Amazing Peace

A Christmas Poem

Maya Angelou and Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

Hardcover

Published on Oct 21, 2025 | 40 Pages

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Published on Nov 3, 2010 | 40 Pages

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Grades Preschool – 3
Ages 4–8

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.

ISBN 9780593518618 (Hardcover)
Published on Oct 21, 2025
Published by Anne Schwartz Books
Pages 40
Dimensions 10-1/2 x 9-1/2
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 630L | Fountas/Pinnell: S

ISBN 9780375986000 (Enhanced Ebook)
Published on Dec 15, 2010
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Pages 40
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 630L | Fountas/Pinnell: S

ISBN 9780375982750 (Ebook)
Published on Nov 3, 2010
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Pages 40
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 630L | Fountas/Pinnell: S

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 Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

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 Keillor’s Cat, You Better Come Home, and Jon Scieszka’s The Frog Prince, Continued. Their 2000 release, I Walk At Night, was recognized as one of the New York Times’s Best Illustrated Books. They are the recipients of a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators and have been recognized by Communication Arts, Print, and Graphis. Lou and Steve provided set and character development for Pixar’s Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. They live in Moraga, California. Visit their website at johnsonandfancher.com.

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 Come Home, and Jon Scieszka’s The Frog Prince, Continued. Their 2000 release, I Walk At Night, was recognized as one of the New York Times Best Illustrated Books. They are the recipients of a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators and have been recognized by Communication Arts, Print, and Graphis. Lou and Steve provided set and character development for Pixar’s Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. They live in Moraga, California. Visit their website at johnsonandfancher.com.

Read Sample

Amazing Peace

Maya Angelou and Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

It is the Glad Season.
Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner.
Floodwaters recede into memory.
Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us
As we make our way to higher ground.

Amazing Peace

Amazing Peace

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