Ten Amazing People shows kids that spiritual people can have an
exciting impact on the world around them.
Ten Amazing People uses vibrant pictures, fascinating profiles, and
a wealth of intriguing information to bring to life the passion
and actions of some of the past century’s greatest
leaders.
Through thought, deed, and determined
spiritual lives, these amazing people changed our world for the
better. Coming from different backgrounds and faiths,
representing different cultures and countries from around the
globe, all of them had one thing in common: the belief that
they had the power to make a difference by helping other
people.
This important and inspiring book is for
children, parents, teachers, and librarians who care about what
these ten amazing people cared about—peace among nations,
protecting the environment, helping the poor and disadvantaged,
racial equality, and making the world a better place. Ideal for
character education.
• Black Elk • Dorothy Day • Malcolm X • Mahatma Gandhi • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Janusz Korczak • Mother Teresa of Calcutta • Albert Schweitzer • Thich Nhat Hanh • Desmond Tutu
"...[S]imply written profiles of ten
extraordinary people of our era who, beginning from
surprisingly ordinary backgrounds, literally changed their
world and ours. They make an amazingly ecumenical, colourful
company....There is nothing preachy about this volume, and it
will inspire adults and children alike."
—Tom
Harpur, The Globe and Mail
"The best way to teach values to
children is by living them. Here are stories of ten amazing
people who lived those values that we seek to teach our
children."
—Rabbi
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of But God Remembered: Stories of Women from
Creation to the Promised Land
"A very heartwarming book with the
potential to inspire young people to serve humanity through
patience, perseverance, and faith. Young and old alike will
find these stories spiritually moving."
—Aisha
Karen Khan, author of What You Will See Inside a Mosque
"Introduces us to ten amazing people
who changed the world simply because they dared to look inside
themselves and give life the very best of who they truly were.
These inspiring human beings living out their spiritual
destinies invite us to imagine what might happen if we dare,
when we dare to do the same."
—Rev.
August Gold, co-author of Where Does God Live?
"Here are ten human beings (eight men
and two women) who lived in the past one hundred years and yet
clearly remain with all of us today. What they believed and,
even more important, what they did in order to uphold their
beliefs, values, and principles keeps them still very much with
us. We look to them as moral guides, as individuals who dared
to live honorably, decently, and as persons who thought not
only of themselves—their hopes and wishes and
worries—but of other people, many of whom were living in
poverty or under persecution."
—from the Foreword by Dr. Robert Coles
"Offers an excitingly different,
multi-dimensional approach to biography. Like its diverse
subjects, the book is both authoritative and
inspiring."
—Jack
Maguire, author of Your Child’s Emotional Health and Waking Up: A
Week Inside a Zen Monastery
"A beautifully written and
illustrated book. A wonderful way to introduce young people to
the lives, spirits, and visions of these exemplars."
—Rev.
Michael Keane, author of What You Will See Inside a Catholic Church
