Gandhi: India's Great Soul
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This engaging introduction to Gandhi will show you how
one person can accomplish big things.
This colorful book offers you a window into the world of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most amazing people of the twentieth century. You will learn about Gandhi's life--from his time as a student in London to his work for equality in South Africa and India--and his methods of peaceful, but not passive, resistance to injustice.
Through engaging biography, activities inspired by Gandhi's values and beliefs, and the words of Gandhi himself, Gandhi: India's Great Soul will show you how to achieve your goals through persistence and persuasion rather than through violence and fighting.
Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 31
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.94h x 7.12w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9781893361911
Age: Ages 4-8
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2004 pg. 1058
School Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 192
About the Author
Shaw, Maura D.: -
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.
Marchesi, Stephen: -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.