Peaceful Heroes

by Jonah Winter

Book Overview

The author of the highly-acclaimed FRIDA and DIZZY brings us a series of searing portraits of warriors who didn't use weapons, including Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, Gandhi, and more.

Why is hero is a word so often reserved for warriors who fight with guns and weapons to defend their people? Renowed picture book biographer Jonah Winter writes of another kind of hero, a peaceful hero, who is willing to die for a cause, but never to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439623073
• ISBN13: 9780439623070
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7