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Checked out
Due April 9, 2024
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Publication
Random House (First Edition)
Pages
32
Description
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.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 6.8 inches
ISBN
1400065585 / 9781400065585
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LibraryThing member allawishus
The illustrations are honestly what are meaningful to me about this book. The artists take great care with textures and incorporate fabric scraps into their paintings. The scenes are of a small town gathering, candlelight, peace - very evocative and beautiful. I'm not sure about the poem's
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religious implication that all "tribes" "celebrate the promise of peace" with the birth of Jesus. Show Less
LibraryThing member dukefan86
Nice poem, pretty illustrations!
LibraryThing member magen.rauscher
This poetic book beautifully beckons the world to peace during the Holiday season. Maya Angelou uses free verse to captivate the mind of the readers. The author begins the book with an ominous words such as "thunder, lightning and floodwaters". The illustrations in the book throughout the book
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slowly become more vibrant and alive with the turn of each page. The illustrations demonstrate this sense of coming alive together during the holidays. Christmas is portrayed by the author as this bright source of hope for humanity that brings peace and love throughout the world. I would use this book in my classroom during the Christmas season. I can use this book in my classroom to teach my students about the various ways that people celebrate Christmas throughout the world. Show Less
LibraryThing member Maydacat
A poem that speaks of Christmas and faith and that peace that comes from believing in Christmas.
LibraryThing member Sandralb
What a beautiful Christmas Poem written by Maya Angelou. I have read some of her writings before and enjoyed them very much. Not only is her words beautiful, but the art in this book, by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher was stunning. Love, Peace and Good Will are always the theme for the Christmas
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season. But oh how they are needed in the world today. Show Less
LibraryThing member StephLaymon
Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou is aptly named, not just because it reflects the content of the poem, but also because amazing peace is what the words deliver to it's reader.
This is one of the most beautiful poems that I have read, and it spoke to my heart, especially on this day when our country is
I recommend everyone to read this, and experience the message as I have. Note: There is also a children's picture book available.
Quotes:
Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.
The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,
Come the way of friendship.
Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.
We, the Jew and the Jainism, the Catholic and the Confucian,
Implore you to stay awhile with us
So we may learn by your shimmering light
How to look beyond complexion and see community.
This is one of the most beautiful poems that I have read, and it spoke to my heart, especially on this day when our country is
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so divided over election results.I recommend everyone to read this, and experience the message as I have. Note: There is also a children's picture book available.
Quotes:
Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.
The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,
Come the way of friendship.
Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.
We, the Jew and the Jainism, the Catholic and the Confucian,
Implore you to stay awhile with us
So we may learn by your shimmering light
How to look beyond complexion and see community.
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LibraryThing member mirikayla
Well, of course it was beautiful, and I really love Maya Angelou's... everything. But I don't love the illustrations, and honestly, even the content of the poem was a stretch for me. It reminds me of these memes I've been seeing, and while I can appreciate the intent of the memes, they are
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essentially victim-blaming. The problem isn't that non-Christians are offended by being wished a merry Christmas; it's that Christians don't respect the fact that not everyone is Christian. Non-Christians wouldn't be offended by being wished a merry Christmas if they lived in a culture that respected their non-Christianity. So the inclusive, all-encompassing language of this poem is lovely, yes. But I just don't think we get to tell "the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian... believers and nonbelievers" that we should all "celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ" together as a community. The message of peace is beautiful and wonderful, but it needs to be separate from a celebration of Jesus Christ. Show Less
Awards
Quill Award (Winner — Poetry — 2006)
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FIC D Ang