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Kwame Alexander
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about An American Story
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about Booked
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about Out of Wonder
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Alexander
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Author Interviews 71
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Kids Ask Authors
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
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July 27, 2017 Morning Edition interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Booklist Online
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Creating More Empathetic Human Beings with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Series Opener Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
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Q & A with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
Created by NPR
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Door of No Return
Created by Karen Hunter Media
Interview with Kwame Alexander about An American Story
Created by First Coast News
Interview with Kwame Alexander about An American Story
Created by News4Jax
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Undefeated
Created by Andersen Press
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Crossover Series
Created by Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by National Book Festival
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Swing
Created by Publishers Weekly KidsCast
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Surf's Up
Created by Publishers Weekly KidsCast
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2015 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech given by Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by Booktrust
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by AJC: Access Atlanta
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by Charleston County School District
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by The Undefeated
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Rebound
Created by CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book Awards
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by MPR News
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2016 L.A. Times Festival of Books interview Kwame Alexander about Booked
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April 2016 interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR)
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2016 National Book Festival interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by PBS Books
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by Library of Congress
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Literacy importance with Kwame Alexander about Booked
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by Naperville Community Television
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Booked
Created by Booktrust
Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Cynsations
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Horn Book
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by PBS NewsHour
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Sports Illustrated Kids
Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Brave Writer Podcast
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
Created by Library of Congress
Author Fan Face-off with Kwame Alexander about The Crossover
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
Created by Professional Book Nerds
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by PBS Books
Panel Discussion with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by Imagination Soup
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Becoming Muhammad Ali
Created by Palm Beach Daily News
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
Created by San Francisco Public Library
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Solo
Created by Blink
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Solo
Created by KidLit TV
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Solo
Created by Here and Now
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Out of Wonder
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
Created by The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Interview with Kwame Alexander about Out of Wonder
Created by St. Anne's-Belfield School
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Surf's Up
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Surf's Up
Created by All the Wonders
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
Created by Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Animal Ark
Created by School Library Journal
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Surf's Up
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Interview with Kwame Alexander about Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Books by Kwame Alexander 23
![The Undefeated](/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
![Becoming Muhammad Ali](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316498165.jpg)
![Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076368094X.jpg)
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
36 Resources10 Awards
![An American Story](/media/bookimages/covers/85584_hi.jpg)
![How to Read a Book](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0062307819.jpg)
![Surf's Up](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0735842205.jpg)
![How to Write a Poem](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0063060906.jpg)
![The Crossover (Graphic Novel)](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1328960013.jpg)
![Booked](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0358161827.jpg)
![Indigo Blume and the Garden City](/media/bookimages/covers/79716_hi.jpg)
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