This pop-up book is one in a series profiling people who've made history. Children will learn all about Mandela's brave life.

This series introduces children to scientists, artists, kings and queens who shaped history with their deeds. It provides young children with an early exposure to culture. Marion Billet captures each era with creativity, playful pop-ups, and attention to historical detail. Parents will enjoy telling their children these inspiring and fascinating stories. Children will find Mandela inspiring: struck by the injustice of apartheid, he fought to protect his rights and others. This book recounts the highlights of his life: childhood, apartheid, imprisonment, liberation, the Nobel Peace Prize, his election as President of South Africa, and the big statue devoted to him in Pretoria.