People of Peace

40 inspiring icons

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Pub Date 3 May 2018 | Archive Date 8 May 2018

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Description

Dreamers, leaders, fighters for our rights...meet 40 amazing activists for peace! Learn how Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, and many others dedicated their lives to making the world a better place in this fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series.

Meet Albert Einstein, a Nobel Prize–winning physicist who used his fame to speak out against nuclear weapons; Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who stood up for the right to education and survived a gunshot wound to her head; and Pablo Picasso, who created extraordinary paintings to promote peace and raise awareness of the atrocities of war. These 40 incredible people each changed the world in their own unique, and peaceful, way:

Immanuel Kant; Victor Schoelcher; Victor Hugo; Henry David Thoreau; Henri Dunant; Lejzer Ludwik Zamenhof; Bertha von Suttner; Jean Jaures; Rosa Luxemburg; Woodrow Wilson; Otto Dix; Aristide Briand; Erich Maria Remarque; Pablo Picasso; Dalton Trumbo; Charlie Chaplin; Sophie Scholl; Raoul Wallenberg; Albert Einstein; Gandhi; Eleanor Roosevelt; Martin Luther King; Joan Baez; Muhammad Ali; John Lennon; Adolfo Perez Esquivel; Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams; Wangari Maathai; Ikuo Hirayama; Tenzin Gyatso; Mikhail Gorbachev; Vaclav Havel; Nelson Mandela; Rigoberta Menchu; Jody Williams; Daniel Barenboim; Kim Dae-Jung; Michael Moore; Tegla Loroupe; Malala Yousafzai.

Each spread presents a single peacemaker, highlighting key facts about their identity, actions, and works, along with a fun, illustrated depiction of them that calls out elements of their life and style.

With so many icons to admire, who will you choose as your hero?

Each book in the 40 Inspiring Icons series introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. Explore these other great topics through their most interesting icons: Black Music Greats, Super Scientists, Soccer Stars, Fantastic Footballers, Music Legends, and Greek Gods and Heroes.
Dreamers, leaders, fighters for our rights...meet 40 amazing activists for peace! Learn how Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, and many others dedicated their lives to...

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Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781786031440
PRICE US$14.99 (USD)

Average rating from 24 members


Featured Reviews

This was a great book. I loved the pictures. I like that the information was in short little nuggets, so it wasn't so overwhelming for young readers. Some of the people I hadn't even ever heard of. The only person I disagreed with being in the book was Michael Moore. I mean there were so many other better candidates. Other than that, it would have been a five from me.

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This is an interesting selection of infuential people who were fighting for peace in their time. The people picked up begins in the middle of the 19th century, and continues through to the early part of the 21st century.

As you can see by the illustrations below, each person selected is presented liked a character in a game, so you know the quick facts about them. For example, for Malala Yousafzai, we learn that she got the Nobel Peace prize, what happened to her, and what she has done since, plus a cute little drawing of her.

Obviously this is not meant to be the end all of information, but hopefully would spark children or young people to seek out more information about each of these important people who worked for peace.

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People of Peace is a wonderful book featuring 40 pioneers in the pursuit of peace. Sandrine Mirza includes interesting and detailed information on each person along with a beaitiful illustration by Le Duo! Mirza and Duo have composed an important historical book, informative for children and adults alike!

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This is a wonderful book for young and old. A fascinating look at the men and women who have helped to bring peace across the world. This is marketed and labelled as a children's book but we can all learn something about and from the individuals contained within the book.

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Meet forty significant figures in the promotion of peace!

People of Peace is a very fun children's book involving people who have, each in their own way, worked towards global peace. Complete with beautiful illustrations and interesting key facts about their lives, the book is ideal for children, but fun for adults, as well! Definitely recommended as a gift to a child, and also as a family group read.

