Great Stories Remembered

by Joe L. Wheeler

GREAT STORIES REMEMBERED is an anthology of timeless Christian fables. Most of these stories are unfamiliar to the average readers, as they were written around the turn of the 20th century. The book is in sections that correspond to the seasons, so there are 8 to 10 per season--just about right for special family times, reading stories to the kids. The stories are short enough to keep the interest of young children, but have enough happening to generate a discussion with older children. This treasury of great stories will become a family classic, one that the kids will beg to have read, and parents will enjoy reading!

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Christian

400 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Joe Wheeler has been labeled many things: as Father Christmas because of his editing/compiling America’s longest-running Christmas of story series — Christmas in My Heart (now in its 18th season); as one of America’s leading story anthologists (56 story collections by twelve publishing houses); as the world’s foremost authority on life and times of the frontier writer Zane Grey (he is co-founder and executive director of the international Zane Grey’s West Society); as a biographer, having written full-length biographies of Abraham Lincoln and St. Nicholas and shorter biographies of Louisa May Alcott, Abbie Farwell Brown, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gene Stratton Porter, Grace Richmond, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and Lew Wallace; and as a Renaissance Man because of his encyclopedic interest in everything (popular culture as well as the academic); and his master’s degree in the teaching of History, his master’s degree in English (thesis on Utopian and Dystopian literature), and his Vanderbilt doctorate in English (History of Ideas emphasis).

Because of all these variables, and stirring in his 71 books (and counting), this blog series promises to be unlike any other — and that’s why he titles the series, “UNCHARTED WATERS.”

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t even count how many times I reread the stories in this collection. I wish I hadn’t had to leave it behind in a move, or I’d still be rereading it regularly. Highly recommended for personal use and family read-alouds.

[Joy (Cheery♡Reads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection is really worth a keep.A really great and wonderful collection of stories for the whole family.I REALLY, REALLY LOVE it~
One of my most treasured collection of books~

[Elinor Loredan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uplifting stories with sound moral values. Excellent, meaningful reading.

[Glenn Short · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great moral stories

Initially I was going to equate this volume with another anthology of moral stories, “The Book of Virtues”, but after further reflection, I think the volumes are different in the pacing of their stories as well as their source material. The stories in the volume being reviewed are powerful even if some of the stories drag a little. The story about the two men on the Subway is what drew to this series and is not to be overlooked. The last story in the book is also poignant.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

...and some are greater than others...

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading these short stories aloud to the boys.

[Andreia]

I forgot we had this. Had to give it another listen. Great stories to help put things in perspective.