GreatLivesinGraphics:MandelaisagraphicretellingofMandela’sstorywhichgiveschildrenavisualsnapshotofhislifeandlongfightforfreedom,whileeducatingthemoneverythingfromthehistoryofracialsegregationtotheimportanceofequality.YoumayalreadyknowthatNelsonMandelaendedapartheidinSouthAfricaandbecamethecountry’sfirstBlackpresident,butdidyouknowthatheusedbrilliantdisguisestoavoidbeingcapturedbyhisenemies?Orthathelovedboxing?15thDecember2023marksthe10yearanniversaryofthepassingofthisglobaliconandNobelprizewinner.GreatLivesinGraphicsreimaginesthelivesofextraordinarypeopleinvividtechnicolor,presenting250+fascinatingfactsinanewandexcitingway.Ittakestheessentialdatesandachievementsofeachperson’slife,mixesthemwithlesser-knownfactsandtrivia,andusesinfographicstoshowtheminafreshvisualwaythatisgenuinelyengagingforchildrenandyoungadults.Theresultisacolorful,fascinatingandoftensurprisingrepresentationofthatperson’slife,workandlegacy.Usingtimelines,maps,repeatedmotifsandmanymorebeautifulandinformativeillustrations,readerslearnnotjustaboutthemainsubjectofthebookbutalsoabouttheculturalbackgroundofthetimetheylivedin.
