What Stories Does My Son Need?: A Guide to Books and Movies That Build Character in Boys
In an annotated list including movies such as High Noon and Glory, and books such as The Giving Tree and To Kill a Mockingbird, therapist and educator Gurian highlights the particular ethical lessons two hundred great stories can impart to boys and young men.
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From Michael Gurian, the groundbreaking author of THE WONDER OF BOYS and THE GOOD SON, comes a unique guide to 200 movies and books that help parents build character in boys and young men.Boys have a special relationship with stories. They are unusually influenced by what they see, hear, and read -- for good or ill. In WHAT STORIES DOES MY SON NEED? Gurian shows parents and teachers how to harness the media's influence to teach boys the lessons they need in today's confusing moral environment.In an annotated list including movies such as "High Noon" and "Glory" and books such as THE GIVING TREE and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, therapist and educator Gurian highlights the particular ethical lessons 200 great stories can impart to boys and young men. Discussion points coach parents and teachers on how to make the viewing or reading of these essential stories a valuable character-shaping experience. The book also features an introductory chapter that instructs readers on the perils and promise of boys' media intake; on boys' unique emotional relationship to the media; and how to use their viewing experiences as opportunities for moral growth. Library Journal Psychotherapist and father Gurian is the author of several previous books on parenting sons (A Fine Young Man and The Wonder of Boys). Here, he focuses on the role stories and movies play in shaping boys' character and in teaching moral lessons. After an introductory chapter about the need for stories and movies, Gurian identifies and summarizes 100 movies and 100 books and suggests questions for parents to ask when discussing these books and movies with their sons. The listings are arranged according to the age at which Gurian believes they are appropriate: preschool, lower elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school. The list, of course, is not inclusive, and most of the selections would also suit daughters. Parents and others who work with children can use this as a selection tool and as a model for choosing other titles not included. Recommended for public and college libraries.-Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MD
Introduction: The Stories a Boy Needs\ 100 Movies\ Preschool/Kindergarten\ Babe\ Bambi\ Beauty and the Beast\ Free Willy\ Iron Giant, The\ Lassie Come Home\ Lion King, The\ Miracle on 34th Street\ Mulan\ Peter Pan\ Pinocchio\ Prince of Egypt, The\ Swiss Family Robinson\ Sword in the Stone, The\ Elementary School\ Lower Grades 1-3:\ Captains Courageous\ Cool Runnings\ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial\ It's a Wonderful Life\ Old Yeller\ Pride of the Yankees, The\ Princess Bride, The\ Shane\ Treasure Island\ Where the Red Fern Grows\ Willow\ Upper Grades 4-6:\ Bear, The\ Beethoven Lives Upstairs\ Black Stallion, The\ Brian's Song\ Empire of the Sun\ Forrest Gump\ Gods Must Be Crazy, The\ Iron Will\ Karate Kid\ My Bodyguard\ Never Cry Wolf\ Rudy\ Scrooged\ Simon Birch\ Sound of Music, The\ Ten Commandments, The\ Three Wishes\ To Kill a Mockingbird\ Wargames\ Middle School\ Apollo 13\ Ben-Hur\ Bridge on the River Kwai, The\ Chariots of Fire\ Color Purple, The\ Dances with Wolves\ Dead Poets Society\ Edward Scissorhands\ Elephant Man, The\ Field of Dreams\ Gandhi\ Glory\ Grapes of Wrath, The\ High Noon\ Hoosiers\ Lucas\ Mask\ Men Don't Leave\ Mr. Holland's Opus\ Places in the Heart\ Rocky\ Searching for Bobby Fischer\ Silverado\ Stand by Me\ Vision Quest\ White Squall\ High School\ Accidental Tourist, The\ Accused, The\ Blood In, Blood Out\ Boyz N the Hood\ Braveheart\ Bronx Tale, A\ Casablanca\ Contact\ Deer Hunter, The\ Edge, The\ Gallipoli\ Good Will Hunting\ Hamlet\ In and Out\ Inside Moves\ Judgment at Nuremberg\ Kramer vs. Kramer\ Life Is Beautiful\ Matrix, The\ Man for All Seasons, A\ Mississippi Burning\ October Sky\ Paths of Glory\ Prince of Tides, The\ Saving Private Ryan\ Scent of a Woman\ Schindler's List\ Shawshank Redemption, The\ Simple Plan, A\ Unforgiven\ 100 Books\ Preschool/Kindergarten\ Aesop's Fables\ Boy Who Held Back the Sea, The\ Butter Battle Book, The\ Drummer Boy\ Emperor's New Clothes, The\ Giving Tree, The\ Grouchy Ladybug, The\ Island Baby\ Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket, The\ My Little Book About God\ Paper Crane, The\ Plane Song\ Snowy Day, The\ Stevie\ What Is God?\ Where the Wild Things Are\ Yes! Yo?\ Elementary School\ Lower Grades 1-3:\ Firestorm at Kookaburra Station\ Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, The\ Like Jake and Me\ Little Prince, The\ Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man\ Minstrel in the Tower, The\ Mint Cookie Miracles\ Stories Julian Tells, The\ Stuart Little\ When Dinosaurs Die\ Wind in the Willows, The\ Wingman\ Upper Grades 4-6:\ Black Beauty\ Bridge to Terabithia\ Charlotte's Web\ Chronicles of Narnia, The\ Curse of the Blue Figurine, The\ Defeat of the Ghost Riders\ Gathering of Days, A\ Indian in the Cupboard, The\ Island of the Blue Dolphins\ Phantom Tollbooth, The\ Sees Behind Trees\ Stuck in Neutral\ Whipping Boy, The\ Middle School\ Animal Farm\ Bless the Beasts and the Children\ Call of the Wild, The\ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\ Education of Little Tree, The\ Grapes of Wrath, The\ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone\ Hatchet\ Hobbit, The\ If Rock and Roll Were a Machine\ Johnny Tremain\ Jonathan Livingston Seagull\ Kim\ Lord of the Flies\ Master Puppeteer, The\ Moves Make the Man, The\ Nothing But the Truth\ Old Man and the Sea, The\ Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein\ Pearl, The\ Red Pony, The\ Robinson Crusoe\ Running Loose\ Shiloh Trilogy, The\ Sounder\ Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes\ Stotan!\ Walt Whitman\ Wizard of Earthsea, A\ High School\ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The\ American Mystic, An\ Billy Budd\ Black Like Me\ Brave New World\ Catcher in the Rye, The\ Chinese Handcuffs\ Chosen, The\ David Copperfield\ Diary of a Young Girl, The\ Ender's Game\ Exodus\ Great Expectations\ Jungle, The\ Night\ Of Mice and Men\ One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich\ Painted Bird, The\ Red Badge of Courage, The\ Scarlet Letter, The\ Separate Peace, A\ Siddartha\ Sophie's World\ Stranger in a Strange Land\ Things Fall Apart\ To Kill a Mockingbird\ Tuesdays with Morrie\ Watership Down\ Alphabetical Index of All Movies\ Alphabetical Index of All Books
\ Library JournalPsychotherapist and father Gurian is the author of several previous books on parenting sons (A Fine Young Man and The Wonder of Boys). Here, he focuses on the role stories and movies play in shaping boys' character and in teaching moral lessons. After an introductory chapter about the need for stories and movies, Gurian identifies and summarizes 100 movies and 100 books and suggests questions for parents to ask when discussing these books and movies with their sons. The listings are arranged according to the age at which Gurian believes they are appropriate: preschool, lower elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school. The list, of course, is not inclusive, and most of the selections would also suit daughters. Parents and others who work with children can use this as a selection tool and as a model for choosing other titles not included. Recommended for public and college libraries.-Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MD\ \
