Record Number |
20315 |
ISBN |
9781786031488 (hardback) |
Location |
CHC B MIR |
Author |
Mirza, Sandrine, (author). |
Title |
People of peace : 40 inspiring icons / Sandrine Mirza & Le Duo. |
Varying title |
People of peace : forty inspiring icons |
Published |
London : Wide Eyed Editions, 2018. |
Collation |
46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Content types |
still image |
text |
Carrier type |
volume |
Series |
40 inspiring icons |
General Note |
First published in 2017 in French by Gallimard Jeunesse, France. |
Contents Note |
Immanuel Kant -- Victor Schoelcher -- Victor Hugo -- Henry David Thoreau -- Henri Dunant -- Lejzer Ludwik Zamenhof -- Bertha Von Suttner -- Jean Jaurès -- Rosa Luxemburg -- Woodrow Wilson -- Otto Dix -- Aristide Briand -- Erich Maria Remarque -- Pablo Picasso -- Dalton Trumbo -- Charlie Chaplin -- Sophie Scholl -- Raoul Wallenberg -- Albert Einstein -- Gandhi -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Martin Luther King -- Joan Baez -- Muhammad Ali -- John Lennon -- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel -- Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams -- Wangari Maathai -- Ikuo Hirayama -- Tenzin Gyatso -- Mikhail Gorbachev -- Václav Havel -- Nelson Mandela -- Rigoberta Menchu -- Jody Williams -- Daniel Barenboim -- Kim Dae-Jung -- Michael Moore -- Tegla Loroupe -- Malala Yousafzai. |
Summary Note |
Dreamers, leaders, fighters for our rights... meet 40 amazing activists for peace! From Martin Luther King's dream to Gandhi's protest to Nelson Mandela's struggle, discover how each of these people dedicated their lives to making the world a better place in their own unique, and peaceful, way. Learn how these heroes from history changed the world in this inspiring book packed with hundreds of incredible facts. Who will you choose as your hero? |
Target Audience |
For ages 7-10 years; For Grades: 2 - 5. -- Booktopia. |
Language Note |
Translated from the French.. |
Subject |
Biographies |
Pacifists |
Political activists |
Social action |
Social change |
Social reformers |
Pacifists -- Juvenile literature |
Social reformers -- Juvenile literature |
Political activists -- Juvenile literature |
Social change -- Juvenile literature |
Social action -- Juvenile literature |
Pacifists |
Social reformers |
Political activists |
Social change |
Social action |
Added Corporate Name |
Le Duo, (illustrator). |