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Gandhi, Arun , Hegedus, Bethany

Grandfather Gandhi

48 pp. | Atheneum | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 9781-4424-2365-7 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4424-5082-0

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Evan Turk. Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Arun, who angers easily, feels he will never live up to the Gandhi name. Gandhi explains that he, too, feels anger but has learned to channel it for good. Unusual for its child-centered portrait of Gandhi, the graceful narrative is matched by vivid mixed-media illustrations, rendered in watercolor, paper collage, cotton fabric, yarn, gouache, pencil, tea, and tinfoil.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014