Barbara Kramer - National Geographic Readers: Mother Teresa (L1)

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Sincerely,

Mariam Jean Dreher
Professor of Reading Education
University of Maryland, College Park

For my editors, Shelby and Laura B.K.

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Teresa: An Authorized Biography, and the
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Dreher, professor of reading education,
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Mother Teresa spent most of her life
helping others. She fed the hungry.
She nursed the sick and the dying.

She never wanted attention.
But people heard about her work.
They told other people. Mother
Teresa became famous around
the world.

It matters not how
much we give, but
how much love we
put into the giving.

As a child, Mother Teresa
was known as
Agnes Gonxha
Bojaxhiu (AG- nes
gon- KHA
boe- ya- JEE- oh).

Agnes on the day of her confirmation

We can do no big things, only
small things with great love.

She was born on August 26,
1910, in what is now Macedonia
(MASS- uh- DOE- knee- yah).
She grew up in the city of Skopje
(SKO- pee- ah).

a vegetable vendor in one of the streets
of Skopje, where Agnes grew up

Agnes prayed with her family.

She sang in the church choir.

She liked to read and thought
about becoming a writer.

Her parents taught her about
kindness. Agnes and her mother
took food to neighbors who
had none. They helped others
who were sick.

Agnes and
her mother

Agness father was a
successful businessman.

Agnes (right) had
an older sister and