Robert Coles

Teaching Stories: An Anthology on the Power of Learning and Literature

by Robert Coles

In this remarkable anthology, some of the world’s greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize—winning...

The Call of Service

by Robert Coles

In this book, Coles explores the concept of idealism and why it necessary to the individual and society.

The Spiritual Life of Children

by Robert Coles

In this eighth and final volume in his Pulitzer Prize­winning Children of Crisis series, Coles examines the religious and spiritual lives of children. By using children's own words and pictures, Coles presents...

Political Leadership: Stories of Power and Politics from Literature and Life

by Robert Coles

From ancient times to the present day, here are indispensable insights on political power and leadership as expressed in the novels, plays, and poetry of the world’s greatest artists and intellectuals. Adapted...

Bruce Springsteen's America: The People Listening, a Poet Singing

by Robert Coles

In this compelling book, Robert Coles, the celebrated Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, turns his attention to popular music legend Bruce Springsteen, and to the powerful impact Springsteen’s...

Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference

by Robert Coles

In this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have...

Handing One Another Along: Literature and Social Reflection

by Robert Coles, Trevor Hall & Vicki Kennedy

In this book on shaping a meaningful and ethical life, the renowned, Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores how character, courage, and human and moral understanding can be fostered by reflecting on the lives...

The Moral Intelligence of Children: How To Raise A Moral Child

by Robert Coles

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestselling The Spiritual Life of Children now explores how to develop character in children, from infancy through the teenage years. During three stages in the "moral...

Children of Crisis

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 1973

by Robert Coles

In the 1950s Robert Coles began studying, living among, and, above all, listening to American children. The results of his efforts--revealed in five volumes published between 1967 and 1977--constitute one of...