Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa
by Shirley Graham
Nonfiction · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 820L · 191 pages · 1975
Why we'd hand it over
Graham's 1975 biography is earnest and dated in tone, but Nyerere's actual ideas about education and leadership still land—the book respects a child's capacity to think about colonialism and nation-building.