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Title: Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Angelou/Basq ISBN: 1556702884 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36
Rating: 5
Summary: Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All
Comment: As an avid reader of Maya Angelou's works, I purchased this book as a gift for my 7 year old daughter, hoping to impart to her a fondness for my favorite author as well.
I must say, that beyond my expectations, I have helped to create a Maya fan. My daughter immediately took to the book, on Christmas Day, no less, amid hundreds of dollars worth of toys. We read the book about a dozen times in the first two days. She still reads it daily, and even took it to school to share with her class.
Maya's poem picks up on the fear and anxiety causing incidents of youth, and allows the child to tromp his/her fear into the ground. After reading it, my daughter felt fearless, realizing that she was the master of her emotion and was not at the mercy of 'scary things'.
I highly recommend this book, either for a child, or as a lover of art and poetry. Additionally, a tremendous collectible title for the future.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: I thought this book was excellent. It's a great poem for inspiration, as it is a reminder that we all have courage. Maya repeats the line, "Life doesn't frighten me at all", getting her message across. This is a wonderful story for children, as well as adults.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nourish your child's intellect... cautiously
Comment: As an adult and a student, I was truly enchanted by this unique concatenation of Maya Angelou's spirited, optimistic poetry and Jean-Michel Basquiat's bold, explosive paintings. "Life" is less a story than an affirmation - the child narrator (whose gender is left to the imagination) lists a dozen or so items that could be causes for concern in young child's mind, but then conquers these fears with "They don't frighten me at all." Equally impressive are the brief, but detailed biographical sketches of both artists that closes the book.
My only reservation lies in the question "Who is this book really for?" While Basquiat's dynamic use of line and color and space make for fascinating pictures, and his style is consciously influenced by the artwork of Native Americans and small children, his habitual use of skeletal imagery and jagged, leering facial expressions might prove too intense for little ones. On the other hand, the beautiful simplicity of Angelou's poetry will probably fail to appeal to kids who are experienced enough to expect a certain level of plot in their reading.
My advice to parents is this: don't give this book to your kids - buy it for yourselves, and keep it someplace where it won't get all trashed up by dirty little hands. When you think they're ready, let your youngsters look at this book with you, so if the pictures should strike them the wrong way, you'll be there for them. Better not do this at bedtime until you're sure how they'll react - this could be the stuff nightmares are made of. But even if they love it, hang on to the book yourself, so that in a couple of years when your child loses interest (they may begin to see it as a "baby book"), you'll still have a beautiful coffee-table book of post-modernist art to share with your friends. And eventually, your kids might grow up into little intellectuals who can see what a delightful creation this book really is. It may not be perfect for anyone, but it certainly has something for everyone.
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Title: I Live In Music by Eric Baker, Ntozake Shange, Romare Bearden, Linda Sunshine ISBN: 0941807096 Publisher: Welcome Enterprises Pub. Date: 31 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou, Margaret Courtney-Clarke ISBN: 0375825673 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Jean Michel Basquiat by Richard Marshall ISBN: 0810968142 Publisher: Whitney Museum of Art Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art by Phoebe Hoban ISBN: 0140236090 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Basquiat by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bruno Bischofberger ISBN: 8881582392 Publisher: Charta Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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