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Poetry month continues throughout the month of April. This week we highlight poet Kwame Alexander.
Poetry month continues throughout the month of April. This week we highlight poet Kwame Alexander.
Kwame Alexander is known for his Newbery winning novel in verse, The Crossover. Have you read a novel in verse? Consider trying one of the group suggested below.
Kwame Alexander is known for his Newbery winning novel in verse, The Crossover. Have you read a novel in verse? Consider trying one of the group suggested below.
Who is Kwame Alexander?
Who is Kwame Alexander?
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BOOKED, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. (from kwamealexander.com)
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BOOKED, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. (from kwamealexander.com)
What is poetry? Kwame Alexander explains the elements of a poem in the video below.
What is poetry? Kwame Alexander explains the elements of a poem in the video below.
Kwame reads from the beginning of The Crossover and hints at the prequel (Rebound) which was published after this interview!
Kwame reads from the beginning of The Crossover and hints at the prequel (Rebound) which was published after this interview!
You can really tell this poet loves to play around with words!
You can really tell this poet loves to play around with words!
Have you tried any of these novels in verse? Check them out from your school library or the public libraries. Some of the highlighted authors have written several books in verse-- KA Holt; Ann Burg and Kwame Alexander would all be good authors to try.
Have you tried any of these novels in verse? Check them out from your school library or the public libraries. Some of the highlighted authors have written several books in verse-- KA Holt; Ann Burg and Kwame Alexander would all be good authors to try.
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