Kofi and His Magic

Kofi and His Magic by Angelou, Maya. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780375825668.

With full-color photographs. Now in paperback, My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me is the enchanting story of an eight-year-old girl named Thandi, her village, her mischievous brother, her best friend--a chicken--and the remarkable mural art that is produced by the Ndebele women. With over seventy photographs of the reclusive Ndebele women and their breathtaking paintings, My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me documents the passing of traditions from parent to child while introducing young readers to a new culture through a new friend. "Angelous prose, like the art, is unlike what youve seen before" (Chicago Tribune). "Poet Angelous impish narrative and Margaret Courtney-Clarkes ravishing photos create an entrancing vision...." (Entertainment Weekly). To be published simultaneously with Kofi and His Magic, a new hardcover collaborative effort by Angelou and Courtney-Clarke. From the Hardcover edition.