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Kwame Alexander

@kwamealexander

2 years

A teacher emailed me. Asked me to come to her class this month. I didn’t respond. Cause I’m busy. Gots a lot going on. And I get a lot of emails…I woke up this morning & bought an airline ticket. Going to show up to her class. Masked. She doesn’t know. SURPRISE! #KwameShowedUp

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TEACHERS and PARENTS, I know y’all want to read aloud & record & stream & make copies of my books, and I’m grateful, so I called my pub to see how best to accommodate. In the meantime, in between time, I wrote a novel with @JP_Books that I’ll post a video excerpt of soon. Cool?

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6 years

This afternoon I asked Ashley Bryan if he’d accomplished most of what he wanted to do in art and children’s literature. He smiled and said, “I’m actually just getting started, Kwame. You know with art you’re always beginning.” He turns 95 in two weeks.

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4 years

K-12 Teachers & Parents, until 7/1/20, you have my permission to stream privately or record privately, Read-Alouds of ANY of my books. No public sharing or photo-copying, but I will post some fun(ctional) stuff from me and my friends at Stay strong, y’all!

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6 years

So, I wrote a book. For teachers. About making writing fun & functional for students. Pubs July 2, 2018. It’s a memoir of a poet teaching writing in 76 schools, over 9 years, and creating 5000 student authors. @KyleneBeers wrote foreword. Enjoy summer. Do THE WRITE THING! @tcmpub

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6 years

I’m a librarian today. Literally. All day. I’m scanning books. Doing story time. Attending meetings (hopefully not more than one. Oh my), and generally working amidst the sacred stacks of @liveoakpublibray All because I love books. And librarians. And shrimp and grits. #Savannah

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4 years

I’m hittin’ y’all with #TheCrossover next week. Starting Monday, March 30, I’ll be READING LIVE at 10:30 am EST every day. Y’all ain’t ready for this! #kidlit #DistanceLearning #poetry #novels #literacy #authorvisit

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6 years

About to surprise a 5th grader in Georgia who’s a super fan. Just gonna stroll up in her class. Me and the principal. WOOHOO!

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4 years

Speaking to the young people at tonight’s #KidLit4BlackLives Rally at 7pm: @JackieWoodson @JasonReynolds83 @geneluenyang @TheTinyDiplomat @SarahCrossan @karianneholt @Author_DDB

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3 years

This is for the Unforgettable. This is for the Undeniable. This is for the Unflappable. This is for the Unafraid. This is for the Unspeakable. This is for the Unstoppable. This is for The Undefeated.

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4 years

Because the children got questions, and the people responsible for teaching and raising them need answers. 7PM EST TONIGHT: #KidLit Rally for Black Lives. Via Facebook Live ( @thebrownbookshelf ) and Zoom: #SaySomething #BlackLivesMatter

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2 years

Kimberly Rein, a high school librarian, saw a post that I was on the beach in Key West, and she commented that I should stop by her school. So I did! Monday, I’m in Orlando. ANYBODY WANT ME TO STOP BY? #KwameShowedUp

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2 years

My father used to make me clean up the garage weekly. Our garage had 7,000 books in it. Literally. I spent 30 minutes cleaning. And 5 hours sitting on a crate reading. I think he knew that would happen. It was my choice what 2 read. And he encouraged that. This is what I believe:

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5 years

Five years ago, I wrote both of these books at @panerabread so I think it's only fitting that when the paperbacks come out (FINALLY!) on 3/5/19, I should grab a spinach and artichoke souffle for breakfast. #TheCrossover #Booked @HMHKids

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5 years

At 8pm tonight, I hit the road on a 27 day cross-country book tour. I hope it doesn’t take me too long to pack...Oh my my!

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2 years

Here’s what it means to ban a book… @latimes @amlibraries #bannedbooks #librarians #teachers #K12

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5 years

Yesterday, I hung out at the Sesame Workshop offices, dreaming up ideas to collaborate on. I am completely awed.

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6 years

Day 6 in #Ghana - I think probably the greatest achievement of my life is building a library in rural Ghana and naming it after my mother. #LEAPforGhana #books 📚 #library #TuesdayThoughts

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4 years

Educators and students and parents, tomorrow I’ll read to ya. Spread the word! Q&A to follow.

