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Table of Contents
About The Book
How could he—a Gandhi—be so easy to anger?
One thick, hot day, Arun Gandhi travels with his family to Grandfather Gandhi’s village.
Silence fills the air—but peace feels far away for young Arun. When an older boy pushes him on the soccer field, his anger fills him in a way that surely a true Gandhi could never imagine. Can Arun ever live up to the Mahatma? Will he ever make his grandfather proud?
In this remarkable personal story, Arun Gandhi, with Bethany Hegedus, weaves a stunning portrait of the extraordinary man who taught him to live his life as light. Evan Turk brings the text to breathtaking life with his unique three-dimensional collage paintings.
About The Illustrator
Evan Turk is an Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning illustrator, author, and animator. He is the author-illustrator of The Storyteller, Heartbeat, You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, A Thousand Glass Flowers, and Hello, Moon and the illustrator of Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; The People’s Painter; Grandfather Gandhi; and its companion Be the Change. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in southern California with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. Visit him at EvanTurk.com.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum (May 27, 2014)
- Length: 48 pages
- ISBN13: 9781481428910
- Ages: 4 - 8
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Awards and Honors
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Capital Choices Noteworthy Books for Children's and Teens (DC)
- ILA Notable Books for a Global Society
- Georgia Children's Picture Book Award Finalist
- Texas Bluebonnet Master List
- Marion Vannett Ridgway Awd Honor Bk
- Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
- Writer's League of Texas Award for Best Book for Young People
- MSTA Reading Circle List
- Eureka! Excellence in Nonfiction Gold Award (CA)
- Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Book
- Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List
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- Book Cover Image (jpg): Grandfather Gandhi Trade Paperback 9781481428910
- Author Photo (jpg): Arun Gandhi Dimitri Koutsomytis(0.1 MB)
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- Author Photo (jpg): Bethany Hegedus Photograph © Sam Bond Photography(0.1 MB)
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