William J BriggsCritiques

This review is for Eight Keys to a Better Me: Character Development for Young People by William J. Briggs, Ed. D.

The cover and title of this.booyrk are decieving. I expected this to be a higher level book for either young adults because the title says "young people" and I and I am a young person. This book is for young children. An adult can still learn from this book but it's geared more toward elementary school children.

The illustrations were cute and I really liked the poem on the back.

The poem is called The Sculptor, which I can relate to.

The Sculptor - Author Unknown

I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it, one day
And as fingers pressed it, still
it moved and yielded to my will.

I came again, when days were passed,
That bit of clay, was hard at last,
The form I gave it, still it bore,
And I could change that form no more.

Then I took a piece of LIVING clay
And gently formed it, day by day,
And molded with the power and art,
A young child's soft and yielding heart.

I came again, when years were gone,
It was a man I looked upon.
He still thst early empress bore,
And I could change it, nevermore.