Who Was Gandhi?

Nice compact, very accessible soft cover book with black and white art that captures the essence and defining episodes of Ghandi’s life very well. It may not be our 11-year old daughter’s favourite topic, but she loves history and this transports here to a different part of the world and conditions she is not very familiar with. She typically picks these books up and reads them in one go. Emerging as an expert on the topic afterward.Initially I was unimpressed with the books in this series as they are quite thin and the plain black and white illustrations do not provide it with the best presentation compared to many other brilliantly illustrated and colourful children’s history books. Yet, the story line is straightforward, quite readable and the books are overflowing with reasonable detailed information and facts.The books in this series include several box pages that step away from the narrative to explain more about a specific topic. In this case about Indian religion The British Raj, Indians in South Africa ect. I find these very educational and helpful to provide context.As such I would recommended this book and most in this series. By now we have built a small collection of these books, that at some stage will be picked up by our daughter’s younger brother as well.

IT HAS LEARNT A LOT ABOUT THIS MAN

Brought this for my nine year old, who thoroughly enjoyed it. It was an easy read

Excellent

great series