Nelson Mandela Book from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft

from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft

She dreams of a cool roll in the grass

As the boy becomes a father

“A wonderful and sweet book

George and Martha

Nelson Mandela Book from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry CraftOne day when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school far away from home, to another part of South Africa. In Johannesburg, the country's capital, Mandela saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. He decided then that he would work to protect them. When the government began to keep people apart based on the color of their skin, Mandela spoke out against the law and vowed to fight hard in