Description
Description
Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. Manjhi Moves a Mountain shows how everyone can make a difference if their heart is big enough.
About the Author
About the Author
Nancy Churnin's first book, The William Hoy Story, How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game, made the Texas 2x2 reading list, the Texas Topaz Nonfiction list, the New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, the Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College, and the Illinois Monarch Award Master List.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Churnin's prose has an elegance appropriate for her inspiring tale. . . . Heartening."--School Library Journal
-- (3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM)"A finely illustrated true story to encourage social emotional learning that belongs in most collections."--School Library Journal
-- (3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM)
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Creston Books
Pub date:
2017-09-10
Length:
36 pages
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