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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-10014038359X
ISBN-139780140383591
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038251922
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaya Angelou : Journey of the Heart
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary, People & Places / United States / African American, Girls & Women, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Publication Year1998
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorJayne Pettit
Book SeriesRainbow Biography Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight2.8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromThird Grade
Dewey Decimal818/.5409 B
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisPoet, writer, activist, entertainer, professor: Maya Angelou is all of these. Her remarkable story includes a childhood trauma, a leading role in an opera, her activism in the civil rights movement, and her devotion to poetry, writing, and teaching to promote the cause of all African-Americans. Based in part on Maya's autobiography, this is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman. "Pettit makes [Angelou's] stirring story accessible...while retaining a strong sense of Angelou's personal voice. -- Booklist, Poet, writer, activist, entertainer, professor: Maya Angelou is all of these. Her remarkable story includes a childhood trauma, a leading role in an opera, her activism in the civil rights movement, and her devotion to poetry, writing, and teaching to promote the cause of all African-Americans. Based in part on Maya's autobiography, this is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman. "Pettit makes Angelou's] stirring story accessible...while retaining a strong sense of Angelou's personal voice. -- Booklist