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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
ISBN-100375825665
ISBN-139780375825668
eBay Product ID (ePID)2447636
Product Key Features
Book TitleKofi and His Magic
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy & Magic, People & Places / Africa, General
Publication Year2003
IllustratorCourtney-Clarke, Margaret, Yes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorMaya Angelou
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight7.3 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromFirst Grade
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Grade ToFourth Grade
SynopsisWith full-color photographs. Now in paperback,My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Meis the enchanting story of an eight-year-old girl named Thandi, her village, her mischievous brother, her best friend--a chicken--and the remarkable mural art that is produced by the Ndebele women. With over seventy photographs of the reclusive Ndebele women and their breathtaking paintings,My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Medocuments the passing of traditions from parent to child while introducing young readers to a new culture through a new friend. "Angelou's prose, like the art, is unlike what you've seen before" (Chicago Tribune). "Poet Angelou's impish narrative and Margaret Courtney-Clarke's ravishing photos create an entrancing vision...." (Entertainment Weekly). To be published simultaneously withKofi and His Magic, a new hardcover collaborative effort by Angelou and Courtney-Clarke. From the Hardcover edition.