Who Was Mother Teresa?
Paperback – Illustrated, May 5, 2015
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · May 5, 2015
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow a life of religious devotion expressed through care for people in need.
- Themes
- Charitable service, Religious vocation, Care for the poor
- Genres
- Christian Biography, Social Activist Biographies for Kids, Biographies of Women for Kids
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Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute.
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Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor.
Faith in Action
Follow a life of religious devotion expressed through care for people in need.
Come here for
- A biography connecting faith with practical compassion
- A woman’s path from Albania to charitable work in India
Expect
- A life story centered on service to the poor
- An account of charity that grew beyond Calcutta
Where it sits
| Christian Biography | 88% |
|---|---|
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 69% |
| Social Activist Biographies for Kids | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Religious Biographies for Kids
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Christianity for Kids
- Authors
- Jim Gigliotti
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- May 5, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Charitable service · Religious vocation · Care for the poor
- Reading lane
- Religious Biographies for Kids