Nelson Mandela
$18.21
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2019
Summary
This stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor award.
In this lush, acclaimed book, award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of global icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela in poignant free verse and glorious illustrations.
It is the story of a young boy’s determination to change South Africa, and of the struggles of a man who eventually became the president …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780061783777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0061783773 |
| Author: | Kadir Nelson |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 305mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“A beautifully designed book that will resonate with children and the adults who wisely share it with them.”
PRAISE FOR CORETTA SCOTT: “Monumental and tender.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)PRIASE FOR CORETTA SCOTT: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expression of the strength, beauty, and joy of one woman’s character.” — Booklist (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 beautifully designed book that will resonate with children and the adults who wisely share it with them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“This picture-book biography matches Mandela’s outsize achievements with large, powerful images, resulting in a presentation that will seize and hold readers’ attention.” — School Library Journal“A dramatic encounter indeed.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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 and won an NAACP Image Award. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson’s authorial debut, We Are the Ship, was a New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. He is also the author and illustrator of the acclaimed Baby Bear.
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