Robert Coles

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October 12, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

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Child psychiatrist, author, Harvard professor.

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Average rating: 4.10 · 3,826 ratings · 519 reviews · 147 distinct works

	The Story Of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 1,589 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination 3.84 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Call of Service 3.75 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Spiritual Life of Children 3.94 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion 4.17 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Moral Intelligence of Children: How to Raise a Moral Child 3.49 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Doing Documentary Work 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference 3.16 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Handing One Another Along: Literature and Social Reflection by Robert Coles, Trevor Hall (Editor), Vicki Kennedy (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bruce Springsteen's America: The People Listening, A Poet Singing 3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Be a good listener in the special way a story requires: note the manner of presentation; the development of plot, character; the addition of new dramatic sequences; the emphasis accorded to one figure or another in the recital; and the degree of enthusiam, of coherence, the narrator gives to his or her account.”
― Robert Coles, The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination

tags: character , plot , story

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“We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we share with one another through language.”
― Robert Coles

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“Where you read a book and when and with whom can make a big difference.”
― Robert Coles, The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination

tags: meaning , story , value

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