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November 13, 2006

Podcast of Courage by Bernard Waber

Here is wonderful collection of students sharing their rendition of Courage by Bernard Waber.  Make sure you listen for those special definitions you hear that pertain especially to you or someone you love.

Download CourageBOM.mp3

November 09, 2006

What is Courage all about?

Courage

By Bernard Waber

There are many kinds of courage.
Awesome kinds.
And everyday kinds.
Still, courage is courage—
whatever kind.
— from Courage, by Bernard Waber

    Courage is something we can all use these days—courage to deal with little things like jumping off the high dive, and courage to deal with big things like learning how to say good-bye. 


      What is courage?  There are the everyday kinds that normal, ordinary people exhibit all the time, like "being the first to make up after an argument," or "going to bed without a nightlight." There are the admirable kinds like "sending a valentine to someone you secretly admire and signing your real name." And there are the heroic kinds…


     Bernard Waber touches on the many kinds of courage and celebrates the moments, big and small, that bring out the hero in each of us.  It all comes together in the end with a universal message—“Courage is what we give to each other.”