The Children's Mandela by Tyne Doyle, Nov 2010
The Children's Mandela by Tyne Doyle, Nov 2010
ISBN: 978-0-6204-8612-5
Published: 9th November 2010 by Future by Design Publishing
Distributed by: Wilddog Press
Hardcover Edition: 245 full colour pages, weight 1.9 kg.
The Children’s Mandela
Of all the works dedicated to the great Madiba, The Children’s Mandela is perhaps the most touching you will ever read. It features the best of 40,000 answers and colour drawings, submitted by South African children, in response to 25 questions on Mandela.
The book will make you swell with pride, well with tears and peal with laughter. But it offers much more than entertainment value. It subtly reveals the impact of Madiba’s moral conviction on South Africans.
The wonderfully naïve home truths and insights, witticisms and cynicisms come straight from the mouths of babes. But their sentiment is informed by parents around the country, who respect the great man for never once wavering from what he believed to be right.
Since Mandela left office, the morality of South Africa’s leadership has increasingly come into question. Reading this book may just inspire you to believe that far from flickering out, Madiba’s unflinching spirit lives on in the bright young minds of tomorrow’s leaders – inspiring them to forgive wrongdoings, fight crime and beat poverty.
If there is a lesson to be learned from this book, it’s that instilling a strong moral foundation in our kids at home is not enough. Each of us needs to contribute to a moral society – as government, as business, as individuals.
As part of its wider Corporate Social Responsibility programme, and its long-standing relationship with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Nedbank stepped forward to become the proud sponsor of the book.
The Children’s Mandela Book is now available at all major bookstores from the 20th November 2010.
All who see the book fall in love with its innocence and insights. It will make an excellent Christmas gift for mothers, fathers, grandparents and schoolteachers alike.
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