ValueTales is a series of 43 simple biographical children's books published primarily by the now-defunct Value Communications, Inc. in La Jolla, California.
Each book gives a simplified and semi-fictionalized biography of a historical figure as an allegory, illustrating the value of a characteristic.
Each volume is a white pictorial glossy hardback book around 60 pages long with a brightly colored cartoon of the figure, along with some anthropomorphic item or animal that narrates the subject's life throughout the book.
The title of each book is The Value of x: The story of y , where x is the characteristic exemplified and y is the exemplary person (i.e.
So the first edition of the Helen Keller book is called The ValueTale of Helen Keller : the value of determination The books were quite popular in homes, elementary school libraries, pediatrics offices, and sunday schools across North America.