Irish Times: The kind of books that adults will covet and collect as well... The language and structure is simple enough for young readers while a biographical timeline at the end of each book offers greater historical complexity In the Little People Big Dreams series discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The book follows Maya Angelou from her early traumatic childhood to her time as a singer actress civil rights campaigner and eventually one of Americas most beloved writers. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Mayas life at the back.