Gandhi
Indias Great Soul
$25.96
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2003
Summary
There are a number of biographies of Gandhi written for young readers but this is the only one that balances a simple text with illustrations photographs and activities that encourage children and adults to talk about how to make changes happen without violence. Kids will be motivated as they learn about Gandhi’s life from his early days as a law student in London to his work for equality in South Africa and India and his methods of peaceful but not passive resistance. Introduces young children to important concepts of freedom equality and justice among people of all backgrounds and religions. Opens the way for teaching children how to achieve their goals through persistence and persuasion rather than violence and fighting.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781893361911 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1893361918 |
| Author: | Maura Shaw |
| Publisher: | Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Imprint: | SkyLight Paths Publishing,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2003 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Spiritual Biographies for Young Readers |
| Audience Age: | 5-12 |
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Maura Shaw
Maura D. Shaw is the author of several books for young readers, including the award-winning Ten Amazing People: And How They Changed the World (SkyLight Paths); the historical novel Owl’s Journey and Gandhi: India’s Great Soul. Her nondenominational handbook of Earth-honoring activities for parents and children, Celebrating the Great Mother, is popular with families and groups.Stephen Marchesi has created numerous drawings for textbooks, magazines and picture books, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington; Meet Abraham Lincoln; Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope and Mars: The Red Planet. A graduate of Pratt Institute, his books have been on the Children’s Book Council bestsellers list and on the Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year lists.
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