ValueTales

ValueTales is a series of simple biographical children's books published primarily by the now-defunct Value Communications, Inc. in La Jolla, California written by Spencer Johnson (writer) and Ann Donegan Johnson and illustrated by Stephen Pileggi. They were published in the late 1970s and early 1980s. There were likely 45 books in the series.

Each book gave a simplified and fictionalized biography of a historical figure as an allegory, illustrating the value of a positive characteristic. Each volume was a white pictorial glossy hardback book around 60 pages long with a brightly colored cartoon of the figure, along with some anthropomorphic item or animal that would narrate the subject's life throughout the book.

The title of each book would be "The Value of "x": The story of "y" ", where "x" is the characteristic being exemplified and "y" is the subject (i.e. "The Value of Determination: The Story of Helen Keller"). Early editions of the books used a different format: "The Valuetale of "y": The value of "x" ". So for instance the first edition of the Helen Keller book was called "The ValueTale of Helen Keller : the value of determination"

The books were quite popular in homes, elementary school libraries, pediatrics offices, and sunday schools across North America. The ValueTales were out of print for many years, as of 2007, a company has started reprinting them as "The New ValueTales" and selling them on a subscription-only basis over the Internet.

Books

External links

* [http://www.valuetales.com/ The New ValueTales (revised reprints)]