Illustrated and aimed at readers ages 4 through 8, author Kadir Nelson presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.Booklist's Hazel Rochman says, "Starting with the full-page cover portrait, this glowing picture-book biography offers a celebratory introduction to Nelson Mandela's life for young readers.
"Clear, free verse and handsome, unframed paintings follow the iconic leader from his tribal childhood and his work as a young city lawyer through his political leadership against the brutality of apartheid, his long imprisonment and then the triumph of his election as president of his country.
"The story doesn't mention conflicts both political (the splits in the anti-apartheid movement) and personal (the bitter rift with his daughters), as well as the continuing inequality South Africans face.
"Still, words and images bring close the cruel apartheid segregation in daily life, including one double-page spread of Cape Town's glorious beaches with the sign that reads White Area. Then there is the view of prisoners on Robben Island hammering rocks into dust.
"In contrast, the final pages of Nelson Mandela show today's nonsegregated beaches and people of all races standing together free at last. A long final note fills in more.
With an internationally beloved leader as its subject and a multi-award-winning artist as its creator, this title is sure to be on every must-purchase list."
Kadir Nelson's award-winning books include Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, which won the Coretta Scott King Award and was an ALA Notable Children's Book; and Just the Two of Us by Will Smith, which received an NAACP Image Award. Mr. Nelson lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and two daughters.
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