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Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander 0000000042691031 “He truly is a renaissance man.”—Nikki Giovanni Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, poet, and educator, known for his award-winning book “The Cr...
Introducing An American Story
Introducing An American Story Kwame Alexander Article An American Story Written by Kwame Alexander, Art by Dare Coulter Kwame Alexander, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning ...
Kwame Alexander Books
Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks https://www.sourcebooks.com/kwame-alexander-books A new (spring 2027 launch) imprint from Kwame Alexander and Sourcebooks dedicated to championing bold au...
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student Kwame Alexander 9781338026818 Nonfiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources 2015 Ne...
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Casablanca Sourcebooks Explore Sourcebooks Fire Sourcebooks Hysteria Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks Landmark Sourcebooks Medi...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Craft is known for his humorous...
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Foxx is known for her adult novels ...
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their captivating novels. Patterson's thrillers and Alexander's children literature hav...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook Kwame Alexander 9781728222189 Fiction Sourcebooks Wonderland Sourcebooks From the Newbery-Medal winning author of The Crossover and The Undefeated comes...
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop Kwame Alexander 9781493888429 Nonfiction Shell Educational Publishing Shell Educational Publishing Imagine having a Newbery Medal-...
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their impactful and compelling literary works. Kalamu ya Salaam, Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
The Undefeated
The Undefeated Vanessa Vanzie Book Review ℐf you have been searching for a book that will fill a child with the greatest sense of self-worth just for being who they are, then look no further. Ta...
Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander NONE Claudia Alexander, Ph.D., was a respected NASA scientist, studying planets and flying spacecraft. She contributed to missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and comets. An author, she wro...
The Undefeated
The Undefeated Kwame Alexander 9781328780966 Nonfiction Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with ...
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams Kwame Alexander 9798256508852 Nonfiction Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks In this inspiring manifesto, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York ...
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances Kwame Alexander 9780316417228 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group BOOK RELEASE MAY 23, TOUR BE...
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life Kwame Alexander 9781524899820 Nonfiction Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Kwame Alexander’s Say Yes is a m...
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms
Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms Shaunie Henderson 9781668012222 Nonfiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Shaunie Henderson—wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and cre...
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers Christine Platt 9781646114252 Nonfiction Rockridge Press Callisto Publishing Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Alexander Hami...
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Neglected but Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother’s Love
Neglected but Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother’s Love Carol Taylor Book Review Born in 1987, Jonathan Anthony Burkett has lived a young life that reads like fiction: vicious be...
How Sweet the Sound: A Soundtrack for America
How Sweet the Sound: A Soundtrack for America Kwame Alexander 9780316442497 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Featuring artists ranging from Miles Davis to Kendrick Lam...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Kwame Mbalia
Kwame Mbalia 0000000501737490 Kwame Mbalia, previously a part-time pharmaceutical calibration tech, is now a full-time writer and father. Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times b...
Dancing Naked on the Floor
Dancing Naked on the Floor Kwame Alexander 9780975440230 Poetry Writers Lair Writers Lair Poet phenom Kwame Alexander grabs his pen again to carve words into the emotional heart of the human spirit. ...
Rebound
Rebound Kwame Alexander 9780544868137 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, a dynamic novel in verse a...
J vs. K
J vs. K Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft 9780316582681 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Created by real-life rivals and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alex...
Booked Graphic Novel
Booked Graphic Novel Kwame Alexander 9780358161813 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander’s Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and frien...
How to Write a Poem
How to Write a Poem Kwame Alexander 9780063060906 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Ne...
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said Kwame Alexander 9780062118967 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and ...
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets Kwame Alexander 9780316417525 Poetry Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heri...
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family Kwame Alexander 9781888018424 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Family Pictures, edited by Kwame Alexander, is a celebration of the par...
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 9780399587665 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… • Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Read...
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band Kwame Alexander 9781585366880 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press When a jazz-loving rooster sets his sights on winning a barnyard talent show, he re...
Kwame Ture
Kwame Ture 0000000368554192 Kwame Ture, previously Stokely Carmichael, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He led the SNCC and served as the Honorary Prime Minister of...
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching Kwame Mbalia 9781368055055 Fiction Rick Riordan Presents Rick Riordan Presents A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 3 Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the finale of K...
The Crossover Series Boxed Set
The Crossover Series Boxed Set Kwame Alexander 9780358567042 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt For the first time, the Crossover series, three explosive novels in verse about...
