Fellow poet and friend Nikki Grimes, the author of One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance and winner of the 2017 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, spoke with Alexander about their shared passion for verse and for empowering young people through poetry. In Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures, Alexander’s poems are paired with animal photographs by Joel Sartore, crafting an ode to the animal kingdom. In Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets, Alexander teams up with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth to form a kaleidoscopic anthology inspired by 20 of their favorite poets. But his new picture book projects mark a return to poetry. Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander is widely acclaimed for his middle-grade verse novels, The Crossover and Booked, set in the world of competitive basketball his recent title, The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life, offers motivational words for success both on and off the court.
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