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MODERN FABLES

Character Lessons and Life Skills for Success

by Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD

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STORIES THAT TEACH. LESSONS THAT LAST A LIFETIME.

What if the best way to teach values… isn’t to lecture—but to tell a story?

In MODERN FABLES, follow an American family as they navigate everyday choices about honesty, courage, kindness, and responsibility.

Inspired by real-life experiences, these short, powerful stories bring timeless values into modern life.

Perfect for:

• Families

• Educators & classrooms

• ESL learners and multilingual communities

• Young readers

Because stories teach what lectures cannot.

Product details...

Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 229 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (May 04, 2026)
ISBN10: 197729071X
ISBN13: 9781977290717
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues

Author Information...

Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD (Harvard), served in the U.S. Army, became an environmental scientist and professor, and has authored or contributed to more than 50 books. He married the woman he had fallen in love with in college 20 years earlier and devoted 38 years to their partnership, a story told in TING AND I: A Memoir of Love, Courage, and Devotion. Having been a Boy Scout in Manhattan’s Troop 729, he organized these fables around the Scout Law that helped shape his character.
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