Children's Book Review: A Little Wisdom for Growing Up: From Father to Son by John C. Morgan

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Children's Book Review: "A Little Wisdom for Growing Up: From Father to Son" by John C. Morgan
Paperback: 52 pages
Target Reader: Children Of All Ages
Publisher:Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published:July 20, 2007
ISBN 13 :978-1-55635-308-6
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Reviewed by: Elena H. Associated Content Producer and Author

Book Description:

"A Little Wisdom for Growing Up: From Father to Son" by author John C. Morgan is a collection of fables written in the style of Aesop's Fables.
John C. Morgan has written the book, dedicated to his son Jonathan, in a way that honors the ancient form of story-telling and passes on wisdom from generation to generation. There are 39 brief fables in the book and each one has an interpretation of the meaning of the fable at the end. The characters are taken from the natural world children live in and are intended to help children learn to observe the world and glean their own lessons from it. Below is an example of one of the stories.

Big Fish, Small Fowl

One day a great whale was sunning herself not far off shore. Along came a seagull, flying lowly overhead. "My, my," said the seagull, what a great creature this whale is. How marvelous to be so large and command such respect, while I, small and weak, seem but a speck against the sky."

The whale looked up and spotted the seagull. "Oh, oh, how wonderful it must be to be free to fly wherever you want and not be imprisoned by water. I would give
anything to be a seagull."

The seagull flew off into the clouds. The whale turned and headed back out to sea.

Moral : Never compare yourself to others; you'll either feel inferior or superior, and neither attitude will win you friends.