The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is an ideal book to assist with school projects. Modern Heroes is a series of eight books aimed at school children to assist with project work. The books are an introduction to key figures in modern history who have led remarkable lives and who inspire. They are world leaders, or have led in their field.
The Dalai Lama - part of the Modern Heroes series - is ideal for school projects for young readers. Modern Heroes is a series of colourful, illustrated books about the lives of some remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. Concise, accessible, entertaining, the series are excellent introductions to history or modern studies. The Dalai Lama is a Tibetan monk who was born a leader of his people. Despite having to escape from his own country, because his life was in great danger, he has dedicated himself to peace and freedom for his people. The Dalai Lama is the most important person in the Buddhist religion. Buddhists believe that each time the Dalai Lama dies, his spirit lives on and is reborn in another body. There have been 14 Dalai Lamas so far. Today the Chinese are in control of Tibet and the Dalai Lama lives in exile.