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5 years

So, I’m writing a new novel with a friend...

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4 years

We should not cut public #library budgets. They're havens of knowledge, sanctuaries of hope. Since March, they've been serving millions of readers virtually, plus many staff have moonlighted in homeless shelters, assisted elders, and much more. #NoMCLibraryLayoffs #nolibrarycuts

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5 years

My ten year old says this is the best graphic novel she’s ever read.

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4 years

Coming 10/5 #BecomingMuhammadAli

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6 years

I been planning a writing break. Looking forward to months off. And then, this. Now I just wanna write and write and write my heart out. Thx @romenendez14 for sharing!

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6 years

"The illiteracy rate in Ghana is 60 percent. That’s unacceptable. I want to do my part to get kids learning and loving to read." --- After a seven year journey, the library will soon be open!📚 Stay tuned. #LeapForGhana #books #Africa #TuesdayThoughts

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5 years

After watching the “The Pieces I Am,” the Toni Morrison documentary, today, it’s quite clear to me that I haven’t even really begun writing y’all. It’s so on now, though. I am SO ready.

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4 years

This is for the audacious ones who carried the red, white, and weary blues on the battlefield to save an imperfect Union...This is for my great-great grandfather, Sergeant March Corprew, USCT. #VeteransDay2020 Art by @KadirNelson #TheUndefeated

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3 years

THE CROSSOVER was a novel (I heard it was good). Now it’s a TV Series (I heard Disney+ is casting). Maybe some kid will get discovered or be an extra (check the link in my profile). Game on, people!

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4 years

When the world was open, I used to fly to a city, randomly show up at a school, and surprise a kid who’d written me about one of my books. I feel like I need to crash this Bar mitzvah, pops...or at least walk to your flat and leave a signed book outside. I’m just sayin!

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4 years

Dear @kwamealexander - my son is a white British Jewish 12yr old Londoner. I wanted to tell you how much your books (we bought them for Chanukah) have touched + moved him. He's read each one in 1-2 days, totally engrossed. [1/3]

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5 years

This here is why we do this work.

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6 years

Signs you’ve spoiled yr kid. She’s breakfasted w/Jackie Woodson, dinnered w/Nikki Giovanni, laughed w/Mo Willems, & talked w/Jeff Kinney. So, this morning on my desk is a note from her: Dad, for our spring break trip to Paris and London, can you set up tea with JK Rowling? Oh my!

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6 years

Finished writing the new novel. Now this.

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5 years

Walking around London trying to decide what book to buy for every kid I know this holiday... @JasonReynolds83

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2 years

Okay I am officially rocked. My mom would have lived this. He got the look tho!

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@iamjasmynwright

2 years

@kwamealexander My 5th grader chose to be you in our Blacks in Wax Museum at school today. I have to say, between writing his bio/speech, memorizing it, creating the poster, bringing the book props, & coming in w/ the fit, he KILLED it!!🔥 #5thgrade #BlacksInWax #kwamealexander

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5 years

"Boys don’t read." "Print is dead." "Reading isn’t cool." These myths permeate our literary culture, especially around our kids. And, they’re wrong. Dead wrong. New York Times bestselling author and @npr …

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5 years

My kid decided she wanted to take a leap and go to sleep away camp BY HERSELF for 2 wks after reading CAMP by @Kayke which just really speaks to the power of books to transform the lives of young people. #kidlit authors, the work you/we do can be life-changing. Remember that!

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2 years

Surprise school visit going down tomorrow! Tune in to the BIGGEST VALENTINE’S DAY TEACHER LOVE event ever! #KwameShowedUp

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4 years

TONIGHT: Town Hall on Creating Anti-Racist Classroom and Homes. Streaming live at 7pm EST on Facebook and Zoom. #antiracism #BlackLivesMatter #KidLit4BlackLives @ILAToday (With ASL interpreters. This will be recorded).

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6 years

Just an FYI: 5th graders get a little flummoxed and crazy shy when their fave author just shows up at their school outta freakin’ nowhere. Oh my. #Savannah #Georgia #kidlit #allbooksforallkids #poetry #authorvisit

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6 years

This right here.

