Mahatma Gandhi

Written by Aparna Rajesh R
Illustrated by Atlas Of Greats

Discover the true story of Mahatma Gandhi, the shy boy who grew up to change the world without ever raising a fist.

Little Mohandas grew up in Porbandar, a seaside town in India. He was a very shy boy, and his mother, Putlibai, taught him to be kind and always to keep his promises. At school he would not copy in a spelling test, even when his teacher hinted that he should.

He sailed to London to study law. In South Africa, when he was made to leave a train just because he was Indian, he decided to stand up to unfairness, and he found a new way to fight: with truth and peace, never with fists. Back in India he spun his own thread, and in 1930 he walked 240 miles to the sea on the Salt March, with thousands walking beside him. In 1947, India became free.

The book ends with "What Gandhi taught us": six lessons from his life, each beside the moment it comes from, for grown-ups and children to talk about together.

Atlas Of Greats is a series of true picture-book biographies of great Indians for ages 3 to 7. Each book follows one person from childhood, in short pages made for reading aloud.