Caring for Others

by Brenda Clarke

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081142751X
• ISBN13: 9780811427517
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Steck-Vaughn
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Two saints and others of heroic compassion

This book is a wonderful book for teaching children about some of the many people who have shown heroic compassion in caring for others. This book has colored pictures on each page which children will enjoy. In the mean time they will learn about the following people: Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965) - "Theologians, musician, missionary, and physician who worked in French Equatorial Africa (Now Gabon), Nobel Peace Prize 1952." Anne Sullivan - "America teacher of the blind; worked with Helen Keller." Bob Geldof - "Irish singer who helped organize relief for famine-stricken Ethiopia in 1985, raising money by promoting huge public concerts." Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) - "Former slave who became a teacher and administrator, working for the education of blacks." Cicely Saunders (b. 1918) - "British founder of the modern hospice movement that cares for incurably sick and dying people." Clara Barton (1821 - 1912) - "Nurse and founder of the Red Cross in the United States." Dorothea Dix (1802 - 1887) - "Worked for educational opportunities for girls and for the care of the mentally ill. Superintendent of nurses during the Civil War." Elizabeth Fry (1780 - 1845) - "Quaker who worked to improve conditions in Britain's prisons." Evangeline Booth (1865 - 1950) - "British-born, U.S. Salvation Army commander 1904 - 1934; worked in the Klondike and in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake." Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) - "British nurse who became a national heroine for her work in the Crimean War and later revolutionized the nursing profession." Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) - "Former slave who helped run the Underground Railroad and later served in the Union Army." Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) - "Left blind, deaf, and mute by an illness as a baby, she became a writer and lecturer, and encouraged others." Henri Dunant (1829 - 1910) - "Swiss founder of the Red Cross." Jane Addams (1860 - 1935) - "Founder of Hull House in Chicago, established to educate poor tenement dwellers." Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 - 1827) - "Swiss founded a home for poor children and developed teaching theories and methods widely adopted in Europe and America." Mother Teresa (b. 1910) - "Yugoslavian missionary nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity working in India and other countries. Nobel Peace Prize 1979." St. Damien (Father Joseph Damien de Veuster) (1840 - 1889) - "Belgian missionary who volunteered to help lepers." St. Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660) - "Franciscan priest, founded nursing order. Declared a saint 1737." Thomas Coram (1668 - 1751) - "British sea captain who founded a home for abandoned babies, or foundlings." Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905) - "Irish-born preacher who established homes for destitute children in Britain and the British Empire." William Booth (1829 - 1912) - "British founder of the Salvation Army."