On Nelson Mandela International Day the UN and the Nelson Mandela Foundation call on people across the world to devote 67 minutes of their time to helping people - one minute for each year Nelson Mandela devoted his life to serving humanity. Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.
The day is celebrated this year under the official theme: “It's Still in Our Hands to Combat Poverty and Inequity.”
It is easy to break down and destroy.
The heroes are those who make peace and build. 
- Nelson Mandela
The library has several picture book biographies to help students to a deeper understanding of Mandela's life and why he became so revered.
• Nelson Mandela by Maria Isabel Sanchez
• Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom by Chris Van Wick
• Nelson Mandela by Barbara Kramer
• Mandela by Floyd Cooper
• Nelson Mandela from Prisoner to President by Suzy Capozzi
• Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson
• Nelson Mandela by Isabel Thomas
• Grandad Mandela by Zindzi Mandela & Sean Qualls
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