Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela

"Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela" is a graphic retelling of Mandela's story which giveschildren a visual snapshot of his life and long fight for freedom, whileeducating them on everything from the history of racial segregation to theimportance of equality. You may already know that Nelson Mandela endedapartheid in South Africa and became the country's first Black president, butdid you know that he used brilliant disguises to avoid being captured by hisenemies? Or that he loved boxing? 15th December 2023 marks the 10 year anniversary of the passing of this global icon and Nobel prize winner.Great Lives inGraphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolor,presenting 250+ fascinating facts in a new and excitingway. It takes the essential dates and achievements ofeach person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, anduses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way thatis genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The resultis a colorful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person'slife, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs andmany more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not justabout the main subject of the book but also about the culturalbackground of the time they lived in.