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Looking for a way to add spark to a unit on biographies, historical events or the power of an individual? People Of Peace is the book that will fit this task. As an educator, I am always looking for a mentor text that will ignite my students desire to learn more about the topics I am tasked with teaching them. This book has colorful and engaging illustrations of "40 inspiring icons" accompanied by a page of information. Just enough information that a student can gain an understanding of the individual, and yet left with the desire to learn more... about the person, their cause, world events happening during their life... the possibilities for teaching and learning with this book are endless.

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I really enjoys books that give you a glimpse of stories of great people, and People Of Peace certainly is an enjoyable read for those reasons from start to finish. a book that is perfect for older children about incredible people from around the world.

This book is so aesthetically pleasing. The layout of this book is done so well with incredible illustrations of all the people who are featured in the book, and little facts about the people circling the illustrations that add to your picture of the person and then fact boxes that allow you an understanding of each entrant and what they have achieved.

The writing I think is better suited to an older reader (10+), and I do think for that reason it would benefit this book to have a glossary of terms used, however, it is a really good layout that gives the reader the information they need about the person featured and I think it would make me curious to know more about every single one.

A fantastic book, if you’re looking for sources of inspiration, you won’t find a better read!

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"People of Peace" is an inspirational picture book for kids. 40 iconic peace advocates were selected. I have heard a good number of them but many were foreign to me. Very educational for both kids and adults. Concise and succinct background of each person keep reading interesting.

Illustrations are wonderfully rendered, as always.

This would make a perfect book for parents to introduce kids to some of the most influential peace fighters in history. Some of the choices picked for "People of Peace" might not be the best representations but there are definitely few well known figures that kids should learn a thing or two about.

"People of Peace" no doubt is a great book to add to anyone's private library.

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This book is a collection of compact information of 40 important people that we know of, given in a simple and fun way with very cute illustrations next to them. I really enjoyed it. Some names are Albert Einstein, Victor Hugo, Charlie Chaplin. These people are somehow associated with peace with their activities, so it's important for kids to learn more about them.
I would really recommend this to parents to teach their kids more about these people in a fun way.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for granting a copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Lovely little book of lots of iconic, inspirational activists, decorated with illustrations and different bits of information. would definitely attract children if not even teens.
I found the illustrations a bit basic, and felt they could have been a bit more attractive, but the selection of people that's included is really good and diverse, also liked the presentation of information and highlights about each person quite entertaining.
I would buy this book for my son!

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I really like the premise of this book. Kids definitely need people to look up to and to aspire to be like and there are 40 tremendous choices within these pages. People of Peace is an inspiring book about 40 different people, from different walks of life, who each made it their mission to contribute to a world of peace. I love that there are both men and women from old times and current times for kids to learn about. They will learn not only about these people's missions, but a little about world history as well which I think is super cool. I even learned about a few world changers myself! I think this book should be something all older elementary school aged children should read!

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Wow what a lovely little book. Full of information about some amazing people, some of who I hadn't heard of. This would make a handy little reference books for kids with the added bonus of some fanatastic illustrations.

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People of Peace is a collection of biographical snippets on 40 influential figures from recent history. They are all examples of world citizens who advocate for human rights and world peace. The illustrations are simple and engaging, making the text more accessible for struggling readers.

I really liked the way it paired or grouped well-known advocates with lesser known figures. Each person, from Aristide Briand to Malala Yousafzai, has their own short biography, a unique illustration, and an eye-catching title.

I would have liked to see a bit more diversity in the people profiled, but there is representation for both women and people of color. It would be easy for educators to go through this book in a month or so with students, reading about one figure a day.

This was an ARC e-book provided by Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group.

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I truly enjoyed this book. It was super interesting reading about different activists, some of whom I was already familiar with, and some of whom I was not.

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Another amazing edition from quarto publishing. Each person of peace is artfully represented and their actions are fully explained.

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Love these books, everything about them is clear, concise and informative. The science one grabbed us more , but this is a range we love having in the shop.

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