This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Hardcover Author: Maura D. Shaw ISBN10: 1893361918 ISBN13: 9781893361911 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.