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6 years

A student told me on Friday he didn’t really like reading. I gave him a copy of The Crossover on Monday. He had to spend the day in ISS today, but he asked to call and let me know he finished the book😊 Can you bring me the next one tomorrow? @kwamealexander #ProjectLIT

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Teachers, Librarians, Principals, PTA’s, and School Districts, this is for you, well actually it’s for your STUDENTS! #schoolvisit #authorvisit #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #bookstagram #books #literacy

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2 years

Hey there. Maybe just approach it as a teacher reading an authors words about a young narrator. Let the kids do the rest. That’s my two cents. Also, I heard this is a really good book.

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2 years

Hi literacy friends. I’m considering teaching The Crossover by @kwamealexander as a read aloud this year. Would love feedback on how to approach/frame this as a white teacher reading a black author’s words and from the perspective of a young black narrator.

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6 years

#BlackExcellence

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5 years

Can I say I love this. Inbox me your school address and we shall send you a little something. Woohoo!

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5 years

Finished my @kwamealexander author board for Thursday! Woo hoo! Cats are napping 🤫

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2 years

I LOVE MY JOB. My job is to change the world one word at a time.

Award winning author Kwame Alexander surprises Bryan ISD teacher,...

Bryan ISD teacher Abby Scoresby said it's how Alexander writes that strikes a chord with her students.READ MORE: https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/local/kw...

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6 years

Jason’s 13th book in five years just hit the shelves yesterday y’all. I love this cat!

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6 years

I’m giving away 5 #ReboundBook swag bags to random winners! RT this tweet to enter to win signed copies of all my books plus other exclusive prizes. #sponsored (US Only, ends 2/19)

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6 years

An email received after reader finished reading Solo ✉📙 #WednesdayWisdom #inspiring #poetry #books

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6 years

She was on screens all day yesterday. Today, I was like, girl, your head better be in a book all day today. @camphalfblood look what she’s decided. Go @Roshani_Chokshi

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3 years

So, yeah we're making a TV show...and we're filming in #Nawlins ...and it's on #DisneyPlus ...and these are our STARS! Introducing...the stars of #TheCrossoverOnDisneyPlus ... Jalyn Hall and Amir O'Neil @disneyplus

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6 years

"Sometimes books are like amusement parks, but you have to let the kids choose the rides."📚 #WednesdayWisdom #books #Education #librarians

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6 years

It’s going down. Not just verse though. Prose. Picture books. Novels. Non-fiction. Graphic novels. And more. It’s going down. #Versify

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@ILAToday

6 years

Poet, author, and #ILA16 speaker @kwamealexander is starting his own imprint, Versify, which will focus on unconventional stories told in verse.

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Oh snap! This happened today. THANK YOU americanlibraryassociation versifybooks @hmhkids #TheUndefeated #caldecottmedal #newbery

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6 years

Books are like mirrors and windows...think about it 🤔💡📚📙 #books #MondayMotivation #Reading

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5 years

Book number 32 pubs TOMORROW. The words are great (yeah, I’m big upping myself), but the illustrations are GENIUS. Melissa Sweet’s innovation with this text is astoundingly SWEET. Long time coming too. Wrote this in 2010. #indiebound #bookstagram @HarperChildrens #HowToReadABook

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This the #Versify team. This is our tour bus. This is us hitting the road in April, coming to a school/bookstore near you. Holla if ya hear me. @HMHKids

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2 years

Was good times at @BryanISD Bryan High School today. Appreciate y’all Vikings. #KwameShowedUp

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2 years

@BodgeCalanni Thank you for sharing. I think reading it out loud is the most beautiful thing you could have done. Heart love.

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6 years

I’m giving away 5 #ReboundBook swag bags to random winners! RT this tweet to enter to win signed copies of all my books plus other exclusive prizes. #sponsored (US Only, ends 3/2)

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So, I did a thing. Thank you, @colbertlateshow

Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Kwame Alexander Reads A Poem From “This Is the Honey: An...

Emmy Award-winner and bestselling author Kwame Alexander tells Stephen how he first got interested in poetry as a young man, and he reads a poem that appears in his latest book, “This Is the Honey:...

