Серия книг «ValueTales» — 13 книг

Value Communications

ValueTales is a series of simple biographical children's books published primarily by the now-defunct Value Communications, Inc. in La Jolla, California. The forty-three books were written by Dr. Spencer Johnson and Ann Donegan Johnson, and illustrated by Stephen Pileggi.

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. Most of the ValueTales books are out of print. In October 2010, Simon & Schuster Children's Books published anthologized five of the ValueTales books in an edition with new illustrations by Dan Andreason.

There are 43 books in all

№1
The Value of Honesty: The Story of Confucius
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392369
Год издания:1979
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A biography of the Chinese philosopher and teacher emphasizing his ideas about the value of honesty.

№2
The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392062
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

Retells the story of Louis Pasteur, whose unwavering belief in the concept of germs led to a cure for rabies.

№3
The Value of Saving: The Story of Benjamin Franklin
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392178
Год издания:1978
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A brief biography of the outstanding 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman, emphasizing the value of saving in his life.

№4
The Value of Imagination: The Story of Charles Dickens
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392154
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A biography of the nineteenth-century English novelist, Charles Dickens, emphasizing the value of an imaginative mind.

№5
The Value of Kindness: The Story of Elizabeth Fry
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392093
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

Discusses the work of the English woman whose pioneering efforts in improving the lot of prisoners were based on the premise that prisoners' behaviour would improve if they were…

№6
The Value of Dedication: The Story of Albert Schweitzer
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392062
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

Presents a biography of Albert Schweitzer who based his philosophy on what he called "reverence for life" and dedicated his life to serving humanity.

№7
The Value of Fantasy: The Story of Hans Christian Andersen
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392437
Год издания:1980
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A brief biography of the 19th-century Danish author of many well-known fairy tales, which stresses the value of personal fantasies and imagination.

№8
The Value of Humor: The Story of Will Rogers
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392055
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

One in a series of works which demonstrate the importance of various values. In this work a biography of Will Rogers illustrates the value of humor.

№9
The Value of Understanding: The Story of Margaret Mead
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392376
Год издания:1979
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A biography, stressing the understanding and tolerance, of an anthropologist who did extensive studies of primitive cultures.

№10
Value of Sharing: The Story of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392284
Год издания:1978
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

The Mayo brothers, knowing the importance of sharing, enter a career in which they can share their knowledge, skills, and money with sick people and other doctors.

№11
The Value of Courage: The Story of Jackie Robinson
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392123
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

A biography, stressing the courage, of the first black player in professional baseball.

№12
The Value of Curiosity: The Story of Christopher Columbus
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392130
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

Demonstrates the value of curiosity in the life of Christopher Columbus

№13
The Value of Patience: The Story of the Wright Brothers
Spencer Johnson
ISBN:978-0916392086
Год издания:1977
Издательство:Value Communications
Серия:ValueTales
Язык:Английский

Describes the patient efforts of the Wright brothers to build a flying machine.