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Incredible stories. Award-winning storytellers. Epic adventure,
mystery, and fun? We've got it all in Ghostwriter-the extraordinary
new series from the Emmy-award winning hit Apple TV+ show, created
by your friends at Sesame Workshop. Three tales of middle-grade
magic from around the globe! Discover a paintbrush that brings to
life whatever is drawn, a mysterious girl who communicates with
animals and controls the weather, and an enchanted statue that
grants major-league baseball skills in fun remixes of classic
folktales by award-winning authors Henry Lien, Jennifer Torres, and
Varsha Bajaj. Featuring an introduction by Newbery and Coretta
Scott King Award winning poet and writer Kwame Alexander. The book
also includes bonus activities:GamesQuizzesPuzzlesVocabularyReading
Comprehensionand Crafts!
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Rebound (Paperback)
Kwame Alexander
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The Crossover Series 3 Books Collection Set by Kwame Alexander:The Crossover:12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. Both on and off the court, there is conflict and hardship which will test Josh’s bond with his brother. In this heartfelt novel in verse, the boys find that life doesn’t come with a play-book and it's not all about winning.Booked:Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents’ break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges – which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal – change his life, as well as his best friend’s.Rebound:It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off to stay with his grandparents for the summer. There his cousin Roxie introduces him to a whole new world: basketball. A legend on the courts is born. But can Charlie resist when trouble comes knocking once again?
The #1 New York Times bestseller Dreams are today's answers for
tomorrow's questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of
water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and
secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, where
he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the
fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of
course, swimming. But when the unthinkable - a sudden death -
occurs during a festival between rival villages, Kofi ends up in a
fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing
journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. Yet
Kofi's dreams may be the key to his freedom...
Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes
fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't
nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you... Twelve-year-old Nick is a
football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this graphic novel
adaptation of the acclaimed verse novel, football, family, love,
and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to
navigate his parents' break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress
the girl of his dreams. These challenges - which seem even harder
than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal - change his life,
as well as his best friend's.
A companion to the Newbery Medal-winning middle grade novel The
Crossover, the basis of the show streaming on Disney+! What can we
imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and
grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of
the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will
enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The
Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life.
Each rule contains wisdom from inspiring athletes and role models
such as Nelson Mandela, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Carli Lloyd,
Steph Curry, and Michelle Obama. Kwame Alexander also shares his
own stories of overcoming obstacles and winning games in this
motivational and inspirational book for readers of any age and for
anyone needing a little bit of encouragement. You gotta know the
rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar.
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The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
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The #1 New York Times bestseller 'At once vivid and simple, lyrical
and surgical, expressive and exacting' Lupita Nyong'o Dreams are
today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi
Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with
promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper
Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above
all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father’s father,
a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. But when the
unthinkable – a sudden death – occurs during a festival between
rival villages, Kofi ends up in a fight for his life. What happens
next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and
away from everything he loves. Yet Kofi’s dreams may be the key
to his freedom…
Imagine having a Newbery Medal-winning author in your classroom as
an advisor and a friend, providing personal and practical advice on
how to teach writing workshop in the modern-day classroom. With The
Write Thing, you can do just that! Kwame Alexander is the New York
Times-bestselling author of The Crossover. With more than 10 years
of experience conducting writing workshops in schools, Alexander
shows how to shake up the "traditional" writing workshop and make
writing fun again! His magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm,
and love of teaching come through to inspire all students to write.
The Write Thing teaches you how to move students step-by-step from
ideas, to drafts, to finished works. Not only will you successfully
motivate your students to write, you'll take that motivation one
step further by providing guidance on how to create student-driven
publications of their work. The confidence students will attain
when they see their writing authentically published will be off the
charts! The book has three parts: Writing, Publishing, and
Presenting. The Writing section features Lessons in Action that
teach students to produce writing that is worthy of being
published. With a focus on poetry, Alexander's writing workshop
uniquely meets the needs of reluctant writers. The Publishing
section focuses on how to prepare and print digital and physical
copies of students' work. The Presenting section provides
suggestions to help students confidently present their poetry and
other written pieces. Other exciting features include Kwame Time!
videos for both teachers and students that bring Alexander into the
classroom. Kwame's Quick Tips feature easy-to-implement ideas that
have worked for Alexander. With an insightful foreword by author
Kylene Beers, teacher success stories, and the most helpful
appendix ever written, this essential resource will teach you how
to tailor writing workshop to meet the particular needs of your
students.
