Reading lists and articles featuring Kwame Alexander

Biography

Kwame Alexander (born August 21, 1968) is a poet and children’s fiction writer from the United States. His verse novel The Crossover won the Newbery Medal in 2015 and was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, Alexander’s picture book, was chosen for the 2014 “Michigan Reads! One State, One Children’s Book” program. He received a Newbery Honor in 2020 for his illustrated poem The Undefeated.

Books by Kwame Alexander

• The Crossover
• Booked
• Rebound
• Solo
• The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
• Swing
• The Undefeated
• The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
• Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
• How to Read a Book
• Buzz Books 2017: Young Adult Fall/Winter: Exclusive Excerpts from
• Forthcoming Titles by Kwame Alexander, Jen Lancaster, Marie Lu,
• Marieke Nijkamp and More
• He Said, She Said
• Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
• Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every K-8 Student
• The Crossover
• Surf’s Up
• Booked by Kwame Alexander Student Workbook: Quick Student Workbooks
• Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook
• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Student Workbook: Lessons on Demand