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Kwame Alexander

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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York Times Bestselling author of 21 books, including The Crossover, which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal for the Most Distinguished Contribution to American literature for Children, the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, The NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Passaic Poetry Prize. Kwame writes for children of all ages. His other works include Surf's Up, a picture book; Booked, a middle grade novel; and He Said She Said, a YA novel.

Kwame believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people through his PAGE TO STAGE Writing and Publishing Program released by Scholastic. A regular speaker at colleges and conferences in the U.S., he also travels the world planting seeds of literary love . Recently, Alexander led a delegation of 20 writers and activists to Ghana, where they delivered books, built a library, and provided literacy professional development to 300 teachers, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an International literacy program he co-founded.

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Kwame Alexander

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Books from Kwame Alexander

The Crossover

Rebound

Solo

The Undefeated

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Becoming Muhammad Ali

The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band

I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage

Booked

National Geographic Kids Photo Ark Limited Earth Day Edition: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures

Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur

Les Vrais Champions dansent dans le blizzard

Solo Educator's Guide

360: A Revolution of Black Poets

The Magic Paintbrush and Other Enchanted Tales (Ghostwriter Book 5)

ZURI: Selected Love Songs

Swing Educator's Guide