Angelina of Italy
by Maya Angelou ; illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell

Author: Angelou, Maya

Angelina, who loves pizza, becomes very concerned when she learns about the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which she believes is made of pizza.


New York: Random House, c2004, 1 v. (unpaged)

Booklist Review: PreS. Each book in Angelou’s Maya’s World series tells the story of “a little friend from a different nation.” In this one, Angelina, who is Italian, is blissfully happy in her big, extended family. Pizza is her favorite food, so when she hears about the Leaning Tower of Pisa, she imagines a leaning tower of delicious, saucy pizza pies. What if the tower fell over? No one would ever have a chance to eat that great food! The prose is saccharine and condescending, with at least one exclamation point per page, and most preschoolers won’t get the pun until adults explain it. Even so, Rockwell’s clear, cheerful pictures will appeal to kids (especially the image of those teetering pizzas piled high), as will the celebration of food and family.
-- Hazel Rochman (BookList, 11-15-2004, p589)



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1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


Other Contributors:
Rockwell, Lizzy: illustrator

Other titles associated with this book:
Maya's world : Angelina of Italy


ISBNs Associated with this Title:
037582832X
0375928324


Credits:
• Novelist/EBSCO Publishing
• Baker & Taylor
• Booklist, published by the American Library Association
• Added to NoveList: 20050520
• TID: 133483

Celebrations: rituals of peace and prayer
Maya Angelou

Author: Angelou, Maya

An inspirational anthology of poems captures the extraordinary qualities that transcend everyday life and includes such acclaimed works as "On the Pulse of Morning," "Amazing Peace," "A Brave and Startling Truth," and "Mother."


New York: Random House, 2006, 128 p.

Author Web Sites:
1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


Other titles associated with this book:
Rituals of peace and prayer


ISBNs Associated with this Title:
1400066107
0739340271 : CD - Audio


Credits:
• Novelist/EBSCO Publishing
• Baker & Taylor
• Added to NoveList: 20061020
• TID: 149507

Heart of a woman, The
Maya Angelou

Author: Angelou, Maya

Angelou's fourth autobiographical volume proceeds from her departure from California with her son, Guy, through her early years in Harlem and the civil-rights movement, to London and Cairo and the breakup of her marriage


New York: Random House, c1981, 272 p.

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Author Web Sites:
1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


ISBNs Associated with this Title:
0394512731
0553380095 : Paperback
0553246895 : Paperback - Mass Market
0375500723 : Hardcover
0679460977 : Cassette - Audio
0929631048 : Paperback
1568955014 : Hardcover - Large Print
060603806X : DEMCO Turtleback
0375420185 : CD - Audio
0808511882 : Glued Binding
083359236X : Prebind
0676533817 : Hardcover


Credits:
• Baker & Taylor
• MetaMetrics, Inc.
• Novelist/EBSCO Publishing
• Added to NoveList: 20010101
• TID: 012900

Mother: a cradle to hold me
Maya Angelou

Author: Angelou, Maya

Presents a poem celebrating the wisdom and enduring love of mothers.


New York: Random House, c2006, 32 p.

Author Web Sites:
1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


ISBNs Associated with this Title:
1400066018


Credits:
• Novelist/EBSCO Publishing
• Baker & Taylor
• Added to NoveList: 20060820
• TID: 147048

My painted house, my friendly chicken, and me
Photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Designed by Alexander Isley Design

Author: Angelou, Maya

A South African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother


New York: C. Potter, copyright 1994, unpaged.

Kirkus Reviews /* Starred Review */ A beguiling collaboration between the renowned poet (All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, 1986, etc.) and a Namibian-born photojournalist. Thandi, an eight-year-old Ndebele girl from a South African village, is first glimpsed in European school clothes but talks mostly about her traditional culture, in which "people do not call anything beautiful. They will say that the best thing is good." She tells how their intricately patterned houses are painted and describes her mother's beadwork, focusing on the contrast between these arts and the sober modern world of town and school. Thandi's sunny, childlike voice is gracefully honed and has delightful touches of humor, especially about her "best friend," a chicken: "When I tell my friend secrets, she can talk all she wants...but no one can understand her...except another chicken, of course" (ellipses in original). In the expertly composed color photos, Thandi and the other children glow with mischief, laugh out loud, or "just sit back deep inside themselves"; the crafts are also handsomely displayed. The design here (by Alexander Isley Design) is inspired, setting off words and photos to perfection. Vibrant color blocks and pages echo hues in the photos and contrast with white pages. Spacing and different sizes of sans-serif type enhance the cadence and emphasis of the first-person narrative. A fine introduction to these young South Africans.
(Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 1994)



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Author Web Sites:
1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


Other Contributors:
Courtney-Clarke, Margaret, 1949-

ISBNs Associated with this Title:
0517596679
0517888157 : Paperback - Juvenile
0375825673 : Paperback - Juvenile
0375925678 : Library binding - Juvenile
0606108858 : DEMCO Turtleback - Juvenile
0613719115 : Prebind
0606283013 : DEMCO Turtleback - Juvenile


Credits:
• Hennepin County Public Library
• Baker & Taylor
• Copyright 2005, VNU Business Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved
• Added to NoveList: 20010101
• TID: 082582

Now Sheba sings the song
by Maya Angelou ; with art by Tom Feelings

Author: Angelou, Maya

Captures the strength, dignity, and sexuality of black women throughout the world and features over eighty portraits, sketched from life in the United States, Africa, and South America over the past twenty-five years


New York: E.P. Dutton/Dial Books, c1987, 54 p.

Publishers Weekly Review: Angelou pays a meditative homage to black women in her lyrical poem, beautifully illustrated by the Caldecott Honor artist. All ages. (March)



Author Web Sites:
1. The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou : A profile of the author, with links to a selection of her poems.


Other Contributors:
Feelings, Tom: illustrator

ISBNs Associated with this Title:
0525245014
0452271436 : Paperback


Credits:
• Novelist/EBSCO Publishing
• Baker & Taylor
• Publishers Weekly, A Reed Elsevier Business Information Publication
• Added to NoveList: 20060920
• TID: 147306