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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
By Bethany Hegedus
Illustrators
Illustrated by Tonya Engel
Edition
NCTE’s 2020 Notable Poetry List
By Bethany Hegedus
Hardcover edition
Publisher Lee & Low Books Imprint Lee & Low ISBN9781620145876
Awards and Honors Rise: A Feminist Book Project 2020 Top 10 ListNCTE’s 2020 Notable Poetry List
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional pain to become one of the most inspiring voices of our lifetime.
Writer, activist, trolley car conductor, dancer, mother, and humanitarian - Maya Angelou's life was marked by transformation and perseverence. In this comprehensive picture-book biography geared towards older readers, Bethan Hegedus lyrically trances Maya's life from her early days in Stamps, Arkansas through her work as a freedom fighter to her triumphant rise as a poet of the people.
Foreword by Colin Johnson. Time line with photographs. Author’s note with resources. Selected bibliography. Quotation sources. Full-color illustrations were rendered in acrylic and oil paint.
Writer, activist, trolley car conductor, dancer, mother, and humanitarian - Maya Angelou's life was marked by transformation and perseverence. In this comprehensive picture-book biography geared towards older readers, Bethan Hegedus lyrically trances Maya's life from her early days in Stamps, Arkansas through her work as a freedom fighter to her triumphant rise as a poet of the people.
Foreword by Colin Johnson. Time line with photographs. Author’s note with resources. Selected bibliography. Quotation sources. Full-color illustrations were rendered in acrylic and oil paint.
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