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Solo (Paperback)
Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess
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Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess is a New York Times
bestseller! Kirkus Reviews said Solo is, "A contemporary hero's
journey, brilliantly told." Through the story of a young Black man
searching for answers about his life, Solo empowers, engages, and
encourages teenagers to move from heartache to healing, burden to
blessings, depression to deliverance, and trials to triumphs. Blade
never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give
anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock
star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer
be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and
tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is
his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their
relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his father. In
reality, the only thing Blade and Rutherford have in common is the
music that lives inside them. And songwriting is all Blade has left
after Rutherford, while drunk, crashes his high school graduation
speech and effectively rips Chapel away forever. But when a
long-held family secret comes to light, the music disappears. In
its place is a letter, one that could bring Blade the freedom and
love he's been searching for, or leave him feeling even more
adrift. Solo: Is written by New York Times bestselling author and
Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Book Award-winner Kwame
Alexander Showcases Kwame's signature intricacy, intimacy, and
poetic style, by exploring what it means to finally go home An
#OwnVoices novel that features a BIPOC protagonist on a search for
his roots and identity Received great reviews from Publishers
Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus. If you enjoy
Solo, check out Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess.
‘With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .
The court is SIZZLING.
My sweat is DRIZZLING.
Stop all that quivering.
Cuz tonight I'm delivering’
12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood.
They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their
father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more
than to follow in his footsteps.
Both on and off the court, there is conflict and hardship which will
test Josh’s bond with his brother. In this heartfelt novel in verse,
the boys find that life doesn’t come with a play-book and it's not all
about winning.
How do you tell a story that starts in Africa and ends in horror?
About strength and pride and refusing to be broken? One that still
hurts and still loves? A powerfully moving, poetic exploration of
the story of slavery: from Africa to the tall ships, from
back-breaking work in a strange land to resilience and eventual
emancipation, Kwame Alexander tells the story that's hard to hear.
Told through the lens of a teacher speaking to their young pupils,
and in multiple art styles from award-winning artist and sculptor
Dare Coulter, the story of slavery becomes one that you can tell
with the bravery to lift your voice. A must-read for all children
and adults alike, and the perfect companion to Kwame Alexander's
award-winning picture book The Undefeated.
In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times
bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame
Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree
Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own
poetry in the world around you. Begin with a question like an acorn
waiting for spring. From this first stanza, readers are invited to
pay attention—and to see that paying attention itself is poetry.
Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido’s playful text and Melissa
Sweet’s dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to
encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that
dance in the world around them—poems just waiting to be written
down. Â Â
This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author
and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other
personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and
the loved ones he shares it with. In a powerfully intimate and
non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares
snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through
stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky
Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed
their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own
relationships-his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old
father, and the precariousness of his early marriage working in a
jazz club with his second wife. Alexander attempts to deal with the
unravelling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent
passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to
perfect her famous fried chicken dish. With an open heart,
Alexander weaves together memories of his past to try and
understand his greatest love: his daughters. Full of heartfelt
reminisces, family recipes, love poems, and personal letters, Why
Fathers Cry at Night inspires bravery and vulnerability in every
reader who has experienced the reckless passion, heartbreak,
failure, and joy that define the whirlwind woes and wonders of
love.
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Rebound (Paperback)
Kwame Alexander; Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
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‘Hoop kings SOAR
in kicks with wings.
Game so sweet
it’s like bee stings.’
It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off like the Fresh Prince to stay with his grandparents for the summer. There his cousin Roxie introduces him to a whole new world: basketball. A legend on the courts is born. But can Charlie resist when trouble comes knocking once again?
From the New York Times-bestselling author Kwame Alexander, Rebound is a stunning coming-of-age novel in verse about basketball, family and staying true to yourself.
A prequel to The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal, and follow-up to Booked, highly commended for the CLiPPA prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
With comic-book illustrations from award-winning graphic novel artist Dawud Anyabwile.
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An American Story (Hardcover)
Kwame Alexander; Contributions by Dare Coulter
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An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! 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 Kofi loves his family,
playing oware with his grandfather and swimming in the river Offin.
He's warned though, to never go to the river at night. His brother
tells him "There are things about the water you do not know. " Like
what? Kofi asks. "The beasts." His brother answers. One fateful
night, the unthinkable happens and in a flash, Kofi's world turns
upside down. Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life and what
happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and
sea, and away from everything he loves. This spellbinding novel by
the author of The Crossover and Booked will take you on an
unforgettable adventure that will open your eyes and break your
heart. The Door of No Return is an excellent choice for independent
reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali (Paperback)
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander; Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
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"A must read" - Marcus Rashford MBE. A New York Times Bestseller.
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a
biographical novel of seismic cultural importance... Before he was
a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any
other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly
depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse,
including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he
faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about
Cassius' family and neighbours in Louisville, Kentucky, and how,
after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur
boxer at age twelve. Before long, he won his first Golden Gloves
bout and began his transformation into the unrivalled Muhammad Ali.
Fully authorised by and written in cooperation with the Muhammad
Ali estate, and vividly brought to life by Dawud Anyabwile's
dynamic artwork, Becoming Muhammad Ali captures the budding
charisma and youthful personality of one of the greatest sports
heroes of all time.
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