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Man, I read #Rebound & I wish I could tell u what u did wrong but I couldn’t find anything wrong with it. It’s just good. I’m glad Margaret [editor] kept sending it back to u. I hate to even tell u I cried. Your mother would have cried too. And she’d be proud. #ThingsMyFatherSays

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5 years

Nikki Giovanni gave me C’s in advanced poetry (Yeah, I deserved it!). Now, I’m her publisher. How about, I better get this right. Oh my. A LIBRARY (illustrated by Erin Robinson), celebrating the magnificence of #Libraries and coming from #Versify @HMHKids in 2021. Y’all ready?

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6 years

“I’ve always loved the quote by poet Audre Lorde: ‘I have come to believe...that what is most important to me must be spoken...& shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.’ Raise yr voice...” @AcevedoWrites , poet, on her novel, THE POET X #NationalPoetryMonth

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Ever had a book rock you? WHITE ROSE by debut author @kiperoo ROCKED me. It’s the true story of KIDS leading the resistance against Nazis in WWII. RT + Follow us to enter to win an ARC of this ABA #IndiesIntroduce pick! (USA only, ends 9/19, #sponsored ) #VERSIFY

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I’m giving away 5 #ReboundBook swag bags to random winners! RT this tweet to enter to win signed copies of all my books plus other exclusive prizes. #sponsored (US Only, ends 3/14)

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It’s my b-day month, y’all. Tues, 8/21. In honor of, uh, me, I’m doing a major (Like, really MAJOR) giveaway each Tues, beginning 2morrow. Stay ready, ‘cause it’s about to go down! Use hashtag #KABday

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1 year

OH MY!

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7 years

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,...

Kwame Alexander: Take a Knee - ESPN Video

The Newbery Medal winning poet delivers a new piece for The Undefeated

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6 years

LeBron got Nike. Jay-Z got Puma. I got Follett. Making books as cool as kicks. Let’s do this, people! #AllBooksForAllKids @FollettLearning #Swish

Follett and Kwame Alexander Launch Literacy Campaign

Follett and Newbery Medal-winning author Kwame Alexander are teaming up for a new literacy effort called All Books for All Kids, with the goal of ensuring that children have access to a wide range of...

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7 years

In Vancouver. Away from lunacy in VA. Resist/Speak up. Teach yr kids same. The mind of an adult begins in the imagination of a child. Peace.

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6 years

Newest book 'Swing' made The New York Times Best Sellers list! @nytimes 📘 #SwingBook #books #ThursdayMotivation

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5 years

Hey look I don’t spend a whole lot of time worrying about whether adults respect verse novels. I know that poetry resonates with the kids and that’s what i care about. Heck, my first verse novel, The Crossover, got rejected by 22 publishers. #CKG19

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ME: My barber’s coming to the hotel to cut my hair and trim my beard for the gala tomorrow. MY DAD: Man, you just throwing money away. You ain’t got enough hair to cut. I coulda cut that and trimmed you. Sell a few books, and now you got money to waste.

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7 years

My father says I never disliked books and he doesn’t know why I keep telling that lie in speeches. Plus, he says, “You never told me.” I say to him, “What would you have done if I told you I didn’t like books?” He says, “MAN, I WOULDA WHUPP-“ Exactly.

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4 years

Y’all ever heard of borrowed poetry? Well, this amazing poem by @laurakfanucci has inspired me in so many ways. Thank you!

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6 years

Mrs. Marcus Says Line breaks help Us figure out What matters To the poet. Don’t jumble your ideas Mrs. Marcus says Every line Should count. (Wrote Jacqueline Woodson, Poet, in “Locomotion”). #NationalPoetryMonth

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On way to Seattle to celebrate #versifybooks authors at #alamw19 & I heard it’s cold!! (but not as cold as it is in VA) so I got the scarf to keep me cool. #LIBRARIANS : Tell me what makes THIS SCARF so FLY & I’ll randomly choose 1 of you to get signed adv copies of these books.

