DK Life Stories Nelson Mandela, Stephen Krensky
DK Life Stories Nelson Mandela, Stephen Krensky
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DK Life Stories: Nelson Mandela

Author: Stephen Krensky

Narrator: Joeseph Balderrama

Unabridged: 1 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK Children

Published: 06/22/2021

Synopsis

In this kids biography, discover the inspiring story of Nelson Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after spending 27 years in prison.

In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to a lifetime in jail. His crime? Attempting to overthrow a government that openly discriminated against its black citizens. After spending 27 years behind bars, Mandela was released, allowing him to continue his struggle for equality in South Africa-and to become the country's first black president. In this biography audiobook for kids ages 8-11, learn all about Mandela's incredible life, his fight against apartheid, and how he helped bring peace to his nation.

This new biography series from DK goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history's most interesting people. An age-appropriate text to create an engaging audiobook children will enjoy listening to. This is the one biography series everyone will want to collect.

© 2019 Stephen Krensky © 2020 DK Audio

About The Author

Author Stephen Krensky has written more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children, including DK Life Stories: Nelson Mandela and DK Life Stories: Anne Frank. He lives with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.Literacy Consultant Stephanie Laird is an instructional coach at Mitchellville Elementary in Mitchellville, Iowa, and is currently serving on the International Literacy Association's (ILA) Board of Directors through 2019. She was the 2014 recipient of the ILA Technology and Literacy Award. Stephanie is the President-Elect of the Iowa Reading Association and was the 2017 Conference Chair of the Iowa Reading Association's annual conference. Along with being an ambassador and advocate for education, literacy, and teacher leadership across her state, Stephanie was a member of ILA's Literacy, eLearning, Communication, and Culture Committee and has contributed to the International Literacy Day Activity Kit, Literacy Daily, and ReadWriteThink and is the author of the ILA E-ssentials article "Sharing Student Writing With the World."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on August 20, 2022

It was a good summary of the important events in his life. It had several quotes from his book "Long Walk for Freedom". I really liked this quote: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can le......more

Goodreads review by Alli on March 12, 2022

A solid history of Mandela and the highlights of his life and social justice activities, I did tear up a few times, very moving story......more

Goodreads review by Bui Bao on January 01, 2024

It produces good information about Nelson Mandela and South African history. There are many pictures and drawings, the pages are well designed. Two things occuring in my mind while reading: 1. The content: his life, how he and his fellows changed their country and influenced the whole world. 2. This p......more

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