Surf’s Up
Surf’s Up Kwame Alexander 9780735842205 Fiction NorthSouth Books NorthSouth Books Surf’s up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend th...
Food and the City
Food and the City Ina Yalof Excerpt Alexander SmallsThe Cecil Daylight floods his Harlem apartment, an eclectic space crammed with old and new mementos from a well-traveled, well-lived life. The...
Crush: Love Poems for Teenagers
Crush: Love Poems for Teenagers Kwame Alexander 9781499364781 Poetry CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC From Kwame Alexander, the 2015 Newbery Medalist, a collection of poetry for young people. STA...
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780525580454 Nonfiction Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books Penguin Random House and Just Us Books Fifty of th...
Stephon Alexander
Stephon Alexander NONE Stephon Alexander, a physics professor at Brown University and 2020 president of the National Society of Black Physicists, specializes in string cosmology. He co-invented a mod...
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander 0000000118793131 Michelle Alexander, born October 7, 1967, is a renowned civil rights advocate and litigator. She held a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2005 and has a joint appointmen...
Will Alexander
Will Alexander 0000000053131259 Will Alexander is a multi-talented individual based in Los Angeles, born in 1948. He's an accomplished writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist with a BA in English an...
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah 0000000121244918 Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London and raised in Ghana, is the son of a Ghanaian lawyer/politician and an English novelist. He received his education in Ghana ...
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Kwame Crashes the Underworld Craig Kofi Farmer 9781250900265 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help hi...
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell 9780684850047 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The aston...
Curse of the Akoma Stone: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #4)
Curse of the Akoma Stone: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #4) Bernard Mensah 9781338843385 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Kwame travels to the Cursed Realm, in the fourth installment of t...
Solo
Solo Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess 9780310761839 Fiction Blink Young Adult Books HarperCollins From award-winning and New York Times and AALBC.com bestselling author Kwame Alexander, with Mary Ra...
Becoming Muhammad Ali
Becoming Muhammad Ali James Patterson and Kwame Alexander 9780316498166 Nonfiction JIMMY Patterson Books Hachette Book Group From two heavy-hitters in children’s literature comes a biographical novel ...
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Calvin Alexander Ramsey NONE Calvin Alexander Ramsey is a multi-talented artist known for his award-winning children's books, photography, folk art painting, and plays. His works have been recognized...
Bite of the Kaba Lagoon: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #3)
Bite of the Kaba Lagoon: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #3) Bernard Mensah 9781338843354 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Kwame needs to help save the world’s source of magic, in the third...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gulliver Books Harcourt Brace and Company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt Children’s Books Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Heinemann Heinemann Educ...
The Door of No Return
The Door of No Return Kwame Alexander 9780316441964 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander...
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Dawes' Ghanaian heritage influences his poetry, while Kinsella's Australian...
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani are renowned authors, recognized for their profound contributions to literature. Dawes, a poet and writer, merges cultural experiences...
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen are renowned authors. Mbalia is known for his best-selling “Tristan Strong” series. Makonnen, Ethiopian royalty, s...
Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures
Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess 9781426327674 Poetry National Geographic Children’s Books National Geographic Books A howling wolf, a s...
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636142555 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Bo...
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. are renowned scholars specializing in African and African-American studies. Their influential w...
Mighty Macy
Mighty Macy Kwame Alexander 9780316442169 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A young girl finds her voice—and discovers the power of speaking up for herself and her comm...
Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution
Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua New York The 2024 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference was previously known as the ...
BlackWords
BlackWords BlackWords BlackWords, Inc. Please Note: BlackWords, Inc has been dissolved and is no longer publishing Books - Information is maintained here as a historical archive. CEO, Kwa...
BlackWords
BlackWords BlackWords, Inc. BlackWords Please Note: BlackWords, Inc has been dissolved and is no longer publishing Books - Information is maintained here as a historical archive. CEO, Kwa...
The Brainstormerz Money Talks
The Brainstormerz Money Talks Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce 9780316541084 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group For readers of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft comes a fresh, funny kids’ g...
The Crossover Graphic Novel Signed Edition
The Crossover Graphic Novel Signed Edition Kwame Alexander 9780358164746 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins The Crossover is now a graphic novel, and this collector’s item is autographed by both the ...
An American Story
An American Story Kwame Alexander 9780316473125 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander pens a powerful picture book that...
