Review of the Day: Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus

Grandfather Gandhi

Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus

Illustrated by Evan Turk

Atheneum (an imprint of Simon and Schuster)

$17.99

ISBN: 978-1-4424-2365-X

Ages 4-8

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