Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem

This beautiful picture book adaptation of iconic poet Maya Angelou's beloved Christmas poem captures the spirit of hope and light during the holiday season. Through her exquisite verses, she reminds us of our profound need for peace and our universal longing for harmony.

Maya Angelou's beautiful, moving, and beloved poem, which she first read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, comes alive as a fully illustrated children's book, celebrating the promise of peace in the holiday season.

Children will be inspired by Angelou's words and touched by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's illustrations. Their textured, softly glowing images perfectly complement Angelou's resonant poem by telling the simple story of a family who join with their community--rich and poor, Black and white, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish--to celebrate the holidays.