forms (for example, “P is for patient”). The letters are accompanied by rhyming couplets; generally, the first line gives the virtue’s meaning and the second shows the concept in action, with an illustrated example. To take one entry, “K is for kind” explains that “Having a kind heart means showing you care,” such as “offering help to your friends everywhere.” In the image, a boy shares his umbrella with a girl. Some entries describe traditionally moralistic virtues, like “D is for dutiful,” but most concern congenial qualities, such as being “friendly,” “imaginative,” or “understanding.” Kumari and Garg previously collaborated on My Raksha Bandhan (2020). The authors’ rhyming verse scans well and nicely condenses sometimes-complicated concepts: “A person who’s zealous supports a good cause. / Like helping the world to protect nature’s laws.” Ghosh provides jaunty digital illustrations of cute, diverse characters accompanied by whimsical details.

An encouraging tone and cheerful images deftly convey a didactic message.

Kirkus Reviews