As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest. He used his methods in South Africa and India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that freed his country from British rule. Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed the lives of millions and inspire…
Siapa yang tidak kenal Laksamana Cheng ho sang penjelejah dari China. Dengan kapalnya, ia berlayar ke berbagai belahan dunia. Termasuk ke wilayah Nusantara, seperti Kerajaan Majapahit, Kerajaan Samudera Pasai, dan Kerajaan Malaka. Sampai akhir hayatnya ia selalu berusaha untuk menemukan wilayah baru sehingga menjadikannya penjelajah yang disegani. Dengan buku ini, kita dapat mengetahui sepak te…
This bilingual book tells the story of Riz Sunawan, a television personality and community activist, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease or MND.
This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Prize–winning activist for racial equality in South Africa, is as spellbinding a biography as you can find. His journey from student to revolutionary to inmate to president of South Africa will inspire and engage kids of all ages. As conversations about race, prejudice, and injustice pervade classrooms and homes, teachers and pare…
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo created vibrantly hued paintings . . . and led an equally colorful life. Known for her self-portraits, she became a feminist icon whose work now sells for millions of dollars. This lively biography looks at Frida’s childhood—including her bout with polio—as well as her devotion to Mexican culture and political causes; the bus accident that left her in chronic pa…
Meet Maria Montessori and discover the story of her life and work in this engagingly illustrated biography – narrated by Montessori herself. Maria Montessori believed in the creative potential of every child – and she developed a brand-new approach to education, building on the way children naturally learn. Now, her methods, which won her three Nobel Peace Prize nominations, are practiced a…
My name is Wolfgang Amadeius Mozart, and I am a world famous musician and composer.
Rosa Parks has been called the mother of the civil rights revolution. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger led to a yearlong bus boycott. Her actions began a movement that ended legal segregation in America. But what was Rosa Parks like as a young girl? Did she know that one day she would become an inspiration to freedom loving people everywhere? In this book, you will …