cover image Gandhi: His Life, His Struggles, His Words

Gandhi: His Life, His Struggles, His Words

Elisabeth de Lambilly and Severine Cordier, Enchanted Lion, $16.95 (72p) ISBN 978-1-59270-094-3

This highly illustrated book on Gandhi seeks to tell young readers about his life and teachings by using numerous real photographs of Gandhi as well as a comics spread showing how he was kicked off a South African train for being Indian. Illustrated text tells the rest of his story. Gandhi's life and teachings are covered, as well as more general topics, such as India's treatment of the untouchables and the practices and rituals of Hinduism. The book ends with several pages of quotes by Gandhi and related quotes by others. Everything is easy to read and it covers a fair amount of ground, and the extra bits on India and Hinduism expand Gandhi's world for any readers who would be unfamiliar with it. Along with being a general biography, it also emphasizes the goals of nonviolence and shows how people, Gandhi and others, have used pacifist means to make changes in society. Ages 9–12. (Nov.)