The Reward of Childhood Truth

The Reward of Childhood Truth

A new edition with fresh, new beautiful cover art. Our best children’s story on truthfulness. How God honors honesty is illustrated in two stories. The first and key story, The Reward of Childhood Truth, tells of the refreshing and surprising honesty of two brothers, which leads to many blessings both for their own family and a neighbor.

The second story, Little Mary’s First and Last Falsehood, shows how when we begin on the path of falsehood, it leads to covering our lies with other lies, until we are trapped in a dilemma of misery and fear. One of our very best character building stories.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Reward of Childhood Truth

Or, the story of how Truth Insures the Future for Charles and Harry

• 1) Truth on Trial
• 2) The Truth is Told
• 3) The Truth is Rewarded
• 4) A Friendship Grows

Part 2: Little Mary’s First and Last Falsehood

• 1) Listening to Satan’s Deceitful Voice
• 2) Mary’s Scarred Conscience
• 3) Confess Your Faults to One Another

About the Stories in The Children’s Character Building Collection

One of the best gifts you could ever give a child are the eleven stories of our renowned, classic 19th century Children’s Character Building Collection.  And this new printing of the collection is the highest-quality edition of them ever done. All 11 volumes have beautiful new art, hand-painted covers. This is our all-time favorite set of children’s stories from last century, and all with fresh artwork that captures the feel of that era!

Each of these delightful volumes is full of Biblical truth, presented in the most winsome possible stories, sure to warm the heart and teach the mind of every family member. The reading level for this set is often said to be 4th – 5th grade, but we find children of all ages enjoy them, and even adults often tell us they find them delightful to read. Check each of the books in this area of the site, for its own full description. They make wonderful read-alouds to children from K through 3rd grade too.

And now with an accompanying Study Guide compiled by Dennis Gundersen

The Children’s Character Building Collection Study Guide includes questions, answers, activities, and memory verses pertaining to each of these books:

The Bible in the Wall                  Wandering May
Godliness is Great Gain                Theobold the Iron-Hearted
The Reward of Childhood Truth          Little Daisy and the Swearing Class
Roses and Thorns                       Tampering with Temptation
The Weed with an Ill Name              A Little Rebel Becomes a Saint
The Little Medicine Carrier

Without question, this Study Guide will render these stories more useful and profitable to families than ever. Memory verses are cited in two English Bible versions, so families may use their preference: The ESV (English Standard Version) or KJV (The King James Version).

Not meant as a quiz or test, The Children’s Character Building Collection Study Guide is rather a tool by which parents and children can sit down together and gain maximum profit from the stories, conversing together about the key elements of the stories in a way which will be enjoyable, memorable, and spiritually profitable.