What Stories Does My Son Need?

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In an annotated list including movies such as High Noon and Glory, and books such as The Giving Tree and To Kill a Mockingbird, therapist and educator Gurian highlights the particular ethical lessons two hundred great stories can impart to boys and young men.Introduction: The Stories a Boy Needs

100 Movies

Preschool/Kindergarten

Babe

Bambi

Beauty and the Beast

Free Willy

Iron Giant, The

Lassie Come Home

Lion King, The

Miracle on 34th Street

Mulan

Peter Pan

Pinocchio

Prince of Egypt, The

Swiss Family Robinson

Sword in the Stone, The

Elementary School

Lower Grades 1-3:

Captains Courageous

Cool Runnings

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

It’s a Wonderful Life

Old Yeller

Pride of the Yankees, The

Princess Bride, The

Shane

Treasure Island

Where the Red Fern Grows

Willow

Upper Grades 4-6:

Bear, The

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Black Stallion, The

Brian’s Song

Empire of the Sun

Forrest Gump

Gods Must Be Crazy, The

Iron Will

Karate Kid

My Bodyguard

Never Cry Wolf

Rudy

Scrooged

Simon Birch

Sound of Music, The

Ten Commandments, The

Three Wishes

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wargames

Middle School

Apollo 13

Ben-Hur

Bridge on the River Kwai, The

Chariots of Fire

Color Purple, The

Dances with Wolves

Dead Poets Society

Edward Scissorhands

Elephant Man, The

Field of Dreams

Gandhi

Glory

Grapes of Wrath, The

High Noon

Hoosiers

Lucas

Mask

Men Don’t Leave

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Places in the Heart

Rocky

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Silverado

Stand by Me

Vision Quest

White Squall

High School

Accidental Tourist, The

Accused, The

Blood In, Blood Out

Boyz N the Hood

Braveheart

Bronx Tale, A

Casablanca

Contact

Deer Hunter, The

Edge, The

Gallipoli

Good Will Hunting

Hamlet

In and Out

Inside Moves

Judgment at Nuremberg

Kramer vs. Kramer

Life Is Beautiful

Matrix, The

Man for All Seasons, A

Mississippi Burning

October Sky

Paths of Glory

Prince of Tides, The

Saving Private Ryan

Scent of a Woman

Schindler’s List

Shawshank Redemption, The

Simple Plan, A

Unforgiven

100 Books

Preschool/Kindergarten

Aesop’s Fables

Boy Who Held Back the Sea, The

Butter Battle Book, The

Drummer Boy

Emperor’s New Clothes, The

Giving Tree, The

Grouchy Ladybug, The

Island Baby

Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket, The

My Little Book About God

Paper Crane, The

Plane Song

Snowy Day, The

Stevie

What Is God?

Where the Wild Things Are

Yes! Yo?

Elementary School

Lower Grades 1-3:

Firestorm at Kookaburra Station

Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The

Like Jake and Me

Little Prince, The

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

Minstrel in the Tower, The

Mint Cookie Miracles

Stories Julian Tells, The

Stuart Little

When Dinosaurs Die

Wind in the Willows, The

Wingman

Upper Grades 4-6:

Black Beauty

Bridge to Terabithia

Charlotte’s Web

Chronicles of Narnia, The

Curse of the Blue Figurine, The

Defeat of the Ghost Riders

Gathering of Days, A

Indian in the Cupboard, The

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Phantom Tollbooth, The

Sees Behind Trees

Stuck in Neutral

Whipping Boy, The

Middle School

Animal Farm

Bless the Beasts and the Children

Call of the Wild, The

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Education of Little Tree, The

Grapes of Wrath, The

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Hatchet

Hobbit, The

If Rock and Roll Were a Machine

Johnny Tremain

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Kim

Lord of the Flies

Master Puppeteer, The

Moves Make the Man, The

Nothing But the Truth

Old Man and the Sea, The

Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein

Pearl, The

Red Pony, The

Robinson Crusoe

Running Loose

Shiloh Trilogy, The

Sounder

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Stotan!

Walt Whitman

Wizard of Earthsea, A

High School

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The

American Mystic, An

Billy Budd

Black Like Me

Brave New World

Catcher in the Rye, The

Chinese Handcuffs

Chosen, The

David Copperfield

Diary of a Young Girl, The

Ender’s Game

Exodus

Great Expectations

Jungle, The

Night

Of Mice and Men

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Painted Bird, The

Red Badge of Courage, The

Scarlet Letter, The

Separate Peace, A

Siddartha

Sophie’s World

Stranger in a Strange Land

Things Fall Apart

To Kill a Mockingbird

Tuesdays with Morrie

Watership Down

Alphabetical Index of All Movies

Alphabetical Index of All Books

Michael Gurian is a psychotherapist and bestselling author whose books include The Wonder of Boys and The Good Son. His work reflects the diverse cultures (European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and American) in which he lived, worked, and studied. He has taught psychology, religion, mythology, and literature at three American universities and at Ankara University in Turkey. He lives with his wife and two children in Spokane, Washington.US

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Dimensions	0.4000 × 5.0000 × 7.4000 in
Imprint	TarcherPerigee
ISBN-13	09781585420407
ISBN-10	1585420409
Author	Michael Gurian
Audience	General / adult
BISAC	FAM034000
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