You’ve been asking for it and now it’s here!
All the details for the Swing Book Tour 2018, October 2 – October 19.
- Order Swing at your local store here – https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780310761914
- Order Swing at B&N here – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swing-kwame-alexander/1128138040?ean=9780310761914#/
- Order Swing at Books-a-Million here – http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Swing/Kwame-Alexander/9780310761914?id=7314284202086
- Check out Swing on Audible - https://www.audible.com/pd/Swing-Audiobook/B07DF4Z7QH
Here's a few friends I met on the tour who are reading "REBOUND." Post your pic and tag me!
And the Winner of the Pat Conroy Legacy Award is...
Press Releases »
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- “A satisfying, winning read.”—Kirkus, starred review“It’s not a small thing to incorporate big issues like bullying and divorce into eminentlyreadable free verse that connects boys, sports, and reading. . . middle-school readers ...
- NorthSouth Books*Starred Review:"It’s a wild ride on the sea of imagination, and a rousing high-five to the power of reading."- Publishers Weekly*Starred Review:"Newbery Award winner (The Crossover, 2014) Alexander's humorous, tautly poetic dialogue ...
Featured Events ยป
- Kwame Alexander Upcoming Events & Appearances
Jan 25-27, 2019Versify Launch
ALA Midwinter Convention
Seattle, WA
Fri. Feb 1, 2019
Guest Speaker
Rydal Elementary School
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Sat. Feb 2, 2019
Keynote Speaker
27thAnnual African-American Children’s Book Fair
Philadelphia, PA
Mon. Feb 4, 2019Guest Speaker
Parkville Middle School
Baltimore, MD
Mon. Feb 4, 2019Guest Speaker
Garrison Forrest School
Ownings Mills, MD
Tue. Feb 5, 2019Guest Speaker
Pine Grove Middle School
Baltimore, MD
Fri. Feb 8, 2019Guest Speaker
Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference
Milwaukee, WI
Mon. Feb 11, 2019Guest Speaker
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Columbia, SC
Fri. Feb 15, 2019Guest Speaker
Liberty Elementary School
Midway, GA
Sat. Feb 16, 2019Guest Speaker
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA<
- Where I've Been
Tue. Oct. 3, 2017Featured Author
MOJA Festival
1:45pm-3pm Burke High School
7:30pm City Gallery
Charleston, SC
Thurs. Oct. 5, 2017
Featured Speaker
Future of Storytelling Summitt
Snug Harbor, NY
Friday. Oct. 6, 2017
Keynote Speaker/Featured Author
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Wed. Oct. 11, 2017Solo Book Tour
Promise Middle School
Camden, NJ
Solo Book Tour
Free Library of Philadelphia
Central Branch
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017
Speaker
Indivisible Symposium on Social Justice and Litarature
Conversation with Cornelius Minor
Center for Teaching Through Children's Books
Skokie, IL
Mon. Oct. 16, 2017
SOLO Performance and Signing
7pm Politics & Prose
**Opening week of new location**
Location: Politics and Prose Bookstore at the Wharf
70 District Square SW, Washington DC 20024
Wed. Oct. 18, 2017Featured Author
Brunswick School
Greenwich, CT
Thur. Oct. 19, 2017
Featured Author
- The Offical Rebound Bus Tour
Monday, April 2nd, 2018
7.00 PM
An Unlikely Story with Jeff Kinney
111 South Street, Plainville, MA 02062
http://www.anunlikelystory.com/event/kwame-alexander
Tuesday, April 3rd
5.00 PM
WORDS
179 Maplewood Ave., Maplewood, NJ 07040
973-763-9500
Wednesday, April 4th
7.00 PM
Children’s Book World
17 Haverford Station Rd., Haverford, PA 19041
610-642-6274
Thursday, April 5th
4.00 PM
Scrawl Books
11911 Freedom Dr., Reston, VA 20190
703-966-2111
SIGNING ONLY
Friday, April 6th
11.45 AM - 2.00 PMTexas Library Association
Omni Hotel - Trinity Ballroom 6-8, Level 3
Luncheon Keynote (ticketed)Saturday, April 7th
2.00 PM
Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore
1 Eck C
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