Who is nelson mandela book for kids

South African at heart, I can’t possibly let Black History Month end without mentioning these two extraordinary men!

United in the spririt of Ubuntu, Tata Madiba – as Nelson Mandela is affectionately known in South Africa – and Archbishop Desmond Tutu taught us how the power of compassion and forgiveness can change the world.

9 Children’s Books about Nelson Mandela & Desmond Tutu

Nelson Mandela

Mandela: From the Life of the South African Statesman
by Floyd Cooper

From his childhood in the rural Transkei to his twenty-seven years in prison and his election as South Africa’s first black president, Cooper delivers a strong account of Mandela’s life.

Beautifully illustrated with warm sepia tone pictures, Mandela is a story of courage, persistence, hope and belief. ~ Elementary School

Nelson Mandela
by Kadir Nelson

The captivating portrait on the c