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Who Was Mother Teresa?
Paperback – Illustrated, May 5, 2015
Jim Gigliotti
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · May 5, 2015
Reading lane: Religious Biographies for Kids
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life.
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Why This Clicks
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
Book Details
- Authors
- Jim Gigliotti
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- May 5, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Religious Biographies for Kids · Christian Biography
- Reading lane
- Religious Biographies for Kids
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Publisher Categories
Religious Biographies for Kids
Biographies of Women for Kids
Christianity for Kids
About This Book
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. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compass...
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