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Amazing Peace

A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

And Other Poems by Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

By Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou

Best Seller

Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry | Children's Picture Books

Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry | Audiobooks

Hardcover $16.00

Dec 01, 2005 | ISBN 9781400065585

Hardcover $19.99

Oct 21, 2025 | ISBN 9780593518618 | 4-8 years

Ebook $5.99

Oct 21, 2009 | ISBN 9780307493927

Audiobook Download $5.00

Dec 01, 2005 | 30 Minutes

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    About Amazing Peace

    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.

    About Amazing Peace

    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.

    About Amazing Peace

    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.

    About Amazing Peace

    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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    Also by Maya Angelou

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    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Steve Johnson

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison

    … More about Steve Johnson

    About Lou Fancher

    Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson have worked as a creative team for over 26 years, producing illustrations for annual reports, brochures, posters, movies, advertisements, book covers, and magazines. Together they have illustrated over 50 children’s books, including Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days, Garrison Keillor’s Cat, You Better… More about Lou Fancher

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    About Maya Angelou

    Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry

    Hardcover | $16.00
    Published by Random House
    Dec 01, 2005 | 32 Pages | 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 | ISBN 9781400065585

    Category: Poetry | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Oct 21, 2025 | 40 Pages | 10-1/2 x 9-1/2 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593518618

    Category: Poetry

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Random House
    Oct 21, 2009 | 32 Pages | ISBN 9780307493927

    Category: Poetry | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Dec 01, 2005 | 30 Minutes | ISBN 9780739334553

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