The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- 그림작가 Kadir Nelson
- 글작가 Kadir Nelson
- 출판사 Katherine Tegen Books
- 페이지40 쪽
- 발행일2013-01-02
- 수상내역
책 내용
In this picture book biography, award-winning author and illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of Mandela, a global icon, 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 of his country by believing in equality for all people, no matter the color of their skin. Readers will be inspired by Mandela"s triumph and his lifelong quest to create a more just world.
An author"s note at the back retells the story of Mandela"s fight against apartheid in simple prose, and takes the story further, including Mandela"s Nobel Peace Prize. A short bibliography lists additional sources for readers who want to find out more. This Coretta Scott King Honor Book supports the Common Core State Standards.
An author"s note at the back retells the story of Mandela"s fight against apartheid in simple prose, and takes the story further, including Mandela"s Nobel Peace Prize. A short bibliography lists additional sources for readers who want to find out more. This Coretta Scott King Honor Book supports the Common Core State Standards.
출판사 보도자료
This picture-book biography matches Mandela"s outsize achievements with large, powerful images, resulting in a presentation that will seize and hold readers" attention. The front cover features a portrait of Mandela that fills the space. His pleasant but determined expression immediately projects a sense of strength. The title and author move to the back cover so as not to compete with the opening image. A stark graphic design incorporating black, green, yellow, and red, colors from the South African flag, on the title page helps set the stage for the narrative. Nelson"s paintings range from poignant, when Mandela"s mother tells him good-bye as he leaves home for more education at the age of nine, to exuberant, when Mandela and 100 men arrested for protesting apartheid respond by dancing and singing, to inspiring, when people organize rallies demanding his release. When freedom finally comes, \"a colorful sea of people\" celebrate. Mandela"s heroic struggle might be new to many children today, and Nelson"s dynamic treatment provides enough detail to give a sense of the man and to acknowledge his important place inhistory.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher"s School, Richmond, VAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
일러스트레이터 소개
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.