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Filled with archival photographs and amazing fact boxes, this groundbreaking series introduces young readers to some of history's most interesting and influential characters. DK Biography: Mother Teresa tells the story of Catholic nun Agnes Bojaxhiu, from her early work with the poor in Calcutta, to the expansion of her Missionaries of Charity, to her recognition as a saint after her death. Supports the Common Core State Standards.
Lexile Measure: 1260L (What's this?)
Series: DK Biography
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: DK Children (August 4, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0756638801
ISBN-13: 978-0756638801
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #112,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Religious #115 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Women #798 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity
Age Range: 10 - 17 years
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Just a heads up to conservative parents, there is one mention of contraception and abortion, and one of AIDS transmission by bodily fluids. I think it's good to be prepared before your child reads the book and asks questions.
Not very long and not very much in depth. More like a school book to be honest but still...I learned from it even though it wasn't worth the price once you get it it's like a large pamphlet I guess or very very short book with tons of pictures that have little to do with Mother Teresa by the way.I love her so anything is good I read about her but buy another book and not this one I suggest.
I sent these books to a little school in Kenya....actually run by the Missionary sisters of charity....which was founded by Mother Teresa.This poverty stricken school did not have any children's reading books written in English. In order to teach the children to read they need to practice reading in English......this book was perfect for the oldest class.
This is a very nice series for young to high school age children. The photographs and content holds the young readers attention.
This book written by Maya Gold, was informative and covers the life of Mother Teresa very well. The book covers her background and goes into just enough detail. My granddaughter could read the book very easily. She actually enjoyed the content and learned about the subject. The length go this book was just right. My granddaughter had to do a biography on a historic figure of the modern era for school Mother Teresa left a wonderful legacy and happily sacrificed her life and could've died given the population she served. I feel the book covered the amazing life and contributions to our world and to her Heavenly Father.
These DK Biography series books are very good, very well written. They all have the main subject for the 'story' along with photos or drawn illustrations along the way. Then on each page is boxes in the corner to explain about a definition of a word or something about the area the text is talking about adding more information to the reader without having to go away from the main story.This one I have given 3 stars although I would have loved to give more. When I checked the book out I wanted to learn more about Mother Teresa but the first third of the book I was learning about her country and Catholic religion, which was okay and good-interesting but it wasn't mainly about Mother Teresa. I understand that the writer had to give this information to the reader to allow us to know how Mother Teresa 'started' out as a child. But to give over a third of the book to it? And although I appreciate and enjoyed reading about another much of the book was given to explaining Gandhi and who he was. Again I appreciate that Gandhi may have been a prominent influence in Mother Teresa's life but to have a Biography of her but it not really be about her until about Chapter 6-7 out of the 14 chapters in the book. And then the last chapter didn't really do a good job at wrapping up her becoming a saint. Her death the writer made it look like she had a massive heart attack after learning about Princess Diana. Which (and I don't know for a fact) but after reading her biography (this one) she had been through much in her 80+ lifetime and the death of her dear friend right before Diana's death then Diana's death BOTH would have probably contributed to her heart failure (along with all her surgeries etc) NOT primarily Diana's death. I didn't particularly like the fact that the writer implied it was? Again I don't know for certain, just going off what was written in this book. The timeline in the back of the book has her life (and other DK books have them) events which is nice to look through putting things into perspective.I would have given this a higher rating if the book had been primarily about Mother Teresa like the title says but fact is it's a combination of events in her country, about Catholics, nuns, etc (which again is very nice to read and study on but the title should have included something like "and events in her lifetime" or something like that.)
Mother Teresa was an incredible woman - reading about her life was very interesting and inspiring. If only everyone in this world was like her, what a wonderful world it would be - she was truly one of God's greatest servants. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about Mother Teresa's life.
The content of the book is excellent - totally appropriate for 4th-8th grade. If you are expecting a standard size DK book - think again! This one is a very small version, thus the print and the pictures are quite small as well. I'd liked to have known that!
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