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6 years

SWING is an engrossing read, man. It’s just a good book. Maybe I’ll read it again so I can find something wrong with it. But the kids and the reviewers are gonna really like it I think. #ThingsMyFatherSays

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4 years

#KidLit4BlackLives

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6 years

Not your average assembly...more like literary pep rallies 📚 #FridayFeeling #books #fun

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6 years

It’s my b-day month, y’all. Tues, 8/21. In honor of, uh, me, I’m doing a major (Like really MAJOR) giveaway on Tuesdays. Next one commences 2morrow and the winner gets to read SWING. Now! It’s on and popping! Use hashtag #KABday 📘

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It’s going down this morning. @ProjectLITComm folks, get your questions ready, cause my keynote is titled: “Everything you (or your students) wanted to ask Kwame Alexander but you never got the chance.” Also, I’ll read from Swing and talk about #TheWriteThing . #ProjectLITSummit18

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THE UNDEFEATED started as a poem and is now a picture book! Award-winning illustrator @kadirnelson is the G.O.A.T. Y’all like? RT+ Follow us for a chance to win a copy in 2019! (USA Only, ends 9/18, #sponsored ) #VERSIFY

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Turning Basketball Lovers Into Book Lovers, a Stanza at a Time (Published 2018)

Kwame Alexander’s last novel — “The Crossover,” a Newbery-winning, hip-hop- inflected tale of sports-loving twin boys — was written in verse. So is his new one, a prequel called “Rebound.”

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7 years

Authors in airports getting coffee #Albany #SharonDraper

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2 years

How do you tell the story of slavery…to the children? It’s tough. I’m hoping this book will help teachers and parents. Day one of AN AMERICAN STORY book tour kicking off in Key West. We got this, people. #KwameAlexander #AnAmericanStory #BookTour

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6 years

I don’t know ‘bout you but I’m not sleeping tonight. The new book comes out tomorrow and Mary & I hope y’all like it. (But, don’t share the ending...) -

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In honor of my birthday TOMORROW, I’m doing major giveaways on Tuesdays. Next one is gonna be a WHOPPER. Tune in 2morrow. Winner gets to hear some poetry at a FREE SCHOOL VISIT! Oh my! Use hashtag #KABday please. In the meantime, check this out.

'Morning Edition' Listeners Submit 200 Poetry Entries On Teamwork

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with Rachel Martin, and to find out how listeners responded to a request to write a poem about teamwork.

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7 years

#Solo has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. WOOHOO, I'm getting a new tux! This is my third nomination,...

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6 years

Good people, listen up. When #Swing comes out on Tuesday and you get your copy and you’re reading it and you can’t put it down and you get to the end and you want to say something, don’t. Just don’t. Call me, if you wanna talk. I feel you! Love, Kwame.

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Poetry is a way for kids to find their voice...for them to lift their voice.✏😊💡📚 #poetry #books #Readers #TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts

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Kwame Alexander

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The mind of an adult begins in the imagination of a child. We must encourage not suppress #studentchoice . Let us read & enjoy #TheHungerGames & #TheHandmaidsTale not emulate them. @FollettLearning you have done righteous work in our schools & libraries, but pursuing this…

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Kwame Alexander

@kwamealexander

7 years

So, I was chilling, in my pj's, writing, and look who surprised me. WOOHOOOO! @JackieWoodson Love you, sister!

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Kwame Alexander

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8 years

Teachers, if I pass on lunch/dinner when I visit yr school, its not personal. See, there's this bk I gotta finish...

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Kwame Alexander

@kwamealexander

5 years

Happy birthday to me. This is special. #FilthyMcNasty #TheCrossover tour Sept 23-Nov 5 in US.

Clarion Books

@ClarionBooks

5 years

The Newbery Award-winning #TheCrossover is now a graphic novel, out 9/24. Revisit the story of Josh Bell with dynamic illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile. @kwamealexander #KwameAlexander #KwameintheUK

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Kwame Alexander

@kwamealexander

5 years

Tomorrow, #TheCrossover paperback hits stores. But today, this kind note from a middle school student: “Overall I think that your book was good. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars. You deserve a big award. I hope that in the future there will be more books as good as this one.” Ha!

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Kwame Alexander

@kwamealexander

2 years

I told my Dad how excited I was to hit #1 on the NY Times Bestseller list bcuz it will bring more visibility to this story that I truly believe children & families should— and he straight interrupted my passionate testimony with “Dang man, what took you so long!” #thingsmydadsays