num_pages: 288
description: Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas - a world of which most Americans are ignorant.
language: English
title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
titlecomplete: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
characters: Uncle Willie, Mr. Freeman (I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings), Maya Angelou, Bailey Johnson, Bailey Johnson Jr., Annie "Momma" Henderson, Vivian Baxter
genres: Classics, Autobiography, Feminism, Race, African American, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 513621
places: Arkansas, Stamps, Arkansas, California, San Francisco, California, The United States of America
series: Maya Angelou's Autobiography
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Random House