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Nelson Mandela
Kadir Nelson
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Description for Nelson Mandela
Hardback. Once when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school far away from home, to another part of South Africa. In Johannesburg, the country's capital, Mandela saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. He decided then that he would work to protect them. Illustrator(s): Nelson, Kadir. Num Pages: 40 pages, Full Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; YBCS; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 310 x 221 x 9. Weight in Grams: 468.
One day when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school far away from home, to another part of South Africa. In Johannesburg, the country's capital, Mandela saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. He decided then that he would work to protect them. When the government began to keep people apart based on the color of their skin, Mandela spoke out against the law and vowed to fight hard in order to make his country a place that belonged to all South Africans. Kadir Nelson tells the ... Read more
One day when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school far away from home, to another part of South Africa. In Johannesburg, the country's capital, Mandela saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. He decided then that he would work to protect them. When the government began to keep people apart based on the color of their skin, Mandela spoke out against the law and vowed to fight hard in order to make his country a place that belonged to all South Africans. Kadir Nelson tells the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061783746
SKU
V9780061783746
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About Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award ... Read more
Reviews for Nelson Mandela
"A beautifully designed book that will resonate with children and the adults who wisely share it with them."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "An extremely powerful picture-book biography of South Africa's first black president. It's a solid biography in its own right, but thanks to Nelson's characteristically stunning paintings, it soars."
Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A dramatic encounter indeed." ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "An extremely powerful picture-book biography of South Africa's first black president. It's a solid biography in its own right, but thanks to Nelson's characteristically stunning paintings, it soars."
Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A dramatic encounter indeed." ... Read more