Grandad Mandela - by Ambassador Zindzi Mandela & Zazi And Ziwelene Mandela & Zondwa Mandela (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Two great-grandchildren ask their grandmother questions about the man they remember as Grandad, and the world remembers as Nelson Mandela. Authored jointly by his daughter and great-grandchildren, this amazing story celebrates Mandela's 100th birthday. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"...profoundly moving..." --Publishers Weekly</b> <p/> Zazi and Ziwelene's great-grandad is called Nelson Mandela. Once day, they ask their grandmother <b>15 questions about him and his life</b>. As their conversation unfolds, Zazi and Ziwelene learn that Nelson Mandela was a freedom fighter, a President, and a Nobel Peace Prize-winner, and that they can carry on his work today. <p/> Seen through a child's perspective, <b>authored jointly by Nelson Mandela's great-grandchildren and daughter</b>, and published in collaboration with Mandela Legacy Media, this book brings Nelson Mandela's incredible story alive for a new generation of children.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...a good introduction to both Mandela's historical importance and legacy as well as to the difficult discussion of apartheid and racial discrimination." -School Library Connection <br> --<i><b>School Library Connection</b></i><br><br>"...beautiful and inspiring... A gorgeous and personal tribute to Mandela's legacy." -Kirkus Reviews--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br><br>"...profoundly moving..."--<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i><br><br>"...[a] child-friendly introduction to the topic of apartheid...demonstrates the simplification of momentous historical events and cultural concepts down to small and digestible kernels of truth." -School Library Journal <p/> --<i><b>School Library Journal</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Ambassador Zindzi Mandela</b> is a South African freedom fighter, diplomat, writer, speaker, cultural advocate and favorite Grandma. She is the last born child of Mrs Winnie Madikizela- Mandela and President Nelson Mandela, and was only 18 months old when her father went to prison. In 1985, when she was 25 years old, she read Nelson Mandela's famous refusal to accept the offer of conditional release from President P. W. Botha to a packed football stadium in Soweto, saying his words, 'I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I and you, the people, are not free.' The Ambassador lives in Copenhagen where she serves as South Africa's ambassador to Denmark.</p><p><b>Zazi Mandela </b>(8) and <b>Ziwelene Mandela</b> (6) are the great-grandchildren of Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and President Nelson Mandela. Zazi is a storyteller and an aspiring performer. Ziwelene is a storyteller and a maverick. </p><p><b>Sean Qualls</b> is an award winning, Brooklyn-based, children's book illustrator, artist and author. He has illustrated a number of highly acclaimed books for children, including <i>Giant Steps to Change The World</i> by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis-Lee, <i>Little Cloud and Lady Wind</i> by Toni Morrison and her son Slade, and<i> Before John Was a Jazz Giant</i>, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor. Sean also created the art for <i>Dizzy</i> by Jonah Winter and <i>Skit Scat Raggedy Cat </i>by Roxane Orgill. His work has received two Blue Ribbon citations from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Qualls has created illustrations for magazines, newspapers, and advertisements and his work has been shown in galleries in New York and across the country. <br> </p>
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