The Children's installment was published by Simon & Schuster in October 1995 to strong sales but mixed to negative reviews, and was accompanied by two other companion successors to the original; an animated follow-up, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, premiered on PBS in 1996.
[3] Selections from Aesop's Fables,[3] Robert Frost,[3] Frank Crane,[4] and African and Native American folklore[3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems)[5] makes an encore appearance.
The first two papers would later reclassify it as fictional (in line with the disclaimer on its copyright page), while The Washington Post sided with bookstores and kept it in their nonfiction category (akin to the 1993 book).
Kathy Canavan of Wilmington, Delaware's The News Journal observed its nostalgic flair and wrote that Hague's "retro-illustrations are a perfect fit for the classic tales.
"[6] Jennifer L. Stevenson critiqued the collection with bookending rhymes in her review for The St. Petersburg Times, while also noting the limits of the selections' appeal to modern-day audiences ("For he's writing not for 1995, but 1899").
[4]Sarah Nordgren of the Associated Press likewise doubted the appeal of the stories to 1990s readers and nitpicked their low diversity; she opined that its titular demographic "[has] more important things on their mind" than considering the collection.
[16] As part of the suit, Dove withdrew the titles from the market;[16] their decision was upheld in court when the infringement charges were confirmed,[17] invoking the Lanham Act.