Maya Angelou. This picture book brings bits and age-appropriate pieces of Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” to children. In doing so, it respects her story and its young readers.

Angelou died on 28 May 2014 ... epic autobiography that would eventually run to six volumes. The book begins when the young Maya is sent to live with her grandparents in Arkansas in the wake ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated voices in modern American literature, used her poetry as a profound medium to explore themes of identity, resilience, love, and the ...