Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose

by KaaVonia Hinton Old Dominion University co-editor Racial Dimensions of Life Writing

Angela Johnson's career as an award-winning young adult novelist almost did not happen. Like so many would-be writers, she had decided to pursue a more financially stable career: teaching. But in the end, Johnson abandoned the familiar--and seemingly more secure--and became an author. Her first picture book, Tell Me a Story, Mama, conveyed Johnson's talent as a writer and left readers hoping that more books were forthcoming. And come they did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810850923
• ISBN13: 9780810850927
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"