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Author:

Capozzi, Suzy, author.

Title:

Nelson Mandela : from prisoner to President / by Suzy Capozzi ; illustrations by Nicole Tadgell.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mandela, Nelson,--1918-2013--Juvenile literature.
Presidents--South Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.

Other Authors:

Tadgell, Nicole, 1969- illustrator.

Summary:

This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Prize{u2013}winning activist for racial equality in South Africa, is as spellbinding a biography as you can find. His journey from student to revolutionary to inmate to president of South Africa will inspire and engage kids of all ages. As conversations about race, prejudice, and injustice pervade classrooms and homes, teachers and parents need books that can bring those discussions within the grasp of kids. Nelson Mandela{u2019}s story, told honestly and accessibly, is just such a book. The subjects of apartheid and racism are handled with aplomb, and readers will find much to discuss with their classmates, friends, and families.

Series:

Step into reading. Step 4

ISBN:

0553513435 (trade pbk.)
9780553513431 (trade pbk.)
0375974679 (hardcover library binding)
9780375974670 (hardcover library binding)

LCCN:

2015029519

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UEPA943 -- Duncombe Public Library (Duncombe)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)