Denise Rinaldo

This included four engaging biographies about people you might have heard of but probably don't know very much about, which clearly illustrate compassion in their life's work. The four people profiled are Henri Landwirth, who created "Give Kids the World" to give terminally ill children a chance to see Disney World before they die; Rigoberta Menchu', who won the Nobel Peace prize for her work at peacefully helping the people of her native Guatemala; Craig Kielburger, who has fought for the rights of children everywhere with his organization "Free the Children", and Mother Teresa, who discovered that her calling was comforting those everyone else neglects. These biographies teach compassion without preaching.… (mais)