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2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Reader
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander narrates the audiobook version of his How to Read a Book, a poetic journey about the experience of reading.
Find a tree—a
black tupelo or
dawn redwood will do—and
plant yourself.
(It’s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.)
With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander’s evocative poetry takes listeners on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.
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“This is a party for a select (but hopefully large) list of like-minded young literati, who know how to ‘squeeze every morsel of each plump line until the last drop of magic drips from the infinite sky’ and revel in their fandom.”
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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"[An] engaging and mesmerizing ode to reading…delightful and appealing.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
"[This] love poem to literacy conjures up startling, luscious images…By turns dreamy and ecstatic.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“A beautiful book not to be rushed through, but to be enjoyed morsel by tasty morsel.”
— School Library Journal (starred review) -
“Readers who will want to head right back to the beginning and soak in this lovingly rendered testimonial more than once.”
— BookPage (starred review)
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A 2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration in Books for Young Listeners
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About Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is a poet, speaker, educator, and bestselling author of more than three dozen books, including books that have won the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Pat Conroy Legacy Award. He is the cofounder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program. He is a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition. Visit him at kwamealexander.com on IG and Twitter @kwamealexander.