Nelson Mandela Book Award-winning cartoonist Niki Smith delivers

Award-winning cartoonist Niki Smith delivers a stunning story set during a summer of change

As the boy becomes a father

She dreams of a cool roll in the grass

Award-winning creators Sandra Neil Wallace and Evan Turk team up for a richly illustrated picture book biography for kids ages 7–10 who love arts and crafts

Nelson Mandela Book Award-winning cartoonist Niki Smith deliversOne 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