TY - BOOK AU - Kramer,Barbara TI - Nelson Mandela T2 - National Geographic kids SN - 9781426317644 (reinforced library bingding) AV - DT1974 .K74 2014 U1 - 921 MANB 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Geographic KW - Mandela, Nelson, KW - Presidents KW - South Africa KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes index; K-3; 680L; Lexile; S; Fountas; 4.3 N2 - Nelson Mandela, who courageously dealt with adversity and emerged a world leader, has been an inspirational role model for millions of people around the world, from students to presidents. After being imprisoned for 27 years, in 1994 he became South Africa's first democratically-elected president and shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Mandela died in 2013, but his legacy lives on as a barrier-breaker and humanitarian. Learn all about his life, especially the challenges he faced and how he persevered, in this thoughtful biography ER -