by kwamepoet@gmail.com | May 6, 2025 | Books
Created by real life rivals and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft, this hilarious illustrated story features two talented fifth graders going head-to-head in a competition for the ages! J and K are the most creative fifth graders at...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Apr 28, 2025 | Books
Kwame Alexander’s Say Yes is a meaningful manifesto that challenges readers to embrace the transformative power of “yes.” Adapted from Alexander’s inspiring commencement speech at American University, this book weaves personal...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Oct 1, 2024 | Books
The third book from the team that created the New York Times bestelling How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem celebrates the magic of listening to the song that echoes inside of you, and letting your music ring out.Hush. Now, turn up...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | May 7, 2024 | Books
From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander, comes the first book in a searing, breathtaking trilogy that tells the story of a boy, a village, and the epic odyssey of an African family. In his village in Upper Kwanta, 11-year-old...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Feb 1, 2024 | Media Coverage
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: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets. Watch the full segment...
