April is National Poetry Month- Celebrate with "Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet"

"Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet," is the astonishing story of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American and first slave to publish a book. Sold into slavery at age 8, and writing poetry at 14, Phillis was a published poet invited to meet both George Washington and the King of England before the age of 25. Visit patriapress.com/wheatley.html for more information.

(PRWEB) March 30, 2005 -- What am I bid for this strong, healthy girl?" the auctioneer asked. The crowd on the Boston wharf on this June morning in 1761 laughed. The small black girl actually looked very frail. She was wrapped in a piece of ragged carpet, but she shivered and coughed in a cool breeze."

So begins "Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet," the astonishing story of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American and first slave to publish a book. Sold into slavery at age 8, and writing poetry at 14, Phillis was a published poet invited to meet both George Washington and the King of England before the age of 25. She lived in Boston with the Wheatley family, who recognized her talent and encouraged her education, and learned to read early, studying Latin, Greek, astronomy and history.

Phillis also experienced politics firsthand--young readers will rejoice as she protects Nat Wheatley, the oldest boy in the Wheatley family, from the British after the Boston Tea Party, and delight in her once-in-a-lifetime meeting with our first president. The turbulence of a young America and a young Phillis coming of age is captured in vivid illustrations by artist Cathy Morrison.

The latest installment in the Young Patriots Series for children, Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutionary Poet, focuses on the poets early years. Says ForeWord Magazine, ...young readers will be fascinated by Young Patriots like the gifted Phillis Wheatley, her self-doubts, and her ultimate triumph over circumstances that would defeat most people."

Also in the "Young Patriots Series" (distributed by Independent Publishers Group):

Volume 1, Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer by Jane Moore Howe,

Volume 2, William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe by Howard Peckham;

Volume 3, Lew Wallace, Boy Writer, by Martha Schaaf

Volume 4, Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder, by Helen Boyd Higgins,

Volume 5, James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet, by Minnie Mitchell and Montrew Dunham.,

Volume 6, Eddie Rickenbacker, Boy Pilot and Racer by Kathryn Cleven Sisson

Volume 7, Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer & Civil Rights Champion by Montrew Dunham

Volume 8, George Rogers Clark, Boy of the Northwest Frontier, by Katharine Wilkie

Volume 9, John Hancock, Independent Boy, by Kathryn Cleven Sisson

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