Long Walk to Freedom - Illustrated Children's edition

Informationen zum Autor Chris van Wyk was born in Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto in 1957. He was educated at Riverlea High School in Riverlea, Johannesburg where he still lives and works as a full-time writer. He writes poetry, books for children and teenagers, short stories and novels. Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on 18 July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies for many years before being arrested in August 1962. Mandela was incarcerated for over twenty-seven years, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the antiapartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom . He passed away on 5 December 2013, aged ninety-five. Klappentext The official children's picture book edition of Nelson Mandela's internationally bestselling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. Vorwort The official children’s picture book edition of Nelson Mandela's internationally bestselling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. Zusammenfassung The official children’s picture book edition of Nelson Mandela's internationally bestselling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Nelson Mandela, Mandela Nelson, Chris Van Wyk, Van Wyk Chris, Chris Van Wyk
• Assisted by: Paddy Bouma (Illustration), Bouma Paddy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2023
• EAN: 9781529069297
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-6929-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 273 mm x 215 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Africa, Republic of South Africa, People & places (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Politics