Kwame Alexander
@kwamealexander
Father of 2 Headstrong Girls. #1 NY Times Bestselling Author. Emmy Award-Winning Producer. The Crossover, Why Fathers Cry at Night, An American Story, et al.
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John Schu
Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: @Molly_ONeill. Opinions mine.
Pernille Ripp
Global educator, mother of 4 and soulmate to an incredible man. Teacher, writer creator of the Global Read Aloud, author, speaker. She/her/hers
Colby Sharp
⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
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Dan Santat
NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle, After the Fall, Drawn Together and other books. Creator of the Disney animated series, The Replacements.
This is a writers conference I dreamed up. Join me at Chautauqua Institution this summer! chq.org/things-to-do/r…
Some really powerful book reviews of the poem The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander that we studied as part of a learn through week on influential people. 💛✨
The Door of No Return has been shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024, congratulations Kwame Alexander Andersen Press! #YotoCarnegies24
Check this out: it's the 10 year anniversary of THE CROSSOVER being published! 🏀 Kicking off celebrations with a huge #AuthorStudy virtual livestream during #NationalPoetryMonth on April 30. Teachers, librarians, students - can't wait to see y'all! 📚 authorstudy.com
A HUGE congrats to Clint Smith and Kwame Alexander on their NAACP Image Awards nominations! naacpimageawards.net/award/poetry/
How do you get 400+ 7th graders excited about poetry? Surprise visit from Kwame Alexander Kids thought Ts were going to read to them-totally shocked and thrilled to see him! #kwameshowedup BayShoreMS Bay Shore Schools BayShoreSchools ELA #itsashorething #bayshore #bsmsreads
.Kwame Alexander on how his poetry anthology “This Is the Honey” celebrates all facets of Black life.
The Karen Hunter show welcomes Poet, Educator, Publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35+ books – including Why Fathers Cry At Night, and latest book - This is the Honey, Kwame Alexander (@kwamealexander)!
#KarenRebels #ThriveThursday
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#ROTD #AudiobookRV Anyone who wants to know what’s on in contemporary #Blackpoetry should seek out this anthology, edited by Kwame Alexander. Performers Mahogany L. Brown, Joel Damany Steingold are excellent. #EarphonesAward #BlackPoets Hachette Audio bit.ly/42Lrsq7
📚 Exciting Announcement! 🎉 Join us for a special treat during #NevadaReadingWeek Author LIVE Event as the phenomenal Kwame Alexander takes the virtual stage! 🎤📖 Get ready for an inspiring session filled with poetry, storytelling, and literary magic. nevadareadingweek.org
Teachers & librarians: our #AuthorStudy virtual livestream is back in session on 2/27, featuring yours truly & Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Dare Coulter discussing #AnAmericanStory ! Register your classroom at AuthorStudy.com 📚 #BlackHistoryMonth #educators
Our next author highlight for #BlackHistoryMonth2024 is the #1 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 Bestselling author TIFFANY JEWELL
Tiffany Jewell is the author of THIS BOOK IS ANTI-RACIST, THE ANTIRACIST KID, and the upcoming EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT RACISM I LEARNED IN SCHOOL!
Yesterday, my 7yo started rereading The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Today, the kid is listening to Horace Silver’s Filthy McNasty while baking a heart shaped pizza as a Valentine’s Day gift to his dad and I’m loving every minute of it.
#BlackAuthorsMatter
Read about ‘Black Star,’ Kwame Alexander’s follow-up to ‘The Door to No Return,’ focused on a Black tween athlete who must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era + more forthcoming middle grade books in our Fall 2024 Sneak Previews! pwne.ws/48a6Bhm
