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Amazing Peace

A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

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Nov 03, 2010 | ISBN 9780375982750 | 4-8 years

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Dec 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780375986000 | 4-8 years

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Sep 23, 2008 | 4-8 years

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    About Amazing Peace

    This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths.

    In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.”

    Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou’ s celebration of the “Glad Season” is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life.

    About Amazing Peace

    In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, now beautifully narrated in this Read & Listen edition, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.”

    Narrated by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou’s celebration of the “Glad Season” is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life and a beautiful holiday gift for people of all faiths.

    This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.

    About Amazing Peace

    Celebrate Christmas with the joyous poetry of the incomparable Maya Angelou.

    Angelou’s beautiful, moving, and beloved poem, which she first read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, now comes alive as a fully illustrated children’s book, celebrating the promise of peace in the holiday season. In this simple story, a family joins with their community—rich and poor, black and white, Christian, Muslim, and Jew—to celebrate the holidays.

    This special package includes an audio CD of the author reading the poem aloud.

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    Also by Maya Angelou

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    The Complete Poetry
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    See all books by Maya Angelou

    Also by Maya Angelou

    The Caged Bird Sings Note Cards
    Maya Angelou: A Writer's Journal
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A 500-Piece Puzzle
    The Complete Poetry
    Rainbow in the Cloud
    See all books by Maya Angelou

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Steve Johnson

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison… More about Steve Johnson

    About Lou Fancher

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison Keillor’s Cat, You Better… More about Lou Fancher

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Steve Johnson

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison… More about Steve Johnson

    About Lou Fancher

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison Keillor’s Cat, You Better… More about Lou Fancher

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Steve Johnson

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison… More about Steve Johnson

    About Lou Fancher

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison Keillor’s Cat, You Better… More about Lou Fancher

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Schwartz & Wade
    Nov 03, 2010 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780375982750

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics

    Enhanced Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Schwartz & Wade
    Dec 15, 2010 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780375986000

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Picture Books

    Book & CD | $19.99
    Published by Schwartz & Wade
    Sep 23, 2008 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780375841507

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