This book is very informative for an elementary student to learn about someone. One thing that stood out to me was the use of light within the black/white/gray with acrylics on paper. I love how they included a timeline of his life at the end. The story is about about Gandhi and his fight to preserve Indian tradition and religion against the British Colony. Gandhi was a peaceful approach to fighting rather than being aggressive. ( )

In this biography it describes Gandhi's life in great detail. First it begins off giving us a little background history on how life is at that specific time. As we move further along the story begins to explain how Gandhi begins to fight for Indians rights after he see's how the people in South Africa have treated him. I would say that this biography was very wordy and explained in great detail each event that Gandhi played apart of in his life. Gandhi after all was recognized for his accomplishments and for giving freedom to India. It was very informational. ( )

Leonard Fisher is both the author and illustrator, he does a wonderful job of taking the reader on the journey through Ganghi's life. All of the images are in black and white using shadowing to draw your attention to particular things throughout the book. Gandhi's life had such a positive impact, his ability to exhibit peaceful protest opened the eyes of so many people around the world. The pictures in this book really show the injustice Gandhi and many other Indian people faced. This book could be used as a spectacular introduction into a lesson on injustice, peaceful protest, and humility. I personally believe humility is a very important fundament life lesson that should be taught to children at a young age by their parents and their teachers. ( )

Gandhi is an excellent biography, pertaining to him. It tells a lot about his life throughout his childhood and adulthood that I did not know. Ghandi is a famous leader who struggled to get Indian Independence. The illustration goes well with the text. This is an interesting read. I think kids will enjoy this particular story. Especially, Dave, from No Talking. ( )

I really enjoyed Leonard Fisher's book Gandhi. The book is a informative biography of Mohandas Gandhi's life. It is very inspirational to read about a man that used non-violent protest to get his message across. It's even more impressive to know that he was speaking up against one of the most powerful countries in the world in England. Most people that read Gandhi's story are impressed by his courage and humble nature. He was a small man yet he carried a whole country's hope of independence on his shoulders. It is sad when anyone is killed but to know that Gandhi was taken from this world by the exact opposite way of his teachings is just a shame.
I would share this book with a middle school or high school World History class or even a Civics class. Students would be able to learn how effective non-violence civil disobedience is. They would also be able to understand the significance of civil disobedience in regards to political or social issues.
The question I do have walking away from this book is about Gandhi's parents. The book states that Gandhi's family "scraped together all their money in the hope that Mohandas, as a British-educated lawyer, would bring them position and wealth." Although Gandhi accomplished many great things, the book leads one to believe that he lived a humble life, thus not accomplishing the position and wealth that his family had originally hoped for. I question if his family that had close ties to the British was pleased with work of Gandhi? He tried to work with the British for so long and backed them only to be treated so poorly that he finally turned his back on the crown. Did his mother, father and siblings support his great movement? ( )