Through poems, Ms. Watson relates Maya Angelou's life, from a toddler to a woman. Very creative method to present a biography.
Mr. Collier's collage and watercolor add to the mood and atmopshere.
Warnings/Discuss: worldview "believe in yourself, trust you are enough". Maya becomes pregnant at age 16. She keeps the baby, but the rest of the poems never mention him. When she is seven-years-old, her mother's boyfriend "hurts her body, hurts her soul". A few days later he dies. She blames herself for his death and stops talking for years.
-Borrowed from the library.
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