My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

An acclaimed picture book from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee Maya Angelou is now back in print in a gorgeous paperback edition. America’s favorite poet joins a well-known photojournalist to tell the story of an eight-year-old Ndebele girl named Thandi, who lives in painted village in South Africa with her mother, her aunts, her mischievous younger brother, and her best friend, a chicken. Share the joys and challenges of growing up between two worlds–traditional African craft passed down from mother to daughter, and modern life found in the bright, colorful motifs of the murals and beadwork–and learn about a different culture through a new friend.