Kwame Alexander Website:bookinaday.com Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Author Biography Kwame Alexander was born in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to writing, Alexander has owned several publishing companies, written for stage and television, recorded a CD, performed at schools and conferences around the world, produced jazz and book festivals, hosted a radio show, worked for the U.S. government, and taught high school. He is the Founding Director of Book-in-a-Day, a program that teaches teenagers to write and publish their own books. Mr. Alexander was awarded the 2015 Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Crossover. He resides in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and children. Updating Results ... You are viewing: Author - Kwame AlexanderSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 16 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie starring Indigo Blume by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2020)Publication Date: 08/15/2020 BTSB #: 050020 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction Subjects: Stage fright - Fiction Singing - Fiction Concerts - Fiction Musicians - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction Dreams - Fiction Summary: Afraid of singing in front of a large crowd, Indigo dreams about Acoustic Rooster and his band and, after a storm flattens their barn, helps organize a concert fundraiser to rebuild it. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 21.19 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide American story by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)Publication Date: 01/03/2023 BTSB #: 050081 Available Dewey: 306.3/NAges: 4-8 AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: NP Genres: Subjects: Slavery - United States - History African Americans - Civil rights - History African Americans - Social conditions African Americans - Politics and government Racism - United States - History United States - Race relations - History Summary: A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Becoming Muhammad Ali by Patterson, James BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)Publication Date: 10/05/2020 BTSB #: 050111 Available Dewey: FAges: 8-12 AR: 5.4 MG RC: 8.6 6-8 Lexile: 1010 Genres: Historical Fiction Sports Family Life Subjects: Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Family life - Fiction Boxing - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Segregation - Fiction Louisville (Ky.) - Fiction Summary: A fictionalized biography of Muhammad Ali when he was a child. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 22.38 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Black star [Door Of No Return Volume: Book 2]by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2024)Publication Date: 09/24/2024 BTSB #: 050126 Available Dewey: FAges: 10-14 Genres: Historical Fiction Sports Subjects: Novels in verse Baseball - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction United States - History|y20th century - Fiction Summary: Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Booked [Crossover Series]by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)Publication Date: 04/05/2016 BTSB #: 050142 Available Dewey: FAges: 10-12 AR: 3.9 MG RC: 5.8 6-8 Lexile: 660 Genres: Sports Family Life Subjects: Novels in verse Soccer - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Booked by Alexxander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)Publication Date: 08/02/2022 BTSB #: 050144 Available Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-12 Genres: Subjects: Soccer - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Graphic novels Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. In graphic novel format. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 21.18 * 0.00 +- Booked by Alexander, Kwame Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2016)Publication Date: 08/15/2016 BTSB #: P03426 Available Dewey: FAges: 10-12 Genres: Sports Subjects: Novels in verse Soccer - Fiction Books - Fiction Reading - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 56.99 * 0.00 +- Crossover by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)Publication Date: 09/24/2019 BTSB #: 050280 Available Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12 AR: 4 MG Lexile: 670 GN Genres: Subjects: Graphic novels Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Summary: Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. In graphic novel format. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 21.68 * 0.00 +- Crossover by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2014)Publication Date: 03/18/2014 BTSB #: 050290 Available Dewey: FAges: 9-12 AR: 4.3 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: X Genres: Sports Family Life Subjects: Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Summary: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 18.18 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Crossover by Alexander, Kwame BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)Publication Date: 09/24/2019 BTSB #: 050295 Available Dewey: FAges: 9-12 AR: 3.8 MG Genres: Spanish Language Sports Subjects: Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Summary: Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. In Spanish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 17.29 * 0.00 +- Door of no return [Door Of No Return Volume: Book 1]by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)Publication Date: 09/27/2022 BTSB #: 050319 Available Dewey: FAges: 10-14 AR: 5.9 MG+ Lexile: NP F&P: Z+ Genres: Historical Fiction Subjects: Novels in verse African Americans - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction Summary: A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- How to read a book by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)Publication Date: 06/18/2019 BTSB #: 050446 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 770 AD Genres: Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction Summary: Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide How to sing a song by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2024)Publication Date: 10/01/2024 BTSB #: 050450 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 Genres: General Fiction Subjects: Music - Fiction Singing - Fiction Summary: Celebrates the magic of listening to the song that echoes inside you and letting your music ring out. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- How to write a poem by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)Publication Date: 05/02/2023 BTSB #: 050454 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 AR: 3.3 LG Genres: Humorous Fiction Subjects: Poetry - Fiction Imagination - Fiction Summary: Celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry in the world around you. Follow-up to How To Read A Book. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Rebote [Crossover Series]by Alexander, Kwame BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Clarion, 2024)Publication Date: 09/24/2024 BTSB #: 050493 Available Dewey: FAges: 9-12 Genres: Spanish Language Sports Family Life Subjects: Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Families - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Washington (D.C.) - History|y20th century - Fiction Summary: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past. Prequel to Crossover. In Spanish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 17.68 * 0.00 +- Undefeated by Alexander, Kwame BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)Publication Date: 04/02/2019 BTSB #: 050946 Available Dewey: 811/NAges: 4-7 AR: 2.6 LG F&P: S Genres: Subjects: African Americans Children's poetry Summary: An ode to black American triumph and tribulation throughout history. 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