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Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
by Bethany Hegedus
Illustrator: Tonya Engel
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 978-1-62014-587-6
Keywords: Arts, Read-Aloud, Civil Rights, Political Action, Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity, Sexual Abuse, Poets
This powerful biography in free verse illustrated with oil paintings shares the trauma of Angelou's childhood and how she transformed trauma into political action and poetry.