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Maya's song

by Watson, Renée,

Format: Print Book 2022
Availability: Available at 18 Libraries 18 of 23 copies

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Summary


From bestselling, award-winning creators Renée Watson and Bryan Collier comes a stunningly crafted picture book chronicling the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou.

This unforgettable picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou, whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers. The author of the celebrated autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya was the first Black person and first woman to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration, and her influence echoes through culture and history. She was also the first Black woman to appear on the United States quarter.

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson uses Angelou's beloved medium of poetry to lyrically chronicle her rich life in a deeply moving narrative. Vivid and striking collage art by Caldecott Honor recipient and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier completes this unforgettable portrait of one of the most important American artists in history.

Maya's momma was right.

Maya was a preacher, a teacher.

A Black girl whose voice

chased away darkness, ushered in light.

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Eloquent free verse poems recall pivotal events in the life of Maya Angelou: from a crying baby to tall tales told at her grandmother's store to books borrowed from the white school; from sexual assault at age seven (referenced as "her mother's boyfriend / hurt her body, hurt her soul") to her five years of silence to her recovery through poetry. Angelou, for whom words and voice held powerful meaning, forged a lifelong career as a singer, poet, and author in Harlem, Ghana, and around the world. Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor Book author Watson emphasizes how Angelou used her talents for civil rights and social justice to lift up others and, ultimately, herself. In Collier's signature collage artwork, color, patterns, and imagery also carry meaning and allude to Angelou's memoirs. Layered illustrations reinforce the weight of words--and their absence. Perhaps the most evocative image is a large depiction of young Maya's face, cast in blue and spanning two double-page spreads. Despite the symbolic bars that cage her, in her mind rests a bird waiting to take flight, and her mouth is a bloom waiting to open. A concluding time line sums up many of the highlighted events. This exquisite tribute to one of America's most influential poets arrives just in time for young people to celebrate Angelou's appearance on the quarter."
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "In allusive biographical poems that focus on their subject's developing voice, Watson recounts the life of activist and author Maya Angelou (1928--2014), beginning with her St. Louis birth as Marguerite Annie Johnson and ending with her reading at Bill Clinton's 1993 presidential inauguration. Evocative lines detail Angelou's time living across the U.S. and Ghana, her five years of silence following the childhood assault that "hurt her body, hurt her soul," and the gradual development of her voice and love for poetry ("Once you start speaking again,/ ain't nobody gonna be able to shut you up," her Momma Annie says). Collier's richly textured assemblage of collage and watercolor employs light, pattern, and subtle imagery that add depth to every image as Angelou is shown maturing into an adult, working alongside peers in the struggle for freedom (including "Brother Jimmy, Brother Martin"), and writing toward the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Concluding with a close-up image of Angelou and an affirmation ("She alone was enough"), this is a thoughtfully rendered biography of a dazzling figure. A biographical timeline and creators' notes conclude. Ages 4--8. (Sept.)"
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Additional Information
Subjects Angelou, Maya -- Juvenile poetry.
Angelou, Maya -- Poetry.
African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Authors -- Poetry.
Civil rights workers -- Poetry.
African Americans -- Biography -- Poetry.
Women -- Biography -- Poetry.
American poetry.
Biographical poetry.
Poetry.
Publisher New York, NY :Harper,2022
Edition First edition.
Contributors Collier, Bryan, illustrator.
Audience Ages 4-8.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN 9780062871589
0062871587
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