Join
us for an evening of inspiration and conversation with bestselling and
award-winning children’s and young adult author and poet, Kwame Alexander,
author of the Newbery Award winning book, The Crossover, Newbery
Honor/Caldecott Medal winning book, The Undefeated, The Door of No Return, and
most recently, An American Story, for an Illinois Libraries Present event for
young people and their families.
Please note that this program will be presented
live without a recording.
Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander is a poet,
educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 books,
including Swing, Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson,
Rebound, The Undefeated, The Crossover, and The Door of No Return. A regular
contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous
awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King
Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat
Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial
Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an
international literacy program he co-founded. He is the writer and executive
producer of The Crossover show on Disney+.
Register at https://bit.ly/ILP_KwameAlexander
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries
Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier
events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library,
a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the
U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and
accessibility. To request accommodations, please email
illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com