![]() The mythmaking in Mandela begins with the book jacket: “Mandela saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. ![]() As journalist Bob Herbert lamented, the news media have reduced Mandela to a “to a lovable, platitudinous cardboard character” and the vital role of the anti-apartheid struggle is effectively obscured in the process. Unfortunately, Kadir Nelson’s picture book presents the same mythological image of Mandela that has been the norm on the mainstream news. ![]() Kadir Nelson’s illustrations are stunning and the world is tuned into Mandela with his recent passing and the release of the film, Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom. One look at the cover and it is easy to see why the book is so popular. Given Kadir Nelson’s talents and strong reputation as a children’s book author and illustrator, Mandela is likely to become a staple in libraries and classrooms. ![]() Mandela, the beautifully illustrated children’s book by Kadir Nelson, has been selected as one of the top books on Nelson Mandela by many groups including Colorlines and Kirkus Reviews. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Presenting The Sound of the Sea, Cynthia Barnett will introduce the long, rich, and surprisingly profound relationship between humans and seashells. ![]() In the 1950s, the nation burned with shell-collecting fever only a Florida vacation could cure. Native Floridians built “great cities of shell” along the coasts, later carted off for road fill. ![]() Archaeological evidence suggests that Neanderthals collected cockle shells on the coast of what is modern Spain, perhaps giving preference to those they found beautiful. The human fascination with seashells is primal. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is providing Montreal a showcase that will leave tourism officials here drooling. Pastis’s professed love for our city is not just idle talk, either. He has an estimated 17.6 million readers a day. Pearls Before Swine runs in more than 750 newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette. Pastis is, unarguably, one of the most successful cartoonists on the planet. “So maybe I’ll live in Montreal only during the warm months,” says Pastis, clearly unaware that the warm months generally constitute less than half a year here. The thermometer has hit a punishing minus 29 Celsius – not even factoring in wind-chill factor – during our telephone chat. Please try again Article contentįast-forward three months. The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Watching her break it had been both shocking and spectacular. He looked at the broken pieces of her cello, scattered all around them. So long as there was breath in his body, she would never again feel alone-or feel the need to hide from her own emotions. He closed his eyes and kissed her temple. sobs and wracked cries that had followed it had almost broken his heart. But her collapse, her painful confession, and the tortured. He tightened his arms around her protectively. He’d kiss her brow and smooth her hair for a thousand years if it comforted her-if it made her understand that his embrace, his heart, and his soul were all eternally hers. He didn’t know how many times he’d already done so, but it didn’t matter. SONG OF SOLOMON 3:4 Matthew pressed his lips to Patience’s brow and stroked her curls back from her cheek. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: ![]() |