Swing
Swing Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess 9780310761945 Fiction Blink Young Adult Books HarperCollins New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (Solo) tell a lyrical story a...
The Crossover
The Crossover Kwame Alexander 9780544107717 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt “With a bolt of lightning on my kicks…The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop al...
Acoustic Rooster Sings the Alphabet
Acoustic Rooster Sings the Alphabet Kwame Alexander 9781534113787 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press Jump into the jazzy world of Acoustic Rooster! New York Times bestselling author Kw...
Acoustic Rooster and Friends
Acoustic Rooster and Friends Kwame Alexander 9781534113794 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press Discover the world of Kwame Alexander’s Acoustic Rooster! The New York Times bestselling a...
Booked
Booked Kwame Alexander 9780544570986 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the ...
The Playbook
The Playbook Kwame Alexander 9780063288775 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins A companion to the Newbery Medal-winning middle-grade novel The Crossover, the basis of the show streaming on Disney+!...
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life Kwame Alexander 9780544570979 Nonfiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt You gotta know the rules to play...
The Brainstormerz Operation Blowout
The Brainstormerz Operation Blowout Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce 9780316541695 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group A Graphic Novel For fans of The Cartoonists Club and Frizzy comes th...
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope Kwame Alexander 9780358539414 Poetry Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestsel...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 9781728221502 Fiction Sourcebooks Wonderland Sourcebooks By Lewis Carroll, Adapted by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, with an Introduction...
Just Us: Poems and Counterpoems 1986-1995
Just Us: Poems and Counterpoems 1986-1995 Kwame Alexander 9781888018004 Poetry Small Pr Distribution Small Pr Distribution Kwame Alexander’s first book of Poetry. Includes intro by Toni Blackman.
Versify
Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Kwame Alexander 9780763680947 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have...
And Then You Know: New And Selected Poems
And Then You Know: New And Selected Poems Kwame Alexander 9781888018578 Poetry Word of Mouth Books Word of Mouth Books A collection of poems written by Kwame Alexander between 1987 and 2009.
360° A Revolution of Black Poets
360° A Revolution of Black Poets Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander 9780739415856 Poetry BlackWords BlackWords At poetry slams, in coffee houses and cafes, on spoken word CDs, and even featured in H...
Mary Rand Hess
Mary Rand Hess 0000000071315983 Mary Rand Hess is a celebrated poet, artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author, known for co-authoring “Solo” and “Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild W...
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir Robert Coles 9781569028896 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Pursuing Alexander Pushkin is the story of a scholar/poet whose lif...
Kupenda: Love Poems
Kupenda: Love Poems Kwame Alexander 9781888018233 Poetry BlackWords BlackWords Alexander’s first collection of verse since 1995 embraces and examines the peaks and lows of friendship, intimate love, ...
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin 0000000121372055 Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist—widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature. His verse novel Eugen...
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes 0000000073665848 Ghana-born Kwame Dawes, a poet significantly influenced by Jamaican rhythms and reggae music, is the author of numerous poetry collections, novels, and non-fiction works....
The Light Of The World: A Memoir
The Light Of The World: A Memoir Elizabeth Alexander 9781455599875 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceAmazon’s B...
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry) Elizabeth Alexander 9780472069378 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A volume in the Poets on Poe...
The Venus Hottentot: Poems
The Venus Hottentot: Poems Elizabeth Alexander 9781555973926 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press Elizabeth Alexander’s highly praised first collection is available once againI didn’t want to write a ...
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander 0000000114909360 Elizabeth Alexander, a renowned poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, has authored multiple books, including 'American Sublime', a Pulitzer finalist. A scholar...
Divine Blue Light: for John Coltrane
Divine Blue Light: for John Coltrane Will Alexander 9780872868700 Poetry City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers Pocket Poets Series No. 63 From Will Alexander, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitz...
American Sublime: Poems
American Sublime: Poems Elizabeth Alexander 9781555974329 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A brilliant new collection by Elizabeth Alexander, whose "poems bristle with the irresistible quality of ...
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander MULTIPLE "Authors Michael Cunningham and George Alexander have made significant contributions to the literary world. Their unique storytelling and impactful ...
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander MULTIPLE Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander are acclaimed authors, with Poussaint's expertise in psychiatry and Alexander's in journalism. They collaboratively write ...