Introduction: The transformative practice of reading children's classics
Danger ahead: the elephant in the room
Seven books, seven virtues: finding goodness in person
Rigidity and love: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Alienation and faith: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
despair and hope: Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Pusillanimity and courage: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Self-indulgence and temperance: Little women by Louisa May Alcott
Favoritism and justice: A little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rashness and prudence: The silver chair by C. S. Lewis
See the flaws, seek the virtues: consuming and creating children's stories
Conclusion: Drinking tea with the dead.