Gandhi: India's Great Soul (Spiritual Biographies for Young Readers) [Hardcover]

Maura D. Shaw (Author), Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Spiritual Biographies for Young Readers

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.

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Gr. 3-6. From the Spiritual Biographies for Young Readers series, this well-designed book introduces Mahatma Gandhi with simplicity and dignity. While the discussion provides information about his life, beliefs, and achievements, it also challenges children to reflect on aspects of his philosophy and activism in a more personal way. Shaw asks them to consider how Gandhi's beliefs can be applied to their own lives, such as helping others by giving away what an individual can no longer use. The illustrations include colorful paintings and drawings as well as many photographs. A detailed time line and a glossary are appended. There is no index, but this rather brief book is not primarily a resource for research. It serves well, though, as a gateway for beginning to understand who Gandhi was, what he accomplished, and how his beliefs might relate to children's lives today. Carolyn Phelan
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About the Author

Maura D. Shaw is the author of three books for young readers, including Ten Amazing People: And How They Changed the World, and the historical novel Owl's Journey. Her nondenominational handbook of Earth-honoring activities for parents and children, Celebrating the Great Mother, is used widely in parenting and homeschooling study groups.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 31 pages
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893361918
• ISBN-13: 978-1893361911
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,049,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A man of peace, April 12, 2007

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This review is from: Gandhi: India's Great Soul (Spiritual Biographies for Young Readers) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book for children that not only gives historical information and biographical material about Mohandas Gandhi but also offers ideas for practical experiments to enable students to further explore the concepts of freedom and nonviolence. As a teaching artist/musician I am currently using this book with a class of African American 2nd graders as part of a music residency called "Freedom Through